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Ecological, Economic, and Cultural Renewal

Species Selection Table

Use the table below to select species based on basic products and services as well as environmental conditions.

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timber fruit/
nut
fiber/
thatch
cosmetics/
adornment
windbreak coastal protection humid Tropics >1000mm rainfall, >20°C mean temp sub-humid Tropics >500mm rainfall, >20°C mean temp arid tropics <500mm rainfall, >20°C mean temp humid sub-tropics >1000mm rainfall, <20°C mean temp coastal tropics >1000mm rainfall, >20°C mean temp, exposed to ocean
Acacia koa koa
x
x
x
Acacia koaia koai'a
x
x
x
Agathis macrophylla Pacific kauri
x
x
Aleurites moluccana kukui, candlenut
x
x
x
x
Alphitonia zizyphoides toi
x
x
x
Areca catechu betel nut
x
x
Artocarpus altilis breadfruit
x
x
x
Artocarpus camansi breadnut
x
x
x
Artocarpus heterophyllus jackfruit
x
x
x
x
Artocarpus mariannensis dugdug
x
x
Barringtonia procera cutnut
x
x
x
x
x
Broussonetia papyrifera paper mulberry
x
x
x
x
Bruguiera gymnorrhiza large-leaf mangrove
x
x
x
x
Calophyllum inophyllum kamani, beauty leaf
x
x
x
x
x
Cananga odorata ylang-ylang
x
x
x
x
Canarium indicum canarium nut
x
x
x
x
Canarium harveyi canarium nut
x
x
x
Casuarina equisetifolia
beach she-oak
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Casuarina cunninghamiana river she-oak
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Citrus spp. citrus species
x
x
x
Cocos nucifera coconut
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Cordia subcordata kou
x
x
x
x
x
Endospermum medullosum whitewood
x
x
Erythrina variegata coral tree
x
x
x
x
Fagraea berteroana pua kenikeni
x
x
x
Flueggea flexuosa poumuli
x
x
x
timber fruit/
nut
fiber/
thatch
cosmetics/
adornment
windbreak coastal protection humid Tropics >1000mm rainfall, >20°C mean temp sub-humid Tropics >500mm rainfall, >20°C mean temp arid tropics <500mm rainfall, >20°C mean temp humid sub-tropics >1000mm rainfall, <20°C mean temp coastal tropics >1000mm rainfall, >20°C mean temp, exposed to ocean
Gliricidia sepium gliricidia
x
x
x
x
x
x
Gnetum gnemon gnemon
x
x
x
x
Hibiscus tiliaceus beach hibiscus
x
x
x
x
x
x
Inocarpus fagifer Tahitian chestnut
x
x
x
x
x
Intsia bijuga vesi
x
x
x
x
Mangifera indica mango
x
x
x
x
x
Metrosidieros polymorpha 'ohi'a, ohia, ohia lehua
x
x
x
x
x
x
Metroxylon species
sago palm
x
x
x
x
Morinda citrifolia noni, Indian mulberry
x
x
x
x
x
Musa species banana and plantain
x
x
x
X
X
Pandanus tectorius pandanus
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Pometia pinnata tava
x
x
x
Pterocarpus indicus narra
x
x
x
Rhizophora AEP species Atlantic-East Pacific red mangroves
x
x
x
x
x
Rhizophora IWP species Indo-West Pacific stilt mangroves
x
x
x
x
x
Samanea saman rain tree
x
x
x
Santalum yasi
S. austrocaledonicum
sandalwood
x
x
x
Santalum ellipticum
S. freycinetianum
S. haleakalae
S. paniculatum
Hawaiian sandalwood species
x
x
x
x
x
x
Syzygium malaccense Malay apple
x
x
Terminalia catappa tropical almond
x
x
x
x
x
x
Terminalia richii malili
x
x
x
Thespesia populnea milo
x
x
x
x
x
x
Tournefortia argentea beach heliotrope
x
x
x
x
x

Species Profiles for Pacific Island Agroforestry are distributed by agroforestry.net with support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Western Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (WSARE) Program; SPC/GTZ Pacific-German Regional Forestry Project; USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS); State of Hawai‘i Department of Land & Natural Resources Division of Forestry & Wildlife; USDA Forest Service Forest Lands Enhancement Program; Kaulunani, an Urban Forestry Program of the Hawai'i DLNR Division of Forestry & Wildlife and the USDA Forest Service; and Muriel and Kent Lighter.

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