Family Verbenaceae.

Native to Southeast Asia.

Wood used for fuel, building poles, building timber, heavy construction beams, carpentry, joinery, flooring, panelling, shingles, bridges, railway sleepers, containers, pallets, crates, vats, woodware, tool handles, cutlery, toys, musical instruments, sports equipment, carvings, turnery, marquetry, furniture, veneer, boats, wood based material, plywood, wood extractives (oil).

Weed Risk Assessment Score: -5 (OK)

Family Combretaceae.

Native to Southeast Asia and the Pacific. WIdely naturalized in Hawaii along shorelines.

Trees used for shoreline protection and shade.

Photos from Hilo, Hawaii.

Weed Risk Assessment 4 (Low).

Family Combretaceae.

Native to India, China, and Southeast Asia.

Wood used as general construction timber, for housebuilding, flooring, and boatbuilding.

Special areas in Hawaii: Pepeekeo, Kalopa, Honokaia.

Weed Risk Assessment -2 (Low).

Family Malvaceae.

Native to Eastern Africa and southern Asia through Malesia to eastern Polynesia, Marshall and Gilbert Islands in Micronesia.

Special areas in Hawaii: Keahua, Waimea Arboretum, Haleakala, Volcanoes.

Introduced to Hawaii by Polynesians or, possibly, native to Hawaii.

Row of trees in middle row on Molokai, Hawaii; tree by seashore in Hilo, Hawaii.

Wood used for craftwood, bowls, carved figures, boatbuilding and cabinetwork. Leaves and bark used medicinally in traditional cultures.

Weed Risk Assessment 9 (High). However, the tree is a pre-Western introduction to Hawaii and indigenous to most other islands in the Pacific.

Family Meliaceae.

Native to Himalaya region of tropical Asia, northern Australia and Malesia.

Special areas: Wahiawa, Tantalus. Waiakea.

Wood used for furniture, cabinetwork, construction, and paneling.

Top photo: Waiakea forest reserve, Hilo, Hawaii.

Weed Risk Assessment Score 2 (Evaluate further).