Alphitonia ponderosa is a species of flowering tree in the family Rhamnaceae, that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It is locally known as kauila, as is the related Colubrina oppositifolia.
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Alphitoniaponderosa is a species of flowering tree in the family Rhamnaceae, that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It is locally known as kauila, as...
for use in gunpowder before the development of modern propellants. Alphitoniaponderosa Ceanothus Ceanothus papillosus var. roweanus at the Regional Parks...
(Metrosideros polymorpha). In other areas it grows alongside kauila (Alphitoniaponderosa), hame (Antidesma platyphyllum), ʻaʻaliʻi (Dodonaea viscosa), Kauai...
wood due to its availability; kauila (Colubrina oppositifolia or Alphitoniaponderosa), more durable woods when in contact with soil, was rarer. As the...
the hard wood of C. oppositifolia and that of a related species, Alphitoniaponderosa, both of which were known as kauila. Consequently, the exact usage...
runners are made from hard native woods, traditionally that of kauila (Alphitoniaponderosa or Colubrina oppositifolia), uhiuhi (Caesalpinia kavaiensis), or...
in the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae, that are endemic to Hawaiʻi: Alphitoniaponderosa and Colubrina oppositifolia. Their wood was prized for being extremely...
nioi (Eugenia reinwardtiana), ʻahakea (Bobea spp.), and kauila (Alphitoniaponderosa) was used to treat sexually transmitted diseases. Wikimedia Commons...
valleys and near waterfalls. Other plants in the habitat include Alphitoniaponderosa (kauila), Alyxia stellata (maile), Antidesma platyphyllum (hame)...
Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai and Hawaii. The larvae feed on Alphitoniaponderosa, Metrosideros, Pipturus, Railliardia and Styphelia tameiameiae. The...
polymorpha), uluhe (Dicranopteris linearis), koa (Acacia koa), kauila (Alphitoniaponderosa), and poʻola nui (Bidens cosmoides). Plants in its bog habitat may...
nioi (Eugenia reinwardtiana), ʻahakea (Bobea spp.), and kauila (Alphitoniaponderosa) was used to treat sexually transmitted diseases. Wikimedia Commons...
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