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Acacia koa
(Fabaceae)

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Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Acacia koa
Nomenclatural information about Acacia koa is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

ITIS nomenclature info for Acacia koa
Nomenclatural information about Acacia koa is provided by ITIS.

IPNI nomenclature info for Acacia koa
Nomenclatural information about Acacia koa is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Cultivation & propagation

Acacia koa (koa) propagation and cultivation (UH/CTAHR)
Propagation and cultivation information about Acacia koa (koa) is provided by the University of Hawaii's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (UH/CTAHR).

Fertilizer, thinning help to increase koa tree diameters
The diameter of koa trees increased by 120 percent in a test plot by fertilizing the trees and thinning competing trees, according to U.S. Forest Service scientists and the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry on the Big Island (Honolulu Advertiser, 3/27/2008).

Images

Images of Acacia koa (Fabaceae) (koa)
Links to high-resolution free images of Acacia koa (Fabaceae) (koa) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands info for Acacia koa
The Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands website presents information about Acacia koa in Hawaii.

Distribution

Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands info for Acacia koa
The Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands website presents information about Acacia koa in Hawaii.

Books

Our familiar island trees
Frear, Mary Dillingham. 1929. Our familiar island trees. Sponsored by The Outdoor Circle of Honolulu. Boston: Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press. 161 pp. illus. ISBN: (unknown or N/A). ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

In the news

Fertilizer, thinning help to increase koa tree diameters
The diameter of koa trees increased by 120 percent in a test plot by fertilizing the trees and thinning competing trees, according to U.S. Forest Service scientists and the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry on the Big Island (Honolulu Advertiser, 3/27/2008).

Bibliography

References for Acacia koa  new posting 
Bibliographic references for Acacia koa are provided by HEAR.

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