Tabebuia to Tournefortia
Tabebuia donnell-smithii
(syn. Roseodendron donnell-smithii) Goldtree, primavera
- Family Bignoniaceae.
- Native to Mexico through Venezuela.
- Uses: widely planted as a showy ornamental, also a source of timber from Central America.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: -4 (Low)
Tamarindus indica
tamarind
- Family Fabaceae.
- Native to India.
- Edible fruit made into sauces and drinks. Heavy, dark, attractive wood used for cabinetry.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: -3 (Low)
Tectona grandis
(syn. Jatus grandis, Tectona theka, Theka grandis), teak, Bangkok teak
- 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)
Terminalia catappa
Indian almond, tropical almond, false kamani, kamani haole, kamani ula
- Family Combretaceae.
- Native to Southeast Asia and the Pacific. WIdely naturalized in Hawaii along shorelines.
- Trees used for shoreline protection and shade.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: 4 (Low).
Terminalia myriocarpa
jhalna, hollock
- 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 Score: -2 (Low).
Thespesia populnea
(syn. Hibiscus populneus, Thespesia macrophylla), milo (Hawaii, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Tonga), portia tree, Pacific rosewood, seaside mahoe, Indian tulip tree, badrirt (Palau), banalo (Northern Marianas), bang-beng (Yap), kilulo (Guam), mio (Marquesas), miro, amae (Rarotonga, Society Islands), mulomulo (Fiji), panu (Kosrae), polo (Chuuk), pone (Pohnpei).
- 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.
- Wood used for craftwood, bowls, carved figures, boatbuilding and cabinetwork. Leaves and bark used medicinally in traditional cultures.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: 9 (High). However, the tree is a pre-Western introduction to Hawaii and indigenous to most other islands in the Pacific.
Profile of Thespesia populnea (Portia tree) with the Traditional Trees of Pacific Islands project [1 MB]
Toona ciliata
(syn. Cedrela toona, Cedrela velutina, Toona australis), Australian toon, Australian redcedar, Burma toon, Indian mahogany
- 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.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: 2 (Evaluate further).
Tournefortia argentea
tree heliotrope
- Family Boraginaceae.
- Native to tropical Asia, Africa, and the Pacific except for Hawaii.
- Used for shade, coastal windbreaks, and beach stabilization.
- Weed Risk Assessment Score: -1 (low).
