Hawaiian Heritage Plants

by Kepler, Angela Kay

• ISBN13: 9780824819941
• ISBN10: 0824819942
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-06-01
• Publisher: Univ of Hawaii Pr

Summary

Almost ninety percent of Hawai'i's native flora are found nowhere else in the world. Here is a revised edition of a favorite guidebook to these and other plants (indigenous and pre-contact) that comprise some of the most unique ecosystems in the world. In a series of essays, the author weaves cultural and biological, historical and geographic, aesthetic and spiritual aspects of Hawaiian ecology into non-technical accounts of 32 plants important to early Hawaiians.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Approaching Hawai`i: The Carpeting of an Archipelago	1	(6)
Heritage Plant Accounts:	7	(224)
`Awa, A Polynesian Tranquilizer	7	(9)
Bamboo (`ohe)	16	(9)
Banana (mai`a)	25	(10)
Ferns: `Ama`u (Sadleria)	35	(25)
Hapu`u (tree ferns)	41	(6)
Maidenhair (`iwa`iwa)	47	(5)
Uluhe (false staghorn)	52	(8)
Ginger, Wild (`awapuhi)	60	(6)
Hala (pandanus)	66	(7)
Hau, A Pacific-Wide Coastal Tree	73	(7)
Hibiscus: Red (koki`o `ula)	80	(12)
White (koki`o ke`oke`o)	86	(6)
`Ilima, A Notable Lei Flower	92	(6)
Koa, A Majestic Native Hardwood	98	(9)
Kukui (candlenut tree)	107	(10)
Lobelias (haha, `oha wai), Hawaiian Botanical Treasures	117	(8)
Maile, A Fragrant Forest Vine	125	(5)
Mamane, A Native Flowering Tree	130	(5)
Morning Glory, Beach (pohuehue)	135	(4)
Naupaka, Beach	139	(6)
Noni (Indian mulberry)	145	(6)
`Ohelo, An Edible Alpine Berry	151	(5)
`Ohi`a lehua, A Sacred Forest Tree	156	(9)
Olona, A Native Fiber Shrub	165	(5)
Pua Kala (prickly poppy)	170	(5)
Pukiawe, A Colorful Alpine Bush	175	(7)
Sandalwood (`iliahi)	182	(11)
Silversword (`ahinahina)	193	(10)
Taro (kalo)	203	(8)
Ti (ki)	211	(8)
Wauke (paper mulberry)	219	(6)
Wiliwili (Hawaiian coral tree)	225	(6)
Further Reading	231	(2)
Index	233