General Information

COMMON NAMES: Red-bead Tree, Coral Pea, Coralwood, Barbados Pride, Peacock Flower Fence, Red Sandalwood Tree, Redwood, False Wiliwili TRADITIONAL NAMES: Mata Kōviriviri (RR MK MT AK), Kōviriviri (MG), Pitipiti‘o (AT); Other Polynesian - Lopā (TON), Lopā (SAM) GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE se.Asia - Malesia COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; Land, mountains (+) SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food (SD 2+), (Material (Adornment)); Invasive - serious, Weed - moderate

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+++	+++	++++	+++	P	+++	-	-	-

Northern Group: -
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Adenanthera pavonina Linnaeus
TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ROSIDAE; Fabales (Legumes); MIMOSACEAE

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Food (SD 2+), (Material (Adornment)). Comments: MATERIAL: Purplish coloured wood used in cabinet making, sometimes substituting for Rosewood. Said to be of the hardness of Beech [Nothofagus spp.].
NEGATIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Invasive - serious, Weed - moderate. Comments: A widespread invasive, sometimes forming very dense thickets, in the makatea forests of Atiu and Mauke, mainly a long walking tracks were the seeds ahve been spread by people. This species will become incresaing widespread and invasive in natural and disturbed environments.

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.414 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.23 Royal Hort. Soc. Index of Garden Plants
p.3/056 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.54 R Wilder - Flora of Rarotonga
p.376e Whistler - Ethnobotany of the Cook Islands

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM03b

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