Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Threat only at high elevations?  no

Other Latin names:  Geoffroea striata (Willd.) Morong, Geoffroea superba Bonpl., Robinia striata Willd.

Habit:  tree

Description:  "Tree or shrub to about 11 m tall; young stems tomentulose, glabrescent; stipules subdeltoid to ovate, about 2-5 mm long; leaves about 9-17-foliolate, oblong to obovate, 1.5-4.5 cm long, 0.5-2 cm wide, obtuse to emarginate, surfaces puberulent, glabrescent, secondary veins numerous, parallel, moderately conspicuous; bracts ovate, about 3 mm long; flowers 12-14 mm long; calyx about 5-7 mm long, tomentulose, lobes 2-3 mm long; fruit tomentulose, 3-5 cm long, 2-3.5 cm wide, about 1.5-2.5 cm thick; seeds light brown, lenticular, hilum apical"  (Wiggins & Porter, 1971; p. 624).

Habitat/ecology:  "Often planted as an ornamental" (Wiggins & Porter, 1971; p. 624).

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  Colombia and Venezuela to Argentina (Wiggins & Porter, 1971; p. 624).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands) Española Group	Española Island	probably introduced invasive	Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands) Floreana Group	Floreana Island	probably introduced invasive	Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Colombia Colombia	Colombia (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
Ecuador (Mainland) Ecuador	Ecuador (Republic of) (continental)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
Perú Perú	Perú (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

Comments:  Reported as possibly an invasive plant in the Galápagos Islands per Charles Darwin Research Station.

Additional information:  Additional online information about Geoffroea spinosa is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Taxonomic information about Geoffroea spinosa may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

References:

Charles Darwin Research Station. 2005. CDRS Herbarium records.

U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. 2007. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Online searchable database.

Wiggins, I. L./Porter, D. M. 1971. Flora of the Galapágos Islands. Stanford University Press. 998 pp.