Taxon: Acacia koa A. Gray

• the 3 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• koa acacia   (Source: Names Beetle ) – English
  
• koa   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – Hawaiian
  
• koa   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Animal food: forage   (fide Food Feed Crops US)
  
• Materials: wood   (timber fide Ency WTimber)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Baker, P. J. et al. 2009. Koa (Acacia koa) ecology and silviculture. Techn. Publ. U.S. Forest Serv. PSW–GTR–211: 1–129.
• Beetle, A. A. 1970. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31.
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature.
• Elevitch, C. R., ed. The traditional tree initiative: species profiles for Pacific Island agroforestry (on-line resource).
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• John, St., H. 1980. Pacific Sci. 33:357–367.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
• Pedley, L. 1975. Revision of the extra-Australian species of Acacia subg. Heterophyllum. Contr. Queensland Herb. 18:1–24.
• Pedley, L. 1986. Derivation and dispersal of Acacia (Leguminosae), with particular reference to Australia, and the recognition of Senegalia and Racosperma. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 92:248. [= Racosperma koa (A. Gray) Pedley].
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rico-Arce, Maria de Lourdes. 2007. American species of Acacia.
• St. John, H. 1973. List and summary of the flowering plants in the Hawaiian islands.
• Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i.
• Wagner, W. L. et al. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (on-line resource).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Acacia koa.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Acacia koa.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Acacia koa.

Synonyms:

• (=) Acacia heterophylla var. latifolia Benth.
  
• (=) Acacia kauaiensis Hillebr.
  
• (=) Acacia koa var. hawaiiensis Rock
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Acacia koa var. lanaiensis Rock
  
• (=) Acacia koa var. latifolia (Benth.) H. St. John
  
• (≡) Racosperma koa (A. Gray) Pedley
  

Check other web resources for Acacia koa A. Gray:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images or nodulation data:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• GRIN nodulation data

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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