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Livistona chinensis

CHINESE FAN PALM
A widely grown fan palm with dark, shiny leaves and drooping leaf tips on mature…

Lysiphyllum hookeri

MOUNTAIN EBONY
Utility friendly tree. A small tree with a weeping habit that was planted as a street tree along…

Macadamia integrifolia

SMOOTH-SHELL MACADAMIA
Macadamia is the only Australian species to be domesticated and become an…

Macaranga mappa

BINGABING
Of the two widely naturalized species of Macaranga, this is the one with…

Macaranga tanarius

PARASOL LEAF TREE
This species and M. mappa are naturalized on the windward, wet sides…

Magnolia grandiflora

SOUTHERN MAGNOLIA
The iconic southern magnolia is widely planted throughout California and is one…

Mangifera indica

MANGO
Mangos are cultivated throughout the tropical world, and hundreds of cultivated…

Manilkara zapota

SAPODILLA
Branches don't droop and resist breakage. The fruit can be eaten raw, or used in…

Melaleuca quinquenervia

PAPERBARK OR CAJEPUT TREE
Tolerates saline soils. Sap is an irritant. Can be propagated from seeds which…

Melia azedarach

CHINABERRY
These trees are often seen growing in areas of abandoned farm houses, so are…

Metrosideros polymorpha

OHIA
hia is a culturally important, endemic Hawaiian tree that dominates…

Morinda citrifolia

NONI
Utility friendly tree. This large shrub or small tree has edible fruit that resembles a washed potato…

Moringa oleifera

HORSERADISH TREE
This tree produces edible products, medicine, and oil pressed from the seeds,…

Murraya paniculata

MOCK ORANGE
Utility friendly tree. The flowers of the mock orange are used for scenting teas, and almost all parts…

Noronhia emarginata

MADAGASCAR OLIVE
Utility friendly tree. The Madagascar olive is a small tree that thrives in seaside locations and is…

Pachira aquatica

GUIANA CHESTNUT
The Guiana chestnut seed can be eaten raw or roasted. The skin of the immature…

Pandanus tectorius

HALA
This culturally significant, wind and salt tolerant, small tree is native to…

Peltophorum pterocarpum

YELLOW POINCIANA
The wood of the yellow poinciana has a wide variety of uses, including cabinet…

Persea americana

MEXICAN AVOCADO
Branches don't droop but are susceptible to breakage…

Phoenix canariensis

CANARY ISLAND DATE PALM
The native home of this date palm, the Canary Islands, is a small archipelago…

Phoenix dactylifera

DATE PALM
Source of edible dates. Needs high temperatures to fruit. Phoenix…

Phoenix roebelenii

PYGMY DATE PALM
Utility friendly tree. Pygmy date palm is a small, multi-trunked palm that branches from the base. It…

Phoenix sylvestris

SILVER DATE PALM
The silver date palm is naturalized in a number of locations in Hawaii, but…

Pimenta dioica

ALL SPICE
The dried fruits of this species are used as a flavoring in a wide range of…

Pithecellobium dulce

OPIUMA
This fast-growing tree thrives on a variety of soils in dry, sunny, leeward…

Pittosporum tobira

JAPANESE CHEESEWOOD
Utility friendly tree. Fairly drought resistant. Takes shearing…

Plumeria obtusa

WHITE PLUMERIA
Utility friendly tree. This small tree or large shrub is commonly used as an ornamental, and grown for…

Plumeria rubra

PLUMERIA
Utility friendly tree. This popular small tree or large shrub, native to Mexico and Central America, is…

Podocarpus macrophyllus

YEW PINE
Needs good drainage. Branches don't droop and resist breakage…

Polyalthia longifolia

FALSE ASHOKA
In addition to being grown as an ornamental tree, the wavy-margined leaves of…

Pritchardia hillebrandii

LOULU PALM
Utility friendly tree. Pritchardia is a genus of about 30 species of fan palms, native to the…

Pritchardia maideniana

KONA PALM
Pritchardia is a genus of about 30 species of fan palms, native to the…

Pritchardia pacifica

FIJI FAN PALM
Pritchardia is a genus of about 30 species of fan palms, native to the…

Pritchardia thurstonii

THURSTON'S PALM
Pritchardia is a genus of about 30 species of fan palms, native to the Pacific…

Prosopis pallida

KIAWE
This plant is weedy. We do not recommend planting it in Hawai’i.This tree,…

Pseudobombax ellipticum

SHAVING BRUSH TREE
This species has a swollen grayish-green trunk and palmately compound leaves. In…

Psidium cattleianum

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

Psidium guajava

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

Psydrax odorata

ALAHE'E
This small tree or large shrub is a Hawaiian native with glossy, dark green…

Pterocarpus indicus

NARRA
A popular flowering shade tree and street tree also planted for reforestation in…

Ptychosperma elegans

SOLITAIRE PALM
Many of the twenty-eight species of Ptychosperma readily hybridize, making their…

Ptychosperma macarthuri

MACARTHUR PALM
Utility friendly tree. Many of the twenty-eight species of Ptychosperma readily hybridize, making their…

Ravenala madagascariensis

TRAVELERS TREE
Travelers palm is a large tree grown ornamentally throughout the tropical world…

Ravenea rivularis

MAJESTY PALM
This Madagascar native palm is a popular houseplant grown for its bright green,…

Rhapis excelsa

LADY PALM
Utility friendly tree. Lady palm is commonly used as a hedge, screen, or border in mass plantings. It…

Roystonea oleracea

CARIBBEAN ROYAL PALM
There are ten species of royal palms, mostly from the Caribbean. This is the…

Roystonea regia

ROYAL PALM
There are ten species of royal palms, mostly from the Caribbean. This is the…

Samanea saman

MONKEYPOD
Monkeypod is one of the most commonly grown ornamental trees on the Hawaiian…

Schefflera actinophylla

UMBRELLA OR OCTOPUS TREE
This tree is invasive on many wet sites on all the Islands and is still rapidly…

Senna siamea

PHEASANT WOOD
Pheasant wood is widely used as a reforestation tree, fuelwood, windbreak, shade…

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