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Samanea to Swietenia

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Species, common names
Samanea saman (syn. Albizia saman, Calliandra saman, Enterolobium saman, Feuileea saman, Inga saman, Mimosa saman, Pithecellobium saman, Zygia saman), ohai, monkeypod tree, rain tree.

Family Fabaceae (Mimosoideae).

Native to tropical America.

Photos: University of Hawaii Manoa campus.

Special areas: Keahua, Foster.

Introduced to Hawaii in 1847.

Wood used for carved bowls, furniture, interior trim, flooring, veneer, plywood, crates, and paneling.

Weed Risk Assessment Score: 4 (OK)

Santalum album, Indian sandalwood, sandal, white sandalwood tree, sandalwood, East Indian sandalwood.

Family Santalaceae.

Native to Indonesia and East Timor.

Photos from East Timor.

Wood used for carving, prayer poles, crafts, funeral pyres, joss sticks, fuel, woodware, toys, turnery, furniture, wood extractives (oil).

Weed Risk Assessment Score: -3 (Low)

Santalum ellipticum, iliahi a loe, coast sandalwood.

Family Santalaceae.

Native to Hawaii.

Photos from Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Wood used to make perfume, ornamental carvings, cabinet work, insect repellent and for incense.

Senna siamea (syn. Cassia arayatensis, Cassia florida, Cassia siamea, Senna sumatrana), Siamese cassia, pheasantwood, Thailand shower, kassod tree.

Family Fabaceae (Cesalpinioideae).

Native to South and Southeast Asia.

Photos from Hilo and Kauai, Hawaii, and Philippines. Large tree from Oahu, Hawaii.

Special area: Iolani Palace.

Introduced to Hawaii about 1865.

Wood used for small turnery, carvings, posts, fuel, construction, and furniture.

Weed Risk Assessment Score: 5 (OK)

Sequoia sempervirens Sequoia sempervirens Sequoia sempervirens, redwood.

Family Taxodiaceae.

Native to California and Oregon.

In Hawaii, planted on upper elevation forest reserves, including Kokee (Kauai), Kula (Maui), Volcano Village and Piha (Hawaii). Photos from Hawaii Island.

Wood from old-growth trees from California lightweight, durable, and resistant to rot and termintes. Used in Hawaii for house siding and construction. Wood from Hawaii-grown trees knotty and not as durable, similar to second-growth redwood from California.

Swietenia macrophylla, big leaf or large leaf mahogany, Honduras mahogany.

Family Meliaceae.

Native to Central and South America.

Tree farm photo from Kauai, Hawaii. Whole tree photo from Schofield Baracks, Oahu, Hawaii.

Wood used as building timbers, for carpentry, joinery, panelling, woodware, musical instruments, turnery, furniture, veneer, boats, wood based material, plywood.

Weed Risk Assessment Score: -2 (OK)

Swietenia mahagoni, Cuban mahogany, Dominican mahogany, West Indes mahogany, small leaf mahogany.

Family Meliaceae.

Native to West Indes.

Wood used for furniture, carving, muscial instruments. Trees common as ornamentals.

Special areas in Hawaii: Kalakaua Ave., Honolulu; Palani Rd., Kona; Hilo Airport.

Ukulele of Hawaiian-grown curly mahogany by John Kitakis, Koolau Ukulele, Hawaii.

Weed Risk Assessment Score: -6 (OK)

Mountain apple tree

Mountain apple flower

Syzygium malaccense, mountain apple, Malay apple, ohia ai (Hawaii), acpuhl, (Kosrae), ahia (Societies), apel (Pohnpei), arfatlh, harafath, faliap, faliyap (Yap), faariyap, fasniyaap, feniyap (Chuuk), fekakai (Niue), fekika kai (Tonga), jambosier rouge, poire de Malaque, pomme Malac, pomme de Malaisie, pomme de Tahiti (French), kaika (Cooks), kafika (Uvea, Futuna), kavika (Fiji), keika (Mangareva), kehia (Southern Marquesas), kehika, kehika inana (Northern Marquesas), kidel (Palau), makupa (Guam), nonu fiafia (Samoa)

Family Myrtaceae.

Native to south or southeast Asia, widely cultivated in the Pacific since ancient times. Polynesian introduction to Hawaii.

Edible fruit, ornamental.

Weed Risk Assessment Score: 0 (Low).


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