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Acacia confusa

FORMOSAN KOA
This plant is weedy. We do not recommend planting it in Hawai’i.This…

Acacia koa

KOA
Koa is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and makes one of the most valuable…

Acacia mearnsii

BLACK WATTLE
This plant is weedy. We do not recommend planting it in Hawai’i.Originally…

Acca sellowiana

PINEAPPLE GUAVA
Utility friendly tree. This is a large multi-stemmed shrub or small tree with edible fruit. The fruit…

Adonidia merrillii

MANILA PALM
Utility friendly tree. This is one of Hawai'i’s (and the world’s) most widely grown palms,…

Afrocarpus falcatus

AFRICAN FERN PINE
The African fern pine, one of relatively few conifers native to Africa, was…

Albizia julibrissin

SILK TREE
This plant is weedy. We do not recommend planting it in Hawai’i.This is a…

Albizia lebbeck

WHITE MONKEYPOD
A fast growing, large tree, tolerant of poor soils with a shallow, wide root…

Aleurites moluccanus

KUKUI
This tree is a Polynesian introduction to the Hawaiian Islands, and is…

Angophora costata

SYDNEY RED GUM
A beautiful, underused, copper-barked tree, closely related to Eucalyptus, which…

Araucaria columnaris

COOK PINE
Typically planted as an ornamental and street tree in warm temperate climates…

Araucaria cunninghamii

HOOP PINE
The wood is a high-quality timber that is particularly important to the plywood…

Araucaria heterophylla

NORFOLK ISLAND PINE
Grown only occasionally in Hawai'i and more commonly in California, this species…

Archontophoenix alexandrae

ALEXANDRA PALM
A widely grown palm that is extensively naturalized in wet and moderately wet…

Ardisia elliptica

SHOE BUTTON ARDISIA
Utility friendly tree. This plant is weedy. We do not recommend planting it in Hawai’i.Shoebutton…

Artocarpus altilis

BREADFRUIT OR ULU
Breadfruit originated in the Indo-Malay region and was moved to many Pacific…

Artocarpus heterophyllus

JACKFRUIT
Jackfruit trees bear large edible fruits, sometimes over 100 pounds. The seeds…

Averrhoa carambola

STAR FRUIT
Star fruit performs well under diverse conditions, ranging from waterlogged to…

Barringtonia asiatica

BARRINGTONIA
There are 39 species of Barringtonia, mostly from tropical Africa, the most…

Bauhinia × blakeana

HONG KONG ORCHID TREE
This tree is the floral emblem of Hong Kong. It is a fruitless hybrid that…

Bauhinia galpinii

RED BAUHINIA
Utility friendly tree. This large shrub, one of the most colorful Bauhinias, has a spreading to partly…

Bauhinia variegata

PURPLE ORCHID TREE
This small tree with two-lobed leaves and orchid-like flowers is widely grown in…

Bismarckia nobilis

BISMARCK PALM
A large palm introduced to cultivation relatively recently in Hawai'i and…

Bombax ceiba

RED SILK COTTON TREE
This large, deciduous tree often has prickles on the trunk and main branches…

Brachychiton acerifolius

FLAME BOTTLE TREE
A spectacular tree when it blooms. Tough, glossy, deep green leaves form a dense…

Broussonetia papyrifera

WAUKE
A small tree, with rough leaves introduced to Hawai'i by Polynesians, and used…

Brugmansia × candida

ANGEL'S TRUMPET
Utility friendly tree. The datura plant produces large flowers with double petals. Both the flowers and…

Bucida buceras

GEOMETRY TREE
The geometry tree is used mostly as a shade tree and occasionally as a street…

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

DWARF POINCIANA
Utility friendly tree. Caesalpinia pulcherrima has a HPWRA (Hawai'i Pacific Weed Risk Assessment) score…

Callistemon citrinus

LEMON BOTTLEBRUSH
Lemon bottlebrush is commonly grown as a shrub, or as a single-trunked standard…

Callistemon viminalis

WEEPING BOTTLEBRUSH
Utility friendly tree. The weeping bottlebrush is a single-stemmed tree with billowy, arching branches…

Calophyllum inophyllum

KAMANI
A widely grown tree that was introduced to Hawaii from the South Pacific by…

Camellia japonica

COMMON CAMELLIA
Utility friendly tree. This small tree or large upright shrub has a dense canopy with dark green leaves…

Carica papaya

PAPAYA
A ubiquitous small fruit tree grown commonly in home gardens and backyards, as…

Caryota gigas

GIANT FISHTAIL PALM
This is a large, fast-growing fishtail palm with huge fronds. It's also a…

Caryota mitis

CLUSTERED FISHTAIL PALM
This palm forms clumps with multiple trunks, and the main shoot dies after…

Cascabela thevetia

BEESTILL TREE
This widely grown small tree or large shrub is regularly used as a hedge or…

Cassia fistula

GOLDEN SHOWER TREE
The golden shower tree has drooping branches which resist breakage, a preference…

Cassia javanica

PINKSHOWER TREE
This species requires ample space in planting strips. The root system is…

Cassia × nealiae

RAINBOW SHOWER TREE
A spectacular flowering tree and one of the most commonly planted trees on the…

Casuarina cunninghamiana

RIVER SHE-OAK
This plant is weedy. We do not recommend planting it in Hawai’i.This tree…

Casuarina equisetifolia

IRONWOOD
This plant is weedy. We do not recommend planting it in Hawai’i.This is a…

Catalpa longissima

YOKE-WOOD
The yoke-wood is often used as a street and parking lot tree. The timber is used…

Cecropia obtusifolia

CECROPIA
This plant is weedy. We do not recommend planting it in Hawai’i.This soft…

Ceratonia siliqua

CAROB TREE
The drought-tolerant tree has pairs of nearly round leaflets and shiny, lavender…

Cerbera odollam

SUICIDE TREE
The small tree bears white fragrant flowers for much of the year. The seeds are…

Chrysophyllum oliviforme

SATINLEAF
These slender trees have distinctly two-colored leaves, dark green on top and…

Cinnamomum camphora

CAMPHOR TREE
This plant is weedy. We do not recommend planting it in Hawai’i.The…

Citharexylum caudatum

FIDDLEWOOD
Utility friendly tree. This plant is weedy. We do not recommend planting it in Hawai’i.This…

Citharexylum spinosum

FIDDLEWOOD
Fiddlewood is a popular shade and street tree around Honolulu and other urban…

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