Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_eucalyptus_deglupta
Rainbow Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus deglupta
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About Rainbow Eucalyptus
Rainbow Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus deglupta) 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 from the Philippines through parts of Indonesia to Papuasia, where it is a wet-tropical forest tree. It has been widely planted in humid tropical regions for forestry and ornament; the Kauaʻi evidence used here is historical planting documentation.
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 940 plants under Eucalyptus deglupta across 3 entries dated 1945–1954. 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
- Eucalyptus deglupta
- Common names
- Rainbow Eucalyptus
- Other names
- Eucalyptus deglupta · rainbow eucalyptus · Mindanao gum · rainbow gum · kamarere
- 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
- The historical source does not establish present survival. The 2018 NTBG catalog row is from The Kampong in Florida and is excluded from Kauaʻi evidence. No naturalization claim is made.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- 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
- Rainbow Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus deglupta) 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 from the Philippines through parts of Indonesia to Papuasia, where it is a wet-tropical forest tree. It has been widely planted in humid tropical regions for forestry and ornament; the Kauaʻi evidence used here is historical planting documentation.