The University of Hawai'i at Manoa is home to more than 560 kinds of trees and plants. They intrigue campus visitors and provide students and professors with a living botanical laboratory. Follow the route from Bachman Hall to the East-West Center to view some of the beautiful campus flora. Please allow about 12 hours to complete the tour.
(Click on the number to goto the map or on the name of the plant to goto the text location)
1. Mondo grass or lily turf, Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb.) Ker-Gawl
2. Pritchardia palm, Pritchardia thurstoni F. Muell. & Drude
3. Niusawa palm, Veitchia joannis H. Wendl.
4. White bird of paradise, Strelitzia nicolai Regel & Koern.
5. Lantana, Lantana camara L.
6. Pink shower tree, Cassia grandis L. f.
7. Cannonball tree, Couroupita guianenis Aubl.
8. Plumeria tree, Plumeria rubra L.
9. Indian rubber tree, Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem. cv. doescheri
10. Magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora L..
11. Bird of paradise, Strelitzia reginae Ait.
12. Panama hat palm, Carludovica palmata R. & P.
13. Kiawe tree, Prosopis pallida (Humb. & Bonpl ex Willd.) HBK
14. Screw pine, Pandanus sp. (Screw pine root picture)
15. Mindanao gum, Eucalyptus deglupta Bl.
16. Sandbox tree, Hura crepitans L.
17. Wild chataigne, Pachira insignis (Sw.) Savigny
18. Kou, Cordia subcordata Lam.
19. Okari nut, Terminalia kaernbachii Warb.
20. Jack-in-a-box tree, Hernandia nymphaeifolia (C. Presl) Kubitzki
21. White sapote, Casimiroa edulis La Llave
22. Mahogany, Swietenia mahogani (L.) Jacq.
23. Pink tecoma, Tabebuia yosea (A. Bertoloni) A.P. De Candolle
24. Tiare or Tahitian gardenia, Gardenia taitenis DC.
25. Skunk tree, Sterculia foetida L. (Skunk tree picture)
26. Royal poinciana, Delonix regia (Bojer ex W.J. Hooker) Rafinesque
27. Cuban royal palm, Roystonea regia (Kunth) O.F. Cook
28. Kamani tree, Calophyllum inophyllum L.
29. Octopus or umbrella tree, Schefflera actinophylla (Endl.) Harms
30. Port Jackson fig, Ficus rubiginosa Desf. ex Ventenat
31. Areca palm, Dypsis lutescens (H. Wendland) Beentje & J. Dransfield
32. Blue latan palm, Latania loddigesii Mart.
33. Bo tree, Ficus religiosa L. (Bo tree picture)
34. Gru gru palm, Acrocomia aculeata (Jacquin) Loddiges (Gru gru palm tree picture)
35. Loulu, Pritchardia arecina sp.
36. Southern Washingtonia, Washingtonia robusta H. Wendl.
37. Coconut palm, Cocos nucifera L.
38. Breadfruit tree, Artocarpus altilis (Parkins. ex Z.) Fosb. (Breadfruit tree picture)
39. Weeping fig, Ficus benjamina L. var. nuda (Miquel) M.F. Barrett
40. Sausage tree, Kigelia africana Benth. (sausage tree picture)
41. African tulip tree, Spathodea campanulata Beauv.
42. Lucuba palm, Dypsis madagascariensis (Beccari) Beentje & J. Dransfield (Becc.) umelle & Perrier
43. South American royal palm, Roystonea oleracea (Jacq.) O.F. Cook
44. Dead rat tree, Adansonia digitata L. (Dead rat tree picture)
45. Tamarind tree, Tamarindus indica L.
46. Fiji fan palm, Pritchardia pacifica Seem. & H. Wendl.
47. Hemigraphis, Hemigraphis alternata (Burm. f.) T. Anderson
48. Hutu, Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz (Hutu tree picture)
49. Kukui, Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd.
50. Rain or monkeypod tree, Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr.
51. Formosa koa, Acacia confusa Merr.
52. Baker's shower tree, Cassia bakeriana Craib.
53. Olive tree, Olea europaea L.
54. Gold tree, Tabebuia donnell-smithii Rose
55. Bombax tree, Pseudobombax ellipticum (HBK) Dug.
56. Guiana chestnut, Pachira aquatica Aubl.
57. Flame tree, Brachychiton acerifolius (A. Cunni ex G. Don) Macarthur
58. Loquat tree, Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.
59. Wedelia, Wedelia trilobata (L.) Hitch.
60. Surinam cherry, Eugenia uniflora L. (Surinam cherry tree picture)
61. Monstera, Monstera deliciosa Liebm.
62. Coffee, Coffea arabica L.
63. Pikake, Arabian jasmine, Jasminum sambac (L.) Ait.
64. Guava, Psidium guajava L. (Guava picture)
65. Mamey sapote, Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H.E. Moore & Stearn
66. Allspice, Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr.
67. Cassia tree, Cinnamomum burmanii (C. Nees) Blume
68. Rainbow shower, Cassia x nealiae H. Irwin & Barneby (Rainbow shower tree picture)
69. Grand crinum lily, Crinum asiaticum L. (Grand crinum lily picture)
70. Star jasmine, Jasminum multiflorum (Burm. f.) Andr.
71. Chinese banyan, Ficus microcarpa L. f.
72. Singapore plumeria, Plumeria obtusa L.
73. Yellow strawberry guava, Psidium cattleianum Sabine f. lucidum Deg.
74. Autograph tree, Clusia rosea N. Jacquin (Autograph tree picture)
75. Yeddo hawthorne, Rhaphiolepis umbellata (Thunb.) Makino var. integerrima (W.J. Hook & Arn.) Rehder
76. Mistletoe fig, Ficus deltoidea Jack
77. Crepe gardenia, paper gardenia, Tabernaemontana divaricata (L.) R. Br.
78. Japanese pittosporum, Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) Ait. f.
79. Azalea, Rhododendron macrosepalum Maximowicz
80. Juniper, Juniperus chinensis L.
81. Be-still tree, Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) K. Schumann
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