Hawaiian Heritage Plants : Revised Edition / Angela Kay Kepler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kepler, Angela Kay, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Almost 90 per cent of Hawaii's flora are found nowhere else in the world. This text presents a revised edition of a guide book to these and other plants 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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Preface

Approaching Hawai'i

'Awa

Bamboo ('ohe)

Banana (mai'a)

Ferns

Ginger, Wild ('awapuhi)

Hala (pandanus)

Hau

Hibiscus, Red (koki'o 'ula)

Hibiscus, White (koki'o ke'oke'o)

'Ilima,

Koa

Kukui (candlenut tree)

Lobelias (hāhā, 'ōhā wai)

Maile

Māmane

Morning Glory, Beach (pōhuehue)

Naupaka, Beach

Noni (Indian mulberry)

'Ōhelo

'Ōhi'a Lehua

Olonā

Pua Kala (prickly poppy)

Pūkiawe

Sandalwood ('iliahi)

Silversword ('āhinahina)

Taro (kalo)

Ti (kī)

Wauke (paper mulberry)

Wiliwili (Hawaiian coral tree)

Further Reading

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023)

ISBN:

0-8248-4392-4