Dodonaea viscosa (Sapindaceae)

Species description or overview

Taxonomy & nomenclature

Cultivation & propagation

Dodonaea viscosa information from Native Plants Hawaii   
Information about Dodonaea viscosa--including details regarding plant, flower, and leaf characteristics; pests and diseases; growth requirements; and environment--is provided by Native Plants Hawaii.

How to plant a native Hawaiian garden 
An instructional handbook on planting a native Hawaiian garden was prepared by Office of Environmental Quality Control to guide the establishment of native gardens in schools throughout Hawaii to stimulate the awareness and appreciation of Hawaii's rare and fragile environmental resources (1992).

Got Erosion? ... Plant!
Native species that can combat soil loss are the topic of this Rick Barboza column (Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features, 12/19/2003).

In the Garden: Seed capsules are beauties
Aalii (Dodonea viscosa), with seed capsules only on female plants, is the topic of this Rick Barboza column (Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features, 10/7/2005).

In the Garden: Thick shrub has variety of uses
Aalii (Dodonea viscosa), adapted to any environments, is the topic of this Rick Barboza column (Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features, 11/3/2006).

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 Dodonaea viscosa (Sapindaceae) (aalii)
Links to high-resolution free images of Dodonaea viscosa (Sapindaceae) (aalii) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Dodonaea viscosa information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands   
Information about Dodonaea viscosa in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Dodonaea viscosa images from Native Plants Hawaii   
Images of Dodonaea viscosa are provided on the Native Plants Hawaii website.

Dodonaea viscosa images by PT
Dodonaea viscosa flower and foliage high-resolution images by Maui photographer Philip Thomas are available online.

Voucher specimens

Distribution

Where to see this species

Books

Hawaii's butterflies & moths: an identification guide to easily observed species
Jamieson, Dean and Jim Denny. 2001. Hawaii's butterflies & moths: an identification guide to easily observed species. A Hawaii Biological Survey Handbook. Mutual Publishing.

Full-text articles

Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research
Stone, Charles P., Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison (eds.) . 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit. ISBN: 0-8248-1474-6.

Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.

Phenology, reproductive potential, seed dispersal and predation, and seedling establishment of three invasive plant species in a Hawaiian rain forest
Medeiros, A.C. 2004. Phenology, reproductive potential, seed dispersal and predation, and seedling establishment of three invasive plant species in a Hawaiian rain forest. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu.

Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii
Smith, Clifford W., Julie Denslow, and Stephen Hight (eds.) . 2002. Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany) Technical Report 129. 122 pages.

Host specificity and risk assessment of Heteroperryia hubrichi, a potential classical biological control agent of christmasberry (Schinus terebinthifolius) in Hawaii
Hight, Stephen D. 2002. Host specificity and risk assessment of Heteroperryia hubrichi, a potential classical biological control agent of christmasberry (Schinus terebinthifolius) in Hawaii. pp 30-44 in Smith, Clifford W., Julie Denslow, and Stephen Hight (eds). 2002. Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany) Technical Report 129. 122 pages. from http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/techr/129.pdf accessed 16 March 2008.

Bibliography

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