Acacia koa
Gray Koa
- Category
- plantae
- Primary role
- weed
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Acacia
Plantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Fabales | Fabaceae | Acacia
External: GBIF #2980514
2 AI-consensus-verified claims across 2 interaction categories.
Related entities
Top entities sharing the most verified claims with Acacia koa.
pathogen pressure 1 claim
- This entity is the object of pathogen pressure by Atelocauda digitata · effect: harmful
“rust fungus, Atelocauda digitata...gall rust or phyllode rust...witches' broom”
pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
provides refuge 1 claim
- This entity is the subject of provides refuge on Silvanidae · effect: beneficial
“koa (Acacia koa) are potential host plants of flat bark beetles”
interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedKawabata A., Follett P., Wright M., Brill E., Curtiss R.T. (2016) · An Introduction to the Square-Necked Grain Beetle as a Predator of Coffee Berry Borer in Hawai'i · p. 2 #6495976
Genus-level evidence
3 claims where the source named the organism only at the genus or collective level (e.g. Acacia sp.) and did not determine the species. Listed separately because they apply to the genus, not specifically to Acacia koa.
- facilitation · Acacia spp. → Zea mays · effect: beneficial
“fertilized their crops with litter from nearby Acacia forests, as is traditional”
Altieri M.A., Farrell J.G., Hecht S.B., Liebman M., Magdoff F., Murphy B., Norgaard R.B., Sikor T.O. (1995) · Agroecology: The Science of Sustainable Agriculture · p. 166 #6492204 - mutualism · Pisolithus albus → Acacia (genus) · effect: beneficial
“associated with the Australasian hosts Eucalyptus and Acacia spp.”
- pest pressure · Acacia spp. → associated agroforestry components · effect: harmful
“eucalypts and acacias use a lot of water”
Gassner A., Dobie P. (eds.); Cornelius J.P., Coe R., Mercado A., Mukuralinda A., Okia C.A., Somarriba E., Thorne P., et al. (2022) · Agroforestry: A Primer. Design and management principles for people and the environment · p. 120 #6495536