Hale Kua Gardens - Tropical Arboriculture

Your hosts, Bill and Cathy Cowern would love to share their vision of developing a tropical timber arboretum on Kauai, graced with many species of tropical fruit and flowering timber trees. Below are some of the exotic tropical trees on their 8-acre property.

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Some of the many tropical trees found at Hale Kua Gardens, Kauai, Hawaii
Oil palms thrive from the natural fertilizer provided by a nearby albizia tree.

TIMBER SPECIES

Scientific NameCommon NameCountry of Origin
Schizolobium parahybaFalse tree fernBrazil
Ceratonia siliquaCarobSyria
Guaiacum officionaleLignum vitaeJamaica
Grevillea robustaSilkoak / LacewoodAustralia
Cardwellia sublimusSilkoak / LacewoodAustralia
Lagerstroemia flos reginaeGiant Crepe MyrtleVietnam
Lagerstroemia floribundaCrepe MyrtleCostaRica
Ochroma pyramidaleBalsaCosta Rica
Swietenia mahoganiMahoganyCentral America
Swietenia macrophyllaHonduras mahoganyCentral America
Khaya ivorensisAfrican mahoganyLiberia
Tabebuia donell / smithiiPrimaveraCentral America
Tabebuia avelandaeIpeBrazil
Tabebuia pentaphyllaPink tecoma , amapaSouth America
Adenanthera pavoniaRed sandlewoodIndia
Aleurites molucannaKukui nutHawaii
Diosporos kakiJapanese persimmonJapan
Diosporos ebenasterBlack sapoteMexico
Litchi chinensisLycheeChina
Macadamia integrifoliaMacadamia nutAustralia
Euphoria longanLongan / Dragon eyeChina
Thespesia populneaMiloHawaii
Brosimum alicastrumBreadnutBrazil
Albizia falcatariaMolluca albiziaMollucas
Albizia guachapeleGuachapeleCosta Rica
Azaderachta indicaNeemIndia
Azaderachta saimensisNeemIndia
Acacia koaKoaHawaii
Acacia melanoxylonBlackwood acaciaAustralia
Acacia confusaFormosan koaChina
Acacia auriculiformis?Australia
Eleocarpus grandisBlue marblePacific Rim
Eleocarpus maxopetalusCeylon oliveCeylon
Astronium fraxinifoliumGoncalo AlvesBrazil
Astronium lecointei?Brazil
Araucaria columnarisCook pineTropical Pacific
Enterolobium cyclocarpumEarpodMexico
Mangifera indicaMangoIndia
Calophyllum inophyllumKamaniHawaii
Cassia saimeaKassod treeHawaii
Intsia bijugaIpil / MerbauTropical Pacific
Tamarindus indicaTamarindIndia
Harpullia pendulaTulipwoodAustralia
Brachychiton acerifoliumFlame treeAustralia
Pterocarpus indicusNarraPhillipines
Pterocarpus marsupiumBiblaIndia
Pterocarpus angolensisMuningaAngola
Dalbergia retusaCocoboloBrazil
Dalbergia nigraBrazilian RosewoodBrazil
Dalbergia indicumSissooIndia
Cresentia cujeteCalabash treeTropical America
Eucalyptus degluptaKamarere / Rainbow gumMalaysia
Eucalyptus dunnii?Australia
Eucalyptus MicrocorysTallowwoodAustralia
Achras zapotaSapodillaBelize
Cordia subcordataKouHawaii
Cordia goeldianaFreijoBrazil
Cordia alliodoraLaurel BlancoVenezuela
Canarium vulgarePili NutMalaysia
Annona squamosaSugar appleCentral America
Garcinia mangostanaMangosteenMalaysia
Filicium decipiensFern TreeIndia
Cananga odorataYlang- YlangBurma- Australia
Berchimia zeyheriPink IvoryMalawi / South Africa
Chrysophyllum oliviformeSatin Leaf, CaimitilloTropical America
Gmelina leitchardtiiAustralia

OTHER TREES

Pimenta dioicaAllspiceWest Indies
Callistemon citrinusBottlebrushAustralia
Spathodea campanulataRed African TulipAfrica
Spathodea campanulataYellow African TulipAfrica
Anacardium occidentaleCashewTropical America
Ficus caricaFigAsia Minor
Ficus religiosaPeepul, Bo tree, Bodhi treeIndia
Datura candidaAngel's trumpetTropical America
Annona HYBRIDAtemoyaTropical America
Handkerchief tree?

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