Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_aphanamixis_polystachya
Pithraj tree
Aphanamixis polystachya
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About Pithraj tree
Pithraj tree (Aphanamixis polystachya) is an introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through historical forestry planting records. The reviewed records do not establish present survival.
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 42 plants under Aphanamixis grandifolia 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
- Aphanamixis polystachya
- Common names
- Pithraj tree · rohituka
- Other names
- Aphanamixis polystachya · pithraj tree · rohituka · Aphanamixis grandifolia · Amoora polystachya
- 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
- Pithraj tree (Aphanamixis polystachya) is an introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through historical forestry planting records. The reviewed records do not establish present survival.