Falcataria to Khaya
Falcataria moluccana
(syn. Albizia moluccana, Albizia falcata, Albizia falcataria, Adenanthera falcataria, Paraserianthes falcataria), Molucca albizia, albizia, Moluccan sau, white siris.
- Family Fabaceae (Mimosoideae).
- Native to East Malesia, the Moluccas, Papau New Guinea, the Bismark Archipelago, and the Solomon Islands.
- Wood used for light weight construction, packing materials, panelling, cabinets, furniture, toys, wooden shoes, musical instruments, light weight veneer and plyboard, low density particleboard, pulp, paper, and match sticks. Trees used for soil improvement and coffee shade in agroforestry systems.
- Photos: Middle photo: posts made from Falcataria moluccana being shipped for treatment on Kauai, Hawaii. Lower photos: Decking made of treated Falcataria moluccana lumber and Douglas fir, Kauai; double-hulled canoe carved from Falcataria moluccana, Hilo.
- Weed Risk Assessment score: 8 (high) NOT RECOMMENDED for introduction to new areas in Hawaii.
Flindersia brayleyana
Queensland maple, silkwood
- Family Rutaceae.
- Native to Queensland, Australia.
- Special area in Hawaii: Waiakea.
- Introduced to Hawaii in 1935.
- Wood used for cabinetry, turning, boat planking and veneer production.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score -3 (OK)
Fraxinus uhdei
tropical ash, Hawaiian ash, Mexican ash, Shamel ash, fresno (Spanish)
- Family Oleaceae.
- Native to Mexico.
- Special areas in Hawaii: Tantalus, Kula, Waihou, Waikea.
- Lower photo: Large tree on Oahu; understory of tropical ash stand in Laupahoehoe, Hawaii.
- Wood used for furniture, tools, carpentry.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: 11 (high). NOT RECOMMENDED for introduction into new areas in Hawaii. Click here for information from Weeds of Hawaii.
Gliricidia sepium
madre de cacao, mother of cocoa, Nicaragua cocoa shade, Mexican lilac, kakawate (Philippines), gamal (Indonesia)
- Family Fabaceae (Papilionoideae).
- Native to Central America and northern South America.
- Wood used as fuelwood. Leaves used as livestock fodder. Trees used as cocoa shade and coffee shade and for soil improvement. Cutting used as living fence posts.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: -3 (OK)
Gmelina arborea
paper tree, white teak, candahar, yamane (Philippines), jati puti (Indonesia)
- Family Verbenaceae.
- Native to mainland Southeast Asia.
- Photos of flowers, leaves, fruit, and seeds from East Timor. Photo of deciduous tree from Philippines.
- Wood used for paper pulp, light construction.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: 2 (low)
Grevillea robusta
silk oak, silver oak, oka kilika, haiku keokeo
- Family Proteaceae.
- Native to Australia.
- Lower photos: logs harvested from a planted stand on Kauai. Armoire made from Grevillea wood by Bart Potter.
- The wood, called "lacewood", was widely used for cabintery but the sawdust is allergenic. The tree is used for shade and as a honey plant.The second most widely planted reforestation species in Hawaii.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: 5 (OK, second screen), however, this species widely naturalizes in dry forests in Hawaii where it competes with rare native trees such as lama (Diospyros sandwicensis) and sandalwood (Santalum ellipticum) and is considered a PEST SPECIES. Click here for information from Weeds of Hawaii.
Guaiacum officinale
lignum vitae
- Family Zygophyllaceae.
- Native to the Caribbean, Central and South America.
- Wood used as fuel, woodware, carvings, and for boat building.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: -6 (OK)
Inga edulis
ice cream bean
- Family Fabaceae
- Native to Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia.
- The sweet pulp from the seed pod is eaten as a snack. Trees used as coffee shade.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score 2 (evaluate further).
Intsia bijuga
(syn. Intsia amboinensis, Intsia cambodiensis, Intsia madagascariensis, Intsia retusa, Afzelia bijuga, Afzelia cambodiensis, Afzelia retusa, Macrolobium bijugum), ifit (Guam and Marianas), ifil (Micronesia), ifilele (Samoa), fehi fisi (Tonga), vesi (Fiji), merbau (Indonesia), ipil (Philippines), Borneo teak, Moluccan ironwood
- Family Fabaceae (Cesalpinioideae).
- Native to Eastern Africa, Madagascar, southern Asia, Malesia to Caroline Islands, Rotuma and Samoa.
- Wood used as high class exterior windows, solid panel doors, framing, weatherboarding, flooring, furniture, stairs, handrails, poles, turnery, carving,kava bowls, musical instruments, building bridges, wharves, sluices and sheet piles.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: -6 (OK).
Khaya nyasica
syn. K. anthotheca, African mahogany, East African mahogany
- Family Meliaceae.
- Native to eastern central and southern Africa.
- High-value timber used for cabintery and furniture making.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: -1 (Low).
Khaya senegalensis
dry-zone mahogany, African mahogany, Senegal mahogany
- Family Meliaceae.
- Native to the Sahel region of Africa spanning from West to East Africa, south of the Sahara and north of the equator.
- Photo is from a four year old stand in Onomea, Hawaii.
- High value timber used for furniture, building construction, boat building, decorative interior construction, turned wood products, windows, doors, mortars and prayer slates.
Weed Risk Assessment 0 (Low) - Last three photos are from a 16 year old stand in Ookala, Hawaii.
