Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Haplophragma adenophyllum
RISK ASSESSMENT RESULTS: Low risk, score: 0
Australian/New Zealand Weed Risk Assessment adapted for Hawai‘i. Information on Risk Assessments Original risk assessment |
Haplophragma adenophyllum (Wall. ex G. Don) Dop Family - Bignoniaceae. Common Names(s) - karenwood. Synonym(s) - Fernandoa adenophylla. |
Answer |
Score |
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1.01 |
Is the species highly domesticated? |
y=-3, n=0 |
n |
0 |
1.02 |
Has the species become naturalized where grown? |
y=1, n=-1 |
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1.03 |
Does the species have weedy races? |
y=-1, n=-1 |
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2.01 |
Species suited to tropical or subtropical climate(s) (0-low; 1-intermediate; 2-high) – If island is primarily wet habitat, then substitute “wet tropical” for “tropical or subtropical” |
See Append 2 |
2 |
|
2.02 |
Quality of climate match data (0-low; 1-intermediate; 2-high) see appendix 2 |
2 |
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2.03 |
Broad climate suitability (environmental versatility) |
y=1, n=0 |
n |
0 |
2.04 |
Native or naturalized in regions with tropical or subtropical climates |
y=1, n=0 |
y |
1 |
2.05 |
Does the species have a history of repeated introductions outside its natural range? |
y=-2, ?=-1, n=0 |
n |
|
3.01 |
Naturalized beyond native range y = 1*multiplier (see Append 2), n= question 2.05 |
n |
0 |
|
3.02 |
Garden/amenity/disturbance weed y = 1*multiplier (see Append 2) |
n=0 |
n |
0 |
3.03 |
Agricultural/forestry/horticultural weed y = 2*multiplier (see Append 2) |
n=0 |
n |
0 |
3.04 |
Environmental weed y = 2*multiplier (see Append 2) |
n=0 |
n |
0 |
3.05 |
Congeneric weed y = 1*multiplier (see Append 2) |
n=0 |
n |
0 |
4.01 |
Produces spines, thorns or burrs |
y=1, n=0 |
n |
0 |
4.02 |
Allelopathic |
y=1, n=0 |
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4.03 |
Parasitic |
y=1, n=0 |
n |
0 |
4.04 |
Unpalatable to grazing animals |
y=1, n=-1 |
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4.05 |
Toxic to animals |
y=1, n=0 |
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4.06 |
Host for recognized pests and pathogens |
y=1, n=0 |
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4.07 |
Causes allergies or is otherwise toxic to humans |
y=1, n=0 |
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4.08 |
Creates a fire hazard in natural ecosystems |
y=1, n=0 |
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4.09 |
Is a shade tolerant plant at some stage of its life cycle |
y=1, n=0 |
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4.10 |
Tolerates a wide range of soil conditions (or limestone conditions if not a volcanic island) |
y=1, n=0 |
y |
1 |
4.11 |
Climbing or smothering growth habit |
y=1, n=0 |
n |
0 |
4.12 |
Forms dense thickets |
y=1, n=0 |
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5.01 |
Aquatic |
y=5, n=0 |
n |
0 |
5.02 |
Grass |
y=1, n=0 |
n |
0 |
5.03 |
Nitrogen fixing woody plant |
y=1, n=0 |
n |
0 |
5.04 |
Geophyte (herbaceous with underground storage organs -- bulbs, corms, or tubers) |
y=1, n=0 |
n |
0 |
6.01 |
Evidence of substantial reproductive failure in native habitat |
y=1, n=0 |
n |
0 |
6.02 |
Produces viable seed. |
y=1, n=-1 |
y |
1 |
6.03 |
Hybridizes naturally |
y=1, n=-1 |
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6.04 |
Self-compatible or apomictic |
y=1, n=-1 |
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6.05 |
Requires specialist pollinators |
y=-1, n=0 |
y |
-1 |
6.06 |
Reproduction by vegetative fragmentation |
y=1, n=-1 |
y |
1 |
6.07 |
Minimum generative time (years) 1 year = 1, 2 or 3 years = 0, 4+ years = -1 |
See left |
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7.01 |
Propagules likely to be dispersed unintentionally (plants growing in heavily trafficked areas) |
y=1, n=-1 |
n |
-1 |
7.02 |
Propagules dispersed intentionally by people |
y=1, n=-1 |
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7.03 |
Propagules likely to disperse as a produce contaminant |
y=1, n=-1 |
n |
-1 |
7.04 |
Propagules adapted to wind dispersal |
y=1, n=-1 |
y |
1 |
7.05 |
Propagules water dispersed |
y=1, n=-1 |
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7.06 |
Propagules bird dispersed |
y=1, n=-1 |
n |
-1 |
7.07 |
Propagules dispersed by other animals (externally) |
y=1, n=-1 |
n |
-1 |
7.08 |
Propagules survive passage through the gut |
y=1, n=-1 |
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8.01 |
Prolific seed production (>1000/m2) |
y=1, n=-1 |
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8.02 |
Evidence that a persistent propagule bank is formed (>1 yr) |
y=1, n=-1 |
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8.03 |
Well controlled by herbicides |
y=-1, n=1 |
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8.04 |
Tolerates, or benefits from, mutilation, cultivation, or fire |
y=1, n=-1 |
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8.05 |
Effective natural enemies present locally (e.g. introduced biocontrol agents) |
y=-1, n=1 |
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Total score: |
0 |
Supporting data:
Notes |
Source |
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1.01 |
(1)No evidence |
(1)CAB International, 2005. Forestry Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. |
1.02 |
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1.03 |
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2.01 |
(1)A species of southeast Asia ranging from Burma to Malaysia, H. adenophyllum is cultivated occasionally elsewhere in the tropics. |
(1)Woodson, Jr., R.E., R. W. Schery and Alwyn H. Gentry. 1973. Flora of Panama. Part IX. Family 172. Bignoniaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 60(3): 781-977. |
2.02 |
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2.03 |
(1)A species of southeast Asia ranging from Burma to Malaysia, H. adenophyllum is cultivated occasionally elsewhere in the tropics. |
(1)Woodson, Jr., R.E., R. W. Schery and Alwyn H. Gentry. 1973. Flora of Panama. Part IX. Family 172. Bignoniaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 60(3): 781-977. |
2.04 |
(1)A species of southeast Asia ranging from Burma to Malaysia, H. adenophyllum is cultivated occasionally elsewhere in the tropics. |
(1)Woodson, Jr., R.E., R. W. Schery and Alwyn H. Gentry. 1973. Flora of Panama. Part IX. Family 172. Bignoniaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 60(3): 781-977. |
2.05 |
(1)H. adenophyllum is a handsome, small- to medium-sized tree up to 15 m height and 50 cm dbh, native to India and Bangladesh and hardly known elsewhere. |
(1)CAB International, 2005. Forestry Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. |
3.01 |
(1)No evidence |
(1)CAB International, 2005. Forestry Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. |
3.02 |
(1)No evidence |
(1)http://www.hear.org/gcw/scientificnames/scinameh.htm [Accessed 20 Oct 2008] |
3.03 |
(1)No evidence |
(1)http://www.hear.org/gcw/scientificnames/scinameh.htm [Accessed 20 Oct 2008] |
3.04 |
(1)No evidence |
(1)http://www.hear.org/gcw/scientificnames/scinameh.htm [Accessed 20 Oct 2008] |
3.05 |
(1)No evidence |
(1)http://www.hear.org/gcw/scientificnames/scinameh.htm [Accessed 20 Oct 2008] |
4.01 |
(1)No evidence |
(1)Woodson, Jr., R.E., R. W. Schery and Alwyn H. Gentry. 1973. Flora of Panama. Part IX. Family 172. Bignoniaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 60(3): 781-977. |
4.02 |
Unknown |
|
4.03 |
(1)No evidence |
(1)Woodson, Jr., R.E., R. W. Schery and Alwyn H. Gentry. 1973. Flora of Panama. Part IX. Family 172. Bignoniaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 60(3): 781-977. |
4.04 |
Unknown (1)Only two native species of tree, Boswellia (about 2’ tall) and Haplophragma (5-8” tall) were seen in a highly degraded state on the top hill site of unprotected hill. [Haplophragma present despite being in area unprotected from cattle grazing. Possibly unpalatable] |
(1)Sharma, K.P. and B.P. Upadhyaya. K.P. 2002. Phytosociology, primary production and nutrient retention in herbaceous vegetation of the forestry arboretum on the Aravalli hills at Jaipur. Tropical Ecology 43(2): 325-335. |
4.05 |
Unknown |
|
4.06 |
(1)Pests recorded Insects: Hyblaea puera (teak defoliator) Psilogramma menephron |
(1)CAB International, 2005. Forestry Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. |
4.07 |
Unknown |
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4.08 |
Unknown |
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4.09 |
Unknown |
|
4.10 |
(1) Luna (1996) states that it is reported to do well on sandy, semi-arid, saline and alkaline soils, and in gullies and ravines. |
(1)CAB International, 2005. Forestry Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. |
4.11 |
(1)H. adenophyllum is a handsome, small- to medium-sized tree up to 15 m height and 50 cm dbh, |
(1)CAB International, 2005. Forestry Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. |
4.12 |
Unknown |
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5.01 |
Terrestrial |
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5.02 |
Bignoniaceae |
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5.03 |
Bignoniaceae |
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5.04 |
(1)H. adenophyllum is a handsome, small- to medium-sized tree up to 15 m height and 50 cm dbh, |
(1)CAB International, 2005. Forestry Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. |
6.01 |
(1)No evidence |
(1)CAB International, 2005. Forestry Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. |
6.02 |
(1) It is usually propagated by seed; although branch cuttings will sprout, the percentage of rooted cuttings is low |
(1)CAB International, 2005. Forestry Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. |
6.03 |
Unknown |
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6.04 |
Unknown |
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6.05 |
(1)bat-pollinated (2)Chiropterophily occurs mainly in genera with cauliflorous (e.g. Crescentia) or flagelliflorous inflorescences (Kigelia) or stiff inflorescences overtopping the canopy (e.g. Oroxylum, Fernandoa). [Fernandoa is a synonym for Haplophragma]. |
(1)van der Pijl, L., 1956. Remarks on pollination by bats in the genera Freycinetia, Duabanga, and Haplophragma, and on chiropterophilly in general. Acta bot. neerl. 5: 135–144. (2)Kadereit, J.W. 2004. Flowering Plants, Dicotyledons: Lamiales (except Acanthaceae Including Avicenniaceae). Springer-Verlag. Berlin. |
6.06 |
(1)Root suckers will come up profusely. |
(1)CAB International, 2005. Forestry Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. |
6.07 |
Unknown |
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7.01 |
Large pods and seeds with no means of external attachment (1)Capsule linear, terete with 8 slightly raised, longitudinal ridges, spirally twisted, 55-100 cm long and 1.5-2 cm wide…seeds flat, 0.8-1.1 cm long and 3.4-3.7 cm wide, the wings hyaline-membranous. |
(1)Woodson, Jr., R.E., R. W. Schery and Alwyn H. Gentry. 1973. Flora of Panama. Part IX. Family 172. Bignoniaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 60(3): 781-977. |
7.02 |
Not widely planted [see 2.05] |
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7.03 |
No evidence, and relatively large pods and seeds unlikely to accidentally contaminate produce (1)Capsule linear, terete with 8 slightly raised, longitudinal ridges, spirally twisted, 55-100 cm long and 1.5-2 cm wide…seeds flat, 0.8-1.1 cm long and 3.4-3.7 cm wide, the wings hyaline-membranous. |
(1)Woodson, Jr., R.E., R. W. Schery and Alwyn H. Gentry. 1973. Flora of Panama. Part IX. Family 172. Bignoniaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 60(3): 781-977. |
7.04 |
(1)seeds flat, winged |
(1)Woodson, Jr., R.E., R. W. Schery and Alwyn H. Gentry. 1973. Flora of Panama. Part IX. Family 172. Bignoniaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 60(3): 781-977. |
7.05 |
Unknown if large seed capsules will float |
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7.06 |
Not fleshy-fruited (1)seeds flat, winged |
(1)Woodson, Jr., R.E., R. W. Schery and Alwyn H. Gentry. 1973. Flora of Panama. Part IX. Family 172. Bignoniaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 60(3): 781-977. |
7.07 |
Large pods and seeds with no means of external attachment (1)Capsule linear, terete with 8 slightly raised, longitudinal ridges, spirally twisted, 55-100 cm long and 1.5-2 cm wide…seeds flat, 0.8-1.1 cm long and 3.4-3.7 cm wide, the wings hyaline-membranous. |
(1)Woodson, Jr., R.E., R. W. Schery and Alwyn H. Gentry. 1973. Flora of Panama. Part IX. Family 172. Bignoniaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 60(3): 781-977. |
7.08 |
Unknown |
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8.01 |
Unknown |
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8.02 |
Unknown |
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8.03 |
Unknown |
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8.04 |
Unknown |
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8.05 |
Unknown |
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