Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_paraserianthes_lophantha
Plume albizia
Paraserianthes lophantha
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About Plume albizia
Plume albizia (Paraserianthes lophantha) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through historical forestry planting records. The reviewed records do not establish present survival. Native to southwestern Australia and parts of Indonesia, where it occupies subtropical woodland, scrub and forest margins. Insect-pollinated flowers produce abundant hard-coated seed in flat pods; persistent seed banks and rapid juvenile growth favor colonization after disturbance.
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 73 plants under Albizia lophantha across 1 entries dated 1927. 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
- Paraserianthes lophantha
- Common names
- Plume albizia · crested wattle · brush wattle · Cape Leeuwin wattle
- Other names
- Paraserianthes lophantha · plume albizia · crested wattle · brush wattle · Cape Leeuwin wattle · Albizia lophantha · Acacia lophantha
- 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 shrub or small 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
- Plume albizia (Paraserianthes lophantha) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through historical forestry planting records. The reviewed records do not establish present survival. Native to southwestern Australia and parts of Indonesia, where it occupies subtropical woodland, scrub and forest margins. Insect-pollinated flowers produce abundant hard-coated seed in flat pods; persistent seed banks and rapid juvenile growth favor colonization after disturbance.