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Hawaii's Most Invasive Horticultural Plants |
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Hawaii's Most Invasive Horticultural Plants |
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 (Photo credit: USGS/BRD) |
 (Photo credit: USGS/BRD) |
| Other names: | manuka |
| Description: | Shrub or tree up to 16' tall with shredding bark, thin 1/2-1" leaves, 1/2" white or pink flowers, and 1/4" wooden seed capsules. |
| Risk areas: | Moist forest and rainforest. |
| WARNING: | All members of this genus probably pose a threat of invasion in Hawaii and should not be planted. Other species may be known as Tea tree, Australian tea, L. flavescens, L. laevigatum, or L. polygalifolium. |