The main traditional, often aboriginally-introduced, species found in villages and house-yard gardens, in permanent village tree groves, and as protected or deliberately planted intercrops in food gardens, include: coconut palms, a wide range of banana and plantain cultivars, breadfruit, sago palm, nut trees (Canarium spp., Barringtonia edulis, Inocarpus fagifer, and Terminalia catappa), edible pandanus (Pandanus spp.), Malay or mountain apple (Syzygium malaccense), oceanic litchi (Pometia pinnata), Polynesian vi-apple (Spondius dulcis), pommelo (Citrus maxima), joint-fir (Gnetum gnemon), edible figs (Ficus spp.), dragon plum (Dracontomelon vidense), red-bead tree (
Adenanthera pavonina), and a number of palms, including the betelnut (Areca catechu) and Pritchardia and Veitchia spp.
Algumas especies exoticas ainda podem ser consideradas invasoras; para o Brasil sao registradas 444 especies exoticas invasoras (http://i3n.institutohorus.org.br/), destas Mangifera indica L., Terminalia catappa,
Adenanthera pavonina L., Azadirachta indica, Psidium guajava L., Syzygium malaccense e Citrus x limon (L.) Osbeck estao presentes no levantamento.