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Acacia koa, commonly known as koa, [3] is a species of flowering tree in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands , [ 2 ] where it is the second most common tree. [ 4 ] The highest populations are on Hawaiʻi , Maui and Oʻahu .
Acacia koaia is usually distinguished by growing as a short (rarely more than 5 m or 16 ft), broad, gnarled tree; having the seeds longitudinally arranged in the pod; shorter, straighter phyllodes; and much denser wood.
Leucaena leucocephala is a small fast-growing mimosoid tree native to southern Mexico and northern Central America (Belize and Guatemala) [1] [4] and is now naturalized throughout the tropics including parts of Asia. Common names include white leadtree, [5] white popinac, [1] horse tamarind, [1] ipil-ipil, [6] [7] koa haole, [8] and tan-tan. [9]
Watson said an Oahu forest near the latest fire had uluhe ferns, koa trees and ohia trees before a blaze burned less than a square mile of it 2015. Now the land features invasive grasses that are ...
Published reports of DMT in the leaf [7] derive from a misreading of a paper that found no DMT in leaves of this species. [8] Besides this, there are independent claims of DMT in leaves and bark based on human bioassay, [2] and traces of 5-MeO-DMT, DMT and NMT were tentatively identified by TLC in twigs. [9]
The Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative (HLRI) is a Hawaii-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2014 that works to reforest endemic trees and restore native habitat for wildlife. [1] This includes koa, ‘ōhi‘a, māmane, naio, ko‘oko‘olau, kūkaenēnē and ‘iliahi trees. [2] [3]
By the early 1900s, the land was almost totally bereft of `ohi`a and koa trees. Kikuyu grass was imported in the 1940s and became pervasive. [1] Restoration was initiated in 1997 by fencing a 10-acre area of Ulupalakua Ranch, using U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service funds. It was led by retired United States Geological Survey biologist Art Medeiros ...
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