Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_afzelia_rhomboidea
Tindalo
Afzelia rhomboidea
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About Tindalo
Tindalo (Afzelia rhomboidea) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through historical forestry planting records. The reviewed records do not establish present survival. Native from Sumatra through Borneo to the Philippines, where it occurs scattered in primary lowland forest on hills and ridges and sometimes on sites temporarily flooded by fresh water. Heavy seeds fall near the parent tree and may be moved downslope or by water; the large aril is also a conspicuous seed-associated tissue.
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 8 plants under Pahudia rhomboidea 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
- Afzelia rhomboidea
- Common names
- Tindalo · balayong
- Other names
- Afzelia rhomboidea · tindalo · balayong · Pahudia rhomboidea · Intsia rhomboidea
- 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 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
- Tindalo (Afzelia rhomboidea) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through historical forestry planting records. The reviewed records do not establish present survival. Native from Sumatra through Borneo to the Philippines, where it occurs scattered in primary lowland forest on hills and ridges and sometimes on sites temporarily flooded by fresh water. Heavy seeds fall near the parent tree and may be moved downslope or by water; the large aril is also a conspicuous seed-associated tissue.
Sources and further reading
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:473080-1
- https://caesalpinioideae.linnaeus.naturalis.nl/linnaeus_ng/app/views/species/nsr_taxon.php?id=91696
- https://prosea.prota4u.org/view.aspx?id=3329
- https://www.philippineplants.org/Families/Fabaceae.html
- https://binhi.ph/tree-info/?tree-name=Tindalo
- https://research.fs.usda.gov/download/treesearch/47617.pdf