TREES OF THE TOKAI ARBORETUM
About 900 plants in 300 species are recorded in the main Arboretum. Numbers of plants in brackets are for 1997 (where not given, only 1 plant exists), or alternatively (where two numbers are given) for both 1986 and 1997. The date of first planting is given for recorded species.
Ordered by Family and then alphabetically by Latin name.
Synonyms are only provided for species found on older lists.
= all dead; = indigenous to Tokai; invasive alien
Birch Family Betulaceae
Formosan Alder Alnus formosana
Grey Alder Alnus incana
Silver Birch Betula pendula (= alba) 1886
European Hop-hornbeam Ostrya carpinifolia
Box Family Buxaceae
Box Buxus sempervirens
Buffalothorn Ziziphus mucronata
Cacao Family Sterculiaceae
Flame Kurrajong Brachychiton acerifolius (2)
Lacebark Kurrajong Brachychiton populneus (2)
Chile Pine Family Araucariaceae
Parana Pine Araucaria angustifolia
Bunya-bunya Araucaria bidwillii
Norfolk Island Pine Araucaria heterophylla (= excelsa) (2)
Citrus or Buchu Family Rutaceae
Cape Chestnut Calodendrum capense (4)
Wing Prickly-ash Zanthoxylum alatum
Cypress Family Cupressaceae
Cypress-Pine sundry Callitris sp
Black Cypress-Pine Callitris endlicheri (= calcarata) (2)
Oyster Bay Pine Callitris rhomboidea
California Incense Cedar Calocedrus decurrens
Lawson Cypress Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (4)
Japanese Red Cedar Cryptomeria japonica
Hayata Cunninghamia konishii
Chinese Fir Cunninghamia lanceolata (2)
Rough-bark Arizona Cypress Cupressus arizonica (2)
Gowen Cypress Cupressus goveniana
Tekate Cypress Cupressus forbesii
Weeping Cypress Cupressus funebris (= Juniperus) (15)
Cedar of Goa Cupressus lusitanica (25/ 19) 1886
Bentham’s Cypress Cupressus lusitanica var. benthamii (= benthamii)
Monterey Cypress Cupressus macrocarpa (31/ 22) 1886
Italian Cypress Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis (10) 1886
Italian Cypress Cupressus sempervirens var. stricta (8)
Sargent Cypress Cupressus sargentii
Bhutan Cypress Cupressus torulosa (8) 1886
Juniper sundry Juniperus sp (6)
Canary Islands Juniper Juniperus cedrus (9)
One-seed Juniper Juniperus monosperma
Pencil Cedar Juniperus virginiana (16)
Coast Redwood Sequoia sempervirens (4)
Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum (3) 1886
Coffin Tree Taiwania cryptomerioides
Chinese Thuja Thuja orientalis
Willowmore Cypress Widdringtonia schwarzii
Mulanje Cypress Widdringtonia whytei
Elder Family Adoxaceae
Maple-leaf Viburnum Viburnum acerifolia
Korean Spice Viburnum Viburnum carlesii
Wayfaring Tree Viburnum lantana
Viburnum unknown – name not found: Viburnum latifolia
Elm Family Ulmaceae
White Stinkwood Celtis africana
Sugarberry Celtis mississipiensis
English Elm Ulmus procera (= campestris) (32/ 22) 1886
Chinese Elm Ulmus parvifolia
Fibrebark Family Thymelaeaceae
Pompon Tree Dais cotinifolia
Mezereon Daphne mezereum
Fig Family Moraceae
Moreton Bay Fig Ficus macrophylla (3)
Taiwan Fig Ficus retusa (5)
Port Jackson Fig Ficus rubiginosa (2)
Osage Orange Maclura pomifera
Gum Family Myrtaceae
Western Australian Peppermint Agonis flexuosa (4)
Sydney Red Gum Angophora costata (19/ 15) 1886
Marri Corymbia calophylla (2)
Lemon-scented Spotted Gum Corymbia citriodora
Yellow Bloodwood Corymbia eximia
Red Flowering Gum Corymbia ficifolia (7) 1886
Spotted Gum Corymbia maculata
Gum sundry Eucalyptus sp. (3)
White Box Eucalyptus albens
Blakely’s Red Gum Eucalyptus blakelyi
Blaxland’s Stringybark Eucalyptus blaxlandii
Bangalay Eucalyptus botryoides
Red River Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis (5)
Brown Stringybark Eucalyptus capitellata (2)
Sugar Gum Eucalyptus cladocalyx (2) 1895
Yate Eucalyptus cornuta (2)
Cup Gum Eucalyptus cosmophylla
Karri Eucalyptus diversicolor (3) 1895
River Peppermint Eucalyptus elata (= andreana)
Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus 1895
Tuart Eucalyptus gomphocephala
Flooded Gum Eucalyptus grandis (4) 1895
Red Bloodwood Eucalyptus gummifera
Cider Gum Eucalyptus gunnii
Scribbly Gum Eucalyptus haemastoma
Bushy Yate Eucalyptus lehmannii
Yellow Gum Eucalyptus leucoxylon var. sideroxylon (3
Yellow Gum hybrid Eucalyptus leucoxylon X ? (= jugalis)
Woolly Butt Eucalyptus longifolia (3)
Red Stringybark Eucalyptus macrorhyncha
Jarrah Eucalyptus marginata 1895
Bullich Eucalyptus megacarpa (2)
Yellow Box Eucalyptus melliodora
Green-leaf Box Eucalyptus microcarpa
Tallow Wood Eucalyptus microcorys (3)
Yellow Stringybark Eucalyptus muelleriana
Messmate Eucalyptus obliqua (5) 1895
Dongora Mallee Eucalyptus obtusiflora
Grey Ironbark Eucalyptus paniculata (3)
Swan River Black Butt Eucalyptus patens
Large-fruit Red Mahogany Eucalyptus pellita
Black Butt Eucalyptus pilularis 1895
Sydney Peppermint Eucalyptus piperita (= bottii) (2)
Red Box Eucalyptus polyanthemos (3)
White Peppermint Eucalyptus pulchella (= linearis)
Small-fruit Grey Gum Eucalyptus propinqua
Grey Gum Eucalyptus punctata (3)
Grey Peppermint Eucalyptus radiata (3)
Mountain Ash Eucalyptus regnans
Swamp Mahogany Eucalyptus robusta
Sydney Blue Gum Eucalyptus saligna (2)
Mugga Eucalyptus sideroxylon (3)
Silverton Ash Eucalyptus sieberi (= sieberiana)
Silver Peppermint Eucalyptus tenuiramis (= tasmanica)
Forest Red Gum Eucalyptus tereticornis (2)
Ribbon Gum Eucalyptus viminalis
Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis subsp. cygnetensis (= huberiana) (2)
Wandoo Eucalyptus wandoo (= redunca) (2)
Australian Myrtle Leptospermum laevigatum (2)
Brush Box Lophostemon confertus (= Tristania) (32/ 25) 1886
Paperbark sundry Melaleuca sp
Bracelet Honeymyrtle Melaleuca armillaris (3)
Saltwater Paperbark Melaleuca cuticularis (10)
Hillock Bush Melaleuca hypericifolia (3)
Niaouli Melaleuca leucadendra
Snow-in-summer Melaleuca linariifolia (3)
Prickly-leaf Paperbark Melaleuca styphelioides (13)
Lemon Bottlebrush Melaleuca citrina
(= Callistemon, M. lanceolatus)
Stiff Bottlebrush Melaleuca rigida (= Callistemon)
Willow Bottlebrush Melaleuca saligna (= Callistemon) (14)
Brush Cherry Syzygium australe
Waterberry Syzygium cordatum
Malabar Plum Syzygium jambos
Jacaranda Family Bignoniaceae
Jacaranda Jacaranda mimosifolia
Bower Vine sundry Pandora sp
Mahogany Family Meliaceae
Toon Tree Cedrela toona (3)
Cape Ash Ekebergia capensis (3)
Syringa Melia azedarach
Trichilia Trichilia roka
Mango Family Anacardiaceae
Wild Plum Harpephyllum caffrum (7)
Pistachio sundry Pistacia sp
Mastic Pistacia lentiscus
Turpentine Tree Pistacia terebinthus (3)
Prairie Sumac Rhus lanceolata
Red Currant-rhus Searsia chirindensis (= Rhus)
Wax Tree Toxicodendron succedaneum (= Rhus)
Maple Family Aceraceae
Downy Japanese Maple Acer japonicum
Montpelier Maple Acer monspessulanum
Japanese Maple Acer palmatum
Oak Family Fagaceae
Sawtooth Oak Quercus acutissima (6)
Californian Live Oak Quercus agrifolia
American White Oak Quercus alba 1886
Swamp White Oak Quercus bicolor
Algerian Oak Quercus canariensis (25) (= mirbeckii) 1916
Turkey Oak Quercus cerris (19) 1886
Ring-cup Oak Quercus glauca
Holm Oak Quercus ilex (4)
Banj Oak Quercus leucotrichophora (4)
Valley Oak Quercus lobata
Burr Oak Quercus macrocarpa (3) 1916
Black-jack Oak Quercus marilandica (2)
Water Oak Quercus nigra 1916
Pin Oak Quercus palustris (2) 1916
Durmast Oak Quercus petraea (3) 1916
Willow Oak Quercus phellos (6)
English Oak Quercus robur (30/ 34)
Netleaf Oak Quercus rugosa (= reticulata) 1916
Post Oak Quercus stellata (5)
Cork Oak Quercus suber (37)
Oak hybrid Bebb’s Oak Quercus X bebbiana (2)
Oak hybrid Compton’s Oak Quercus X comptonii
Oak unknown – name not found: Quercus campicola (2)
Olive Family Oleaceae
Ash sundry Fraxinus sp
Narrow-leaf Ash Fraxinus angustifolia (5)
Common Ash Fraxinus excelsior 1886
Manna Ash Fraxinus ornus
Red Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica (2)
Green Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. lanceolata (2) 1916 (= pubescens, = var. subintegerrima)
Velvet Ash Fraxinus velutina
Japanese Privet Ligustrum ovalifolium
Small Ironwood Olea capensis (3)
Wild Olive Olea europaea s. africana (3)
Black Ironwood Olea laurifolia (3)
Pea Family Fabaceae
Two-vein Hickory Acacia binervata 1886 [Pea]
Silver-leaf Wattle Acacia falcata
Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon 1886
Orchid Tree Bauhinia variegata
Carob Tree Ceratonia siliqua (7)
Judas Tree Cercis siliquastrum
Coast Coraltree Erythrina caffra
Cocksspur Coral Tree Erythrina crista-galli
Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos
Umzimbeet Millettia grandis (2)
Karoo Boerbean Schotia afra
Weeping Boerbean Schotia brachypetala
Bush Boer-bean Schotia latifolia (4)
Umtiza Umtiza listeriana
Western Keurboom Virgilia oroboides (2)
Pine Family Pinaceae
Deodar Cedrus deodara (6)
Spruce sundry Picea sp
West Himalayan Spruce Picea smithiana (3)
Pine sundry Pinus sp (2)
Arizona Pine Pinus arizonica
Canary Pine Pinus canariensis (28/ 27) 1886
Mexican Pinyon Pinus cembroides
Big-cone Pine Pinus coulteri (2) 1916
Michaoacan Pine Pinus devoniana (= michoacana)
Short-leaf Pine Pinus echinata 1895
Apache Pine Pinus engelmannii 1916
Spruce Pine Pinus glabra
Aleppo Pine Pinus halepensis (4) 1886
Khasi Pine Pinus kesiya (2)
Lawson’s Pine Pinus lawsonii 1916
Chihuahua Pine Pinus leiophylla
Lumholtz’s Pine Pinus lumholtzii 1916
Montezuma Pine Pinus montezumae var. hartwegii 1916
Bishop Pine Pinus muricata (2) 1895
Austrian Pine Pinus nigra var. nigra 1916
Egg-cone Pine Pinus oocarpa
Long-leaf Pine Pinus palustris
Mexican Pine Pinus patula 1916
Cluster Pine Pinus pinaster (6) 1886
Stone Pine Pinus pinea 1850s
Western Yellow Pine Pinus ponderosa 1916
Smooth-bark Mexican Pine Pinus pseudostrobus 1916
Table Mountain Pine Pinus pungens
Monterey Pine Pinus radiata (49/29) 1884
Northern Pitch Pine Pinus rigida
Chir Pine Pinus roxburghii (= longifolia) 1895
Weymouth Pine Pinus strobus 1916
Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris
Loblolly Pine Pinus taeda (2) 1895
Bhutan Pine Pinus wallichiana (3)
Plane Family Platanaceae
London Plane Platanus X hispanica (= X acerifolia) (4) 1886
Oriental Plane Platanus orientalis
Rose Family Rosaceae
Common Pearlbush Exochorda racemosa
Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia (? Heteromalla)
Siberian Crab Malus baccata
Red Stinkwood Prunus africana
Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius
Black Cherry Prunus serorina (? Populus) 1886
Chinese Quince Pseudocydonia sinensis
Sagewood Family Buddlejaceae
Olive Sagewood Buddleja saligna
Forest Nuxia Nuxia floribunda
She Oak Family Casuarinaceae
She Oak sundry Casuarina sp
Black She Oak Allocasuarina suberosa (3) (= Casuarina)
Forest She Oak Allocasuarina torulosa (= Casuarina)
Beefwood Casuarina cunninghamiana (3)
Spikethorn Family Celastraceae
Cape Saffron Cassine peragua (= kraussiana) (3)
Common Saffron Elaeodendron croceum
(= Cassine papillosa) (18)
Small-leaf Saffron Elaeodendron zeyheri (= Cassine crocea)
Common Spike Thorn Gymnosporia buxifolia
(= Maytenus heterophylla)
Mountain Maytenus Maytenus oleoides
(= Gymnosporia laurina) (2)
Sugarbush Family Proteaceae
White Silky Oak Grevillea hilliana (6)
Australian Silky Oak Grevillea robusta (10)
Silvertree Leucadendron argenteum
Waratah Telopea speciosissima
Walnut Family Juglandaceae
Hickory sundry Carya sp
Chinese Wing Nut Pterocarya stenoptera
Wild Peach Family Flacourtiaceae
Kei Apple Dovyalis caffra
Wild Peach Kiggelaria africana (9)
Red Pear Scolopia mundii
Willow Family Salicaceae
Grey Poplar Populus X canescens (2)
Grey Poplar Populus canescens var. rossii (2) 1916
Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoides var. missouriensis 1916
Cottonwood Populus robusta
Yellowwood Family Podocarpaceae
Yellowwood sundry Podocarpus sp. (2)
Outeniqua Yellowwood Podocarpus falcatus (25/ 27)
(= Afrocarpus; = gracilior)
Henkel’s Yellowwood Podocarpus henkelii
Real Yellowwood Podocarpus latifolius (24/ 22)
Other Families
Tree of Heaven Ailanthus altissima (3) [Tree of Heaven]
White Pear Apodytes dimidiata (2) [White Pear]
Argan Argania spinosa [Milkwood]
Wild Pomegranate Burchellia bubalina (2) [Coffee]
Rock Alder Canthium mundianum [Onionwood]
Western Catalpa Catalpa speciosa [Trumpet Vine]
New South Wales Christmas Bush
Ceratopetalum gummiferum (4) [Wild Alder]
Camphor Cinnamomum camphora (= ? Camphora)
(5) 1886 [Avocado]
Assegaai Curtisia dentata (12) [Dogwood]
Russian Silverberry Elaeagnus angustifolia [Silverberry]
Kamassi Gonioma kamassi (4) [Oleander]
Cape Holley Ilex mitis [Holly]
Beauty Bush Kolkwitzia amabilis [Honeysuckle]
Sweet Gum Liquidambar styraciflua [Witch Hazel]
Coldbark Ochna Ochna arborea (2) [Boxwood]
Stinkwood Ocotea bullata [Bay]
Screw Pine sundry Pandanus sp [Screw Pine]
Australian Cheesewood Pittosporum undulatum
[Cheesewood]
Sneezewood Ptaeroxylon obliquum (12) [Sneezewood]
Epaulette Tree Pterostyrax hispidus [Styrax]
Cape Beech Rapanea melanophloeos [Myrsine]
Unknown ?Belotina sp 1886 [?]
Source: Chris Botes (SAFCOL, SANPARKS)
Originally posed on iSpot 3 December 2014 - 11:03AM Tony Rebelo
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