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.

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.

Upper photo: Univeristy of Hawaii Manoa campus; lower photo: seven year old stand at Ookala, Hawaii.

Weed Risk Assessment Score: 2 (Evaluate further)

Native to Australia.

Special areas in Hawaii: Tantalus.

Photos by Bart Potter from Tantalus, Oahu, Hawaii. Note hat on large tree in right hand photo.

Weed Risk Assessment Score: 9 (High)

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)

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).

Family Myrtaceae.

Native to southern Australia. Introduced to Hawaii in the 1870s.

Special areas in Hawaii: Tantalus, Volcanoes. Photos from Hosmer Grove, Maui, Hawaii. Lower photos shows contrasting juvenile foliage with adult foliage.

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)

Family Myrtaceae.

Native to Eastern Australia.

Special areasin Hawaii: Hamakua, Keahua and Waiakea.

Introduced to Hawaii in 1957. Currently planted as the major plantation species on the Hamakua coast.

Photo: Paauilo, Hawaii.

Wood used for poles, construction, mine props and pulpwood.

Weed Risk Assessment Score: 10 (high)

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)

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)

Family Myrtaceae.

Native to Southeastern Australia.

Special areas in Hawaii: Keahua, Waiakea, Aiea, Kalopa.

Lower photo: Hakalau, Hawaii.

Introduced to Hawaii around 1880.

Wood used for flooring, pallets, and pulpwood.

Weed Risk Assessment Score: 7 (High).