LEMON-SCENTED GUM : Eucalyptus citriodoraMyrtaceae - the guava and gum-tree family
LEMON-SCENTED GUM at Wahiawa Botanical Garden
LEMON-SCENTED GUM : Eucalyptus citriodoraMyrtaceae - the guava and gum-tree family
CHINESE BANYAN at Wahiawa Botanical Garden
CHINESE BANYAN : Ficus microcarpaMoraceae - the fig and mulberry family
GOLDEN BAMBOO at Wahiawa Botanical Garden
GOLDEN BAMBOO : Bambusa vulgaris 'Vittata'Poaceae - the grass family
QUEENSLAND KAURI at Wahiawa Botanical Garden
QUEENSLAND KAURI : Agathis robustaAraucariaceae - the araucaria family
SATINLEAF at Wahiawa Botanical Garden
SATINLEAF : Chrysophyllum oliviformeSapotaceae - the sapodilla and milkwood family
TRAVELER'S TREE at Wahiawa Botanical Garden
TRAVELER'S TREE : Ravenala madagascariensisStrelitziaceae - the bird-of-paradise family
RAINBOW EUCALYPTUS at Wahiawa Botanical Garden
RAINBOW EUCALYPTUS or MINDANAO GUM TREE : Eucalyptus degluptaMyrtaceae - the guava and gum-tree family
MORINGA at Koko Crater Botanical Garden
MORINGA : Moringa stenopetalaMoringaceae - the drumstick-tree family
KIAWE at Koko Crater Botanical Garden
KIAWE or MESQUITE : Prosopis pallidaFabaceae - the bean family
WILIWILI at Koko Crater Botanical Garden
WILIWILI : Erythrina sandwicensisFabaceae - the bean family
SAUSAGE-TREE at Koko Crater Botanical Garden
SAUSAGE-TREE : Kigelia africanaBignoniaceae - the catalpa or trumpet-tree family
DRAGON'S BLOOD TREE at Koko Crater Botanical Garden
DRAGON'S BLOOD TREE : Dracaena cinnabariAgavaceae - the agave family
FEVER TREE at Koko Crater Botanical Garden
FEVER TREE : Acacia xanthopholeaFabaceae - the bean family
SYCAMORE FIG TREE at Koko Crater Botanical Garden
SYCAMORE FIG TREE: Ficus sycomorusMoraceae - the fig and mulberry family
PLUMERIAS at Koko Crater Botanical Garden
PLUMERIA : Plumeria rubra cultivarsApocynaceae - the oleander and dogbane family
NAIO at Liliuokalani Botanical Garden
NAIO : Myoporum sandwicense
(Myoporaceae - the false sandalwood family)
`A`ALI`I at Liliuokalani Botanical Garden
`A`ALI`I : Dodonea viscosa(SAPINDACEAE - soapberry family)
This hardy native Hawaiian plant grows by the coast and lowland habitats. The lightweight and papery seed-pods most likely drifted by sea to the Hawaiian Islands many years ago. `A`ali`i has beautiful shiny green leaves and colorful seed-pods of tan, yellow, pink, or red-purple which are often woven into lei.
DOUM PALM at Foster Botanical Garden
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DOUM PALM – Hyphaene thebaica(ARECACEAE - PALM FAMILY)
Notice this palm’s unusual trunk - very few palms are branched. The doum fruit is reportedly delicious, tasting like gingerbread. Ancient Egyptians enjoyed the fruit and even buried them in their pharaoh's tombs. The leaves are used for weaving.
KAPOK TREE at Foster Botanical Garden
KAPOK TREE – Ceiba pentandra(Bombacaceae – Bombax Family)
The beautiful buttress roots provide support in shallow soil. As a deciduous tropical tree, kapoks drop all of their leaves before flowering. The seedpods contain silky fibers once used to stuff life preservers. The red spider monkeys of Central America eat kapok leaves.
CANNONBALL TREE at Foster Botanical Garden
CANNONBALL TREE – Couroupita guianensis(Lecythidaceae - Brazil Nut Family)
This strange South American tree sprouts flowers and fruits right from the trunk. The cannonballs are filled with a foul smelling blue pulp that attracts peccaries, pigs, and chickens.
BAOBAB at Foster Botanical Garden
BAOBAB : Adansonia digitataBombacaceae- the bombax family
The African baobab provides a feast for the surrounding wildlife. Bats drink nectar from the night-blooming flowers, baboons eat the fruit, giraffes nibble on tender leaves, and elephants chew on the moist bark. For us humans, the bark can be used for fiber, the fruit makes a refreshing drink, the leaves are medicinal, and we can take a rest inside a hollow old baobab. This tree was probably planted in 1940.
CARIBBEAN ROYAL PALM at Foster Botanical Garden
CARIBBEAN ROYAL PALM – Roystonea oleraceaArecaceae - the palm family
Royal palms are among the world’s tallest trees. They are native to the Caribbean and were brought to the Hawaiian Islands by Dr. William Hillebrand in the late 1800's. Dr. Hillebrand made his home in Foster Garden, and probably planted this exceptional tree.
Perhaps you’ve seen Royal Palms impressively lining an avenue in the tropics. Notice the shiny green crownshaft at the top of the grayish trunk and the purplish-black fruit clusters.
QUIPO at Foster Botanical Garden
QUIPO TREE - Cavanillesia plantanifolia.Bombacaceae - the bombax family
This giant tree grows fast and has a soft wood (similar to balsa) used for making canoes and rafts in Panama. The large winged seedpods have a natural gel inside to absorb water, which gives the young seedlings a jump-start on life. This quipo was planted in 1930.
RAINBOW SHOWER at Foster Botanical Garden
RAINBOW SHOWER - Cassia x nealiae. Fabaceae - the bean family
These pretty trees are the result of a man-made cross done in 1918. They became so popular that Mayor Neal Blaisell declared the rainbow shower tree the Official Tree of Honolulu in 1965.
This tree in Foster Garden is a 'Wilhelmina Tenney' cultivar, producing a bouquet of pink and yellow blossoms.
BO TREE at Foster Botanical Garden
BO TREE - Ficus religiosa.Moraceae - the fig and mulberry family
This exceptional tree traces its lineage back to Buddha's sacred tree in India and was given as a gift to Mary Foster in 1913. As a type of fig tree, the flowers grow inside “figs” which are pollinated by tiny wasps that crawl inside. Come watch its beautiful heart-shaped leaves dance in the breeze.
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