Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_cupaniopsis_anacardioides
Tuckeroo
Cupaniopsis anacardioides
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About Tuckeroo
Tuckeroo (Cupaniopsis anacardioides) is an introduced tree treated as naturalized on Kauaʻi by Bishop Museum’s 2025 checklist and the 2026 Smithsonian checklist. Current extent is unassessed. Native to coastal eastern and northern Australia, where it grows in littoral rainforest and scrub near the sea and along estuaries. The fleshy aril attracts fruit-eating birds, which can disperse seed from planted trees into nearby habitat.
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.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Cupaniopsis anacardioides
- Common names
- carrotwood · Tuckeroo
- Other names
- Cupaniopsis anacardioides · tuckeroo · carrotwood · Cupania anacardioides
- 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
- confirmed tree scope
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
- Tuckeroo (Cupaniopsis anacardioides) is an introduced tree treated as naturalized on Kauaʻi by Bishop Museum’s 2025 checklist and the 2026 Smithsonian checklist. Current extent is unassessed. Native to coastal eastern and northern Australia, where it grows in littoral rainforest and scrub near the sea and along estuaries. The fleshy aril attracts fruit-eating birds, which can disperse seed from planted trees into nearby habitat.
Sources and further reading
- https://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/publications/pdf/tr75.pdf
- https://editedimages.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/Imadaetal.2025Hawaiianvascularplants.xlsx
- https://doi.org/10.5479/si.32124043
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:782610-1
- https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?lvl=sp&name=Cupaniopsis~anacardioides&page=nswfl
- https://apps.lucidcentral.org/plants_se_nsw/text/entities/cupaniopsis_anacardioides.htm