Dalbergia to Eucalyptus
Dalbergia sissoo
(syn. Amerimnon sissoo), sissoo, shisham
- Family Fabaceae (Papilionoideae).
- Native to sub-Himalayan India and Pakistan.
- Wood used for veneers, door and window shutters and frames, plywood, flooring and panelling, railway coaches, truck and lorry bodies, boat building, turnery and laminated skis.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: 13 (Pest) NOT RECOMMENDED for introduction to new areas in Hawaii.
Elaeocarpus angustifolius
(syn. Elaeocarpus grandis, Elaeocarpus ganitrus, Elaeocarpus sphaericus, Ganitrus sphaerica), blue marble, silver quandong.
- Family Elaeocarpaceae.
- Native to India, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia, Papau New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and Vanuatu.
- Wood used for building timber, light construction, carpentry, joinery, shingles, woodware, turnery, furniture, veneer, boats, wood based material, plywood.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: 2 (Evaluate further)
Eucalyptus cloeziana
Gympie messmate
- Family Myrtaceae.
- Native to Australia.
- Timber used for furniture making and charcoal in Brazil and poles in Africa.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: NA.
- Photos from Hamakua, Hawaii.
Eucalyptus deglupta
(syn. Eucalyptus multiflora, Eucalyptus naudiniana, Eucalyptus schlechteri), bagras eucalyptus, rainbow bark eucalyptus, rainbow gum, kamarere, Mindanao gum, New Guinea gum, Indonesian gum, deglupta, amammanit eucalyptus
- Family Myrtaceae.
- Native to Southeast Asia, Philippines, and New Guinea.
- Special areas in Hawaii: Keahua, Wahiawa, Foster, Waiakea.
- Introduced to Hawaii in 1929.
- Wood used for furniture, construction, cabinet work, and boat building.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: 2 (OK)
Eucalyptus dunnii
Dunn's white gum
- Family Myrtaceae.
- Native to New South Wales and Queensland, Australia.
- Trees commonly used for windbreaks in Hawaii. The wood is used for construction, for particleboard, and for paper pulp.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: 0 (Low).
Eucalyptus globulus
bluegum eucalpytus, southern bluegum, Tasmaniam bluegum
- Family Myrtaceae.
- Native to southern Australia. Introduced to Hawaii in the 1870s.
- Special areas in Hawaii: Tantalus, Volcanoes. Photos from Hosmer Grove, Maui, Hawaii.
- Wood used for lumber, home framing, flooring, and plywood. Chips used in pulp manufacture. Elsewhere wood used for fuelwood in highland areas. A medicinal oil is distilled from the leaves.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: 10 (high)
Eucalyptus grandis
rosegum eucalyptus, flooded gum
- Family Myrtaceae.
- Native to Eastern Australia.
- Special areas in Hawaii: Hamakua, Keahua and Waiakea.
- Introduced to Hawaii in 1957. Currently planted as the major plantation species on the Hamakua coast.
- Wood used for poles, construction, mine props and pulpwood.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: 10 (high)
- Photo: Paauilo, Hawaii.
Eucalyptus microcorys
tallowwood
- Family Myrtaceae.
- Native to New South Wales and southern Queensland, Australia.
- Special area: Kalopa.
- Introduced to Hawaii in 1911.
- Wood used for light and heavy construction, posts, poles and railroad crossties.
- Photos: Eight and ten year old trees in Ookala, Hawaii; logs in Hilo, Hawaii.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: 1 (OK)
Eucalyptus robusta
(syn. E. multiflora), robusta eucalyptus, swamp mahogany, swamp messmate, beakpod eucalyptus
- Family Myrtaceae.
- Native to Southeastern Australia.
- Special areas in Hawaii: Wahiawa, Aiea, Kalopa, Tantalus, Pepeekeo. Photo of large trees from Kalopa, Hawaii.
- Introduced to Hawaii around 1900. Most commonly planted reforestation species in the state.
- Wood used for house siding, framing and flooring, pallets, irrigation canal stakes and craft pulp.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: 3 (OK)
Eucalyptus saligna
Sydney bluegum eucalyptus, flooded gum
- Family Myrtaceae.
- Native to Southeastern Australia.
- Special areas in Hawaii: Keahua, Waiakea, Aiea, Kalopa.
- Introduced to Hawaii around 1880.
- Wood used for flooring, pallets, and pulpwood.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: 7 (High).
- Lower photo: Hakalau, Hawaii.
Eucalyptus urophylla
Timor mountain gum
- Family Myrtaceae.
- Native to East Timor and eastern Indonesia.
- Wood used for pulp and general construction; a hybrid with Eucalyptus grandis is grown in Brazil and marketed under the trade name “Lyptus®” as a furniture timber.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: 4 (low).
- Photos from Hilo, Hawaii.
