invasiveFabaceae
Leucaena leucocephala
koa haole
Nitrogen-fixing leguminous tree ubiquitous on disturbed lowland sites. Displaces native coastal vegetation; extremely difficult to eradicate due to prolific seeding and resprouting.
Leucaena leucocephala is a small fast-growing mimosoid tree native to southern Mexico and northern Central America (Belize and Guatemala) and is now naturalized throughout the tropics.
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Working knowledge for this species
Treatments · 1
Gallery · 8 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 104 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 198 · GBIF 292 records
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 63 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 26 · GBIF 37 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 21 · GBIF 38 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 11 · GBIF 11 ✓
Honokōhau 1-3 · HawaiʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 8 ✓
Honokahua · MauiiNat 7 · GBIF 6 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 10 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 6 ✓
Paunau · MauiGBIF 10
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 6 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 4 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
Honolua · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kealakehe · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Wailuku · MauiGBIF 5
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kanahena · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
N/A · KahoʻolaweiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Anahola · KauaʻiGBIF 4
Niumalu · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōʻaeʻae · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Haʻikū · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
North Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 2
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 2
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Ulupehupehu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Punalau · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 2
Kawela · OʻahuiNat 2
Kealakekua, Kīloa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 2
Mānana · OʻahuiNat 2
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiGBIF 2
Hāmākuapoko · MauiGBIF 2
Kamaʻole · MauiGBIF 2
Keālia · OʻahuGBIF 2
Pololū · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 1
Pālāʻau · MolokaʻiiNat 1
ʻOʻoma 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
ʻŌhikilolo · OʻahuiNat 1
South Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 1
Kaʻohe 1-3 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Moaliʻi · MauiiNat 1
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1
Lepeuli · KauaʻiiNat 1
Honopou · MauiiNat 1
Kohanaiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kaʻohe 4 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 1
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 1
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 1
Launiupoko · MauiiNat 1
Nānākuli · OʻahuiNat 1
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 1
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 1
Keahuolū · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kawaihae 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
ʻAlaenui · MauiGBIF 1
Kalihi · MauiGBIF 1
Ukumehame · MauiGBIF 1
Wahikuli · MauiGBIF 1
Waiawa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Keaʻau · OʻahuGBIF 1
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiGBIF 1
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Paeahu · MauiGBIF 1
Kualapa · MauiGBIF 1
Peahi · MauiGBIF 1
Keālia · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Hāmākualoa · MauiGBIF 1
Hanalei · KauaʻiGBIF 1
ʻAiea · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waipiʻoiki · MauiGBIF 1
Paumalū · OʻahuGBIF 1
Keawaʻula · OʻahuGBIF 1