Dalbergia to Eucalyptus
Dalbergia sissoo
(syn. Amerimnon sissoo), sissoo, shisham
- 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.
Elaeocarpus grandis
(syn. Elaeocarpus angustifolius, Elaeocarpus ganitrus, Elaeocarpus sphaericus, Ganitrus sphaerica), blue marble, silver quandong.
- 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.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: 2 (Evaluate further)
Eucalyptus deglupta
(syn. Eucalyptus multiflora, Eucalyptus naudiniana, Eucalyptus schlechteri), bagras eucalyptus, rainbow bark eucalyptus, rainbow gum, kamarere, Mindanao gum, New Guinea gum, Indonesian gum, deglupta, amammanit eucalyptus
- 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)
Eucalyptus dunnii
Dunn's white gum
- 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).
Eucalyptus globulus
bluegum eucalpytus, southern bluegum, Tasmaniam bluegum
- Family Myrtaceae.
- Native to southern Australia. Introduced to Hawaii in the 1870s.
- Special areas in Hawaii: Tantalus, Volcanoes. Photos from Hosmer Grove, Maui, Hawaii.
- 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)
Eucalyptus grandis
rosegum eucalyptus, flooded gum
- 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.
- Wood used for poles, construction, mine props and pulpwood.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: 10 (high)
- Photo: Paauilo, Hawaii.
Eucalyptus microcorys
tallowwood
- 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)
Eucalyptus robusta
(syn. E. multiflora), robusta eucalyptus, swamp mahogany, swamp messmate, beakpod eucalyptus
- 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)
Eucalyptus saligna
Sydney bluegum eucalyptus, flooded gum
- Family Myrtaceae.
- Native to Southeastern Australia.
- Special areas in Hawaii: Keahua, Waiakea, Aiea, Kalopa.
- Introduced to Hawaii around 1880.
- Wood used for flooring, pallets, and pulpwood.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: 7 (High).
- Lower photo: Hakalau, Hawaii.
