KCC §22-5.4
List of Kauai's officially protected exceptional trees
Read the official text at ecode360.com ↗This section names specific trees on Kauai as 'exceptional trees' and gives their locations. It lists each tree by number, common name, and where it is found. This is just a list; it does not explain what protections apply.
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The ordinance, as written (Kauaʻi County) — Designation of Exceptional Trees
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Kauaʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
The following trees are designated as "exceptional trees" for the County of Kaua'i. They are:Exceptional Tree No.LocationK-1 - Tropical Almond (otherwise known as False Kamani, Kamani Ula or Terminalia Catappa)Along Ahukini Road (north side) about 75 yards East of KūhiōHighway, near the Southeast corner of Ala Moana Bowling Alley; TMK: 3-6-06 and 3-7-01-1K-2 - Swamp Mahogany (otherwise known as Robusta Eucalypst or Eucalyptus Robusta)Along both sides of Maluhia Road extending 3/4 of a mile southward from Knudsen Gap; TMK: 2-7-02-1 and 2-8-01-5K-3 - Ginkgo (otherwise known as Maidenhair tree, Sacred Tree of China or Ginkgo Diloba)Kokee State Park on Kaunuoha Ridge near the Kokee Road; TMK: 1-4-01-13 and Por. Tax Key 1-4-01K-4 - Chinese Banyan (otherwise known as India-laurel fig or Ficus microcarpa [was known as F. retusa])At Nāwiliwili north of Highway 501 on the hillside south of Kaua'i High School, at Menehune Gardens; TMK: 3-2-05-8 and 3-2-05-17K-5 - Baobab (otherwise known as Bottle tree, Monkey-bread tree)Behind the Kōloa Missionary Church yard near the southeast corner; TMK: 2-8-10-1K-6 - Norfolk Island Pine or Cook Pine (otherwise known as Araucaria heterophylla or columnaris)Begins at the end of the Kipu County Road and extends 3/4 of a mile along the Kipu Ranch driveway; TMK: 3-1-03-1K-7 - King Kalakaua's Durian (otherwise known as Durian or Durio zibethinus)On the Grove Farm Homestead grounds among other interesting trees planted by G.N. Wilcox near Highway 501 at Ukukukui; TMK: 3-6-01-2K-8 - Earpod (otherwise known as Elephant's ear or Enterlobium cyclocarpum)In Kōloa along Po'ipū Road in front of the Kaua'i Mortuary, Inc.; TMK: 2-8-10-15K-9 - Monkeypod (otherwise known as Raintree, Ohai or Pithecellobium saman)In Waimea in front of the historical Gulick-Towell home; TMK: 1-2-06-34K-10 - Siris tree (otherwise known as Woman's tongue, white monkey pod, lebbek or Albizia lebbeck)In Waimea Valley on the Gay's Estate grounds at the end of Gay Road (also known as Oli Oli Road); TMK: 1-6-01-29K-11 - Kamani (otherwise known as Alexandrian Laurel, Kamanu or Calophyllum inophyllun)In Hanalei near the Waioli Mission House. There are two Kamani trees behind the white picket fence and in front of the Mission House. K-11 is the tree located northeast of the house; TMK: 5-5-06-8K-12 - Coconut Grove (otherwise known as Niu, Coconut-palm or Cocos nucifera)The grove extends both makai and mauka of Highway 56 (Kūhiō Highway) at Waipouli; TMK: 4-3-6-2, 4-3-7-27, 28, and 29K-13 - Tropical Almond (otherwise known as False Kamani, Kamani Ula or Terminalia Catappa)Along Kūhiō Highway in Hā'ena on TMK: 5-09-05:2 (1990) approximately 80 feet mauka of the highwayK-14 - Indian Banyan (otherwise known as Ficus Benghalensis)Approximately 84 feet east of Hulemanu Road in Niumalu, on the western boundary of TMK: 3-2-02:26. A portion of the tree is located within TMK: 3-2-02:26, and the remainder of the tree is located within TMK: 3-2-02:02K-15 - Kauila (otherwise known as Alphitonia ponderosa)Waimea Canyon State Park, at eastern end of Kauhao Ridge, just north-west of Kokee Ditch gaging station, 3,300 feet elevation; TMK: 1-4-01:3K-16 - Paired Moreton Bay Fig Trees (otherwise known as Ficus macrophylla)The two trees flank the two entrances into Kīlauea School; TMK: 5-2-09:6 (1991)K-17 - Breadfruit Tree (otherwise known as Artocarpus incisus)On the grounds of Kīlauea School; TMK: 5-2-09:6 (1991)K-18 - Royal Poinciana (otherwise known as Debonix regina)In Kīlauea on the grounds of the Mary N. Lucas Trust Estate; TMK: 5-2-21:22 (1991)K-19 - Teak (otherwise known as Tectona grandis)In Līhu'e at 3621 Nokekula Circle, off Nāwiliwili Road; TMK: noneK-20 - Monkey-Pod (otherwise known as Pithecellobium saman)In Kōloa behind old Yamamoto Store next to river; TMK: 2-8-07-16K-21 - Monkey-Pod (otherwise known as Samanea saman)In Old Kōloa Town, Honpa Hongwanji Mission and Kōloa Early School; TMK: 2-8-004:056K-22 - Monkey-Pod (otherwise known as Samanea saman)In Old Kōloa Town, Honpa Hongwanji Mission and Kōloa Early School; TMK: 2-8-004:056K-23 - Monkey-Pod (otherwise known as Samanea saman)In Old Kōloa Town; TMK: 2-8-004:053K-24 - Monkey-Pod (otherwise known as Samanea saman)In the center of Sun Village complex; TMK: 3-7-001:017
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