Traditional Tree Initiative

Species Profiles for Pacific Island Agroforestry: Ecological, Economic, and Cultural Renewal

Traditional Trees of Pacific Islands is out of print. There may still be copies in used book stores in Hawai'i or at Amazon.

Scholarships available for ONE-YEAR AGROFORESTRY HOLISTIC REGENERATION PROGRAM

A project to educate extension agents, farmers, ranchers and landowners about native and traditional trees for:

• crop diversification
• windbreaks
• coastal protection
• shelter and shade
• soil improvement
• water conservation
• livestock fodder
• woodlots
• food security
• and many other applications

Specialty Crops for Pacific Islands, the follow-up to Traditional Trees of Pacific Islands, is still in print. 

Traditional Trees of Pacific Islands: Their culture, environment, and use

Editor: Craig R. Elevitch
Hardcover - 816 pages
Full color - over 800 photographs

Format - 9" X 11" (22.8 x 27.9 cm)
Weight: 7 lb (3.2 kg)
Release date: July 2006
Publisher: Permanent Agriculture Resources
ISBN: 0970254458

download chapters (PDF) of Traditional Trees of Pacific Islands

Acacia koa Acacia koaia	koa koai'a	2 MB
Agathis macrophylla	Pacific kauri	540 KB
Aleurites moluccana	kukui, candlenut	1 MB
Alphitonia zizyphoides	toi	805 KB
Areca catechu	betel nut	1 MB
Artocarpus altilis	breadfruit	1.1 MB
Artocarpus camansi	breadnut	700 KB
Artocarpus heterophyllus	jackfruit	1 MB
Artocarpus mariannensis	dugdug	820 KB
Barringtonia procera	cutnut	1.1 MB
Broussonetia papyrifera	paper mulberry	850 KB
Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (syn. B. gymnorhiza)	large-leaf mangrove	790 KB
Calophyllum inophyllum	kamani, beauty leaf	1.1 MB
Cananga odorata	ylang-ylang	650 KB
Canarium indicum Canarium harveyi	canarium nut	740 KB
Casuarina equisetifolia Casuarina cunninghamiana	beach she-oak & river she-oak	1 MB
Citrus spp. C. aurantifolia C. aurantium C. grandis C. hystrix C. limon C. macroptera C. medica C. mitis C. paradisi C. reticulata C. sinensis Fortunella spp.	citrus species lime sour orange pummelo Kaffir lime lemon wild orange citron calamondin grapefruit mandarin sweet orange kumquat	1.8 MB
Cocos nucifera	coconut	1.8 MB
Cordia subcordata	kou	1 MB
Endospermum medullosum	whitewood	840 KB
Erythrina variegata	coral tree	1.1 MB
Fagraea berteroana	pua kenikeni	700 KB
Flueggea flexuosa	poumuli	890 KB
Gliricidia sepium	gliricidia	1.1 MB
Gnetum gnemon	gnetum	500 KB
Hibiscus tiliaceus	beach hibiscus	1 MB
Inocarpus fagifer	Tahitian chestnut	870 KB
Intsia bijuga	vesi	1.1 MB
Mangifera indica	mango	1.0 MB
Metrosideros polymorpha	'ohi'a, ohia, ohia lehua	2.1 MB
Metroxylon paulcoxii M. sagu M. salomonense M. vitiense M. warburgii	sago palm	1.3 MB
Morinda citrifolia	noni, Indian mulberry	860 KB
Musa species	banana and plantain	1.9 MB
Musa and Ensete	banana and plantain cultivar overview	1.7 MB
Pandanus tectorius	pandanus	2.2 MB
Pometia pinnata	tava	733 KB
Pterocarpus indicus	narra	767 KB
Rhizophora mangle R. samoensis R. racemosa R. x harrisonii	Atlantic-East Pacific red mangroves	755 KB
Rhizophora apiculata R. mucronata R. stylosa R. x annamalai R. x lamarckii	Indo-West Pacific stilt mangroves	936 MB
Samanea saman	rain tree	811 KB
Santalum yasi S. austrocaledonicum	sandalwood	1.0 MB
Santalum ellipticum S. freycinetianum S. haleakalae S. paniculatum	Hawaiian sandalwood species	948 KB
Syzygium malaccense	Malay apple	648 KB
Terminalia catappa	tropical almond	1.5 MB
Terminalia richii	malili	813 KB
Thespesia populnea	milo	1.0 MB
Tournefortia argentea	beach heliotrope	708 KB

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
• Muriel and Kent Lighter