Koa (Acacia koa) is a legume tree native to Hawaii. It is found on all the big islands and grows from near sea-level to the tops of the mountains, although it prefers the moist sites between 3,000 ...

Taylor Guitars has shifted the body construction of its 700 Series to all-Hawaiian koa. In order to accomplish this, ... removing non-native feral sheep, pigs and cattle, ...

But the word koa also refers to the largest of native Hawaiian forest trees, the Acacia koa. As an endemic tree, koa can only be found in Hawaiʻi making its wood even more valuable due to its ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A wildfire in Hawaii’s Central Oahu has grown to cover more than a square mile (2.5 square kilometers) in a remote mountainous area and has burned native koa and ohia trees ...