Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_agathis_macrophylla
Pacific kauri
Agathis macrophylla
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About Pacific kauri
Pacific kauri (Agathis macrophylla) is an introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through historical forestry planting records. The reviewed records do not establish present survival. Native to humid tropical lowland and lower-montane rain forest in Fiji, Vanuatu and the Santa Cruz Islands.
Kauaʻi evidence
Taxonomic identity, tree form, diagnostic morphology and island occurrence use the linked reviewed sources. Historical planting, cultivation, naturalization and invasive status are separate. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence. The 1918–1959 Kauaʻi reforestation working register records 33 plants under Agathis vitiensis across 1 entries dated 1954. These are recorded planting quantities, not counts of surviving trees, and they do not by themselves establish current persistence, naturalization, or ecological impact. Source: Kauaʻi Reforestation Plantings 1918–1959 working register (user-supplied; reconciled 6 October 2026).
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Agathis macrophylla
- Common names
- Pacific kauri · Fijian kauri · dakua
- Other names
- Agathis macrophylla · Pacific kauri · Fijian kauri · dakua · Agathis vitiensis · Dammara vitiensis
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Evidence limits
- Current extent is unassessed; public locality is island level only.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Woody evergreen conifer tree
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Not yet assessed
- Data gaps
- Current population extent and trajectory · Additional species-specific ecological and conservation sources
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- Pacific kauri (Agathis macrophylla) is an introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through historical forestry planting records. The reviewed records do not establish present survival. Native to humid tropical lowland and lower-montane rain forest in Fiji, Vanuatu and the Santa Cruz Islands.