Kauila

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Kauila refers to two species of endemic Hawaiian trees in the Rhamnaceae: Alphitonia ponderosa and Colubrina oppositifolia. The wood was prized for being extremely hard, and is so dense that it sinks in water. Both occur in dry to mesic forest and are now rare; C. oppositifolia is listed as Endangered.

[edit] References

• Wagner, W. L., D. R. Herbst, and S. H. Sohmer. 1990. Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu