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INDIGENOUS or POLYNESIAN INTRODUCTION

Thespesia populnea

Ke'ehi Park, Oahu

 

Koko Crater BG, Oahu

PORTIA    MILO

Common tree in sheltered coastal habitats.  Wood & fiber was used by Hawaiians, lending some to believe it was brought here by early settlers.  Native to Tropical Africa, Asia, Australia, & Polynesia, and naturalized worldwide.