Acacia koaia (Fabaceae) koaia

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Species description or overview

Traditional tree Acacia koa and Acacia koaia 
Native Hawaiian koa overview is provided by Species Profiles for Pacific Island Agroforestry (www.traditionaltree.org).

Acacia koaia information from NTBG
Information about Acacia koaia is available from the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

Acacia koaia information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Acacia koaia--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Acacia koaia information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Acacia koaia, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Acacia koaia
Nomenclatural information about Acacia koaia is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Cultivation & propagation

Best native plants for landscapes 
Endemic and indigenous Hawaiian plants used in landscapes are pictured in this publication from the University of Hawaii.

Images

Images of Acacia koaia (Fabaceae) (koaia, dwarf koa)
Links to high-resolution free images of Acacia koaia (Fabaceae) (koaia, dwarf koa) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Acacia koaia information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Acacia koaia in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Acacia koaia images from Native Plants Hawaii
Images of Acacia koaia are provided on the Native Plants Hawaii website.

Acacia to Azadirachta images and weed risk assessment scores
Images of trees Acacia to Azadirachta, and their weed risk assessment scores, listed alphabetically, are from the University of Hawaii Forestry Extension.

Acacia koaia images by Jupiter Nielsen
Images of Acacia koaia are provided online by Maui artist/photographer Jupiter Nielsen.

Acacia koaia images by Karl Magnacca
Images of Acacia koaia by Karl Magnacca are available online.

Distribution

Acacia koaia information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Acacia koaia--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Full-text articles

Revised List of Hawaiian Names of Plants Native and Introduced with Brief Descriptions and Notes as to Occurrence and Medicinal or Other Values
Gon III, Samuel M. Ohukaniohia. 2008. Revised List of Hawaiian Names of Plants Native and Introduced with Brief Descriptions and Notes as to Occurrence and Medicinal or Other Values, by Joseph F. Rock Consulting Botanist, Board of Agriculture and Forestry Honolulu, Hawaii, 1920; transcribed and annotated by Samuel M. Ohukaniohia Gon III. Ethnobotany Research & Applications 6:405-442.

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