For those that holoholo or like go...talk story about la'au, la'au lapa'au, what you like plant, like eat...whatever. Na mea ulu, things that grow.
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Banana display at Lyon Arboretum all June!

Lyon Arboretum goes bananas with 2009 biodiversity exhibit UH Mānoa‟s Lyon Arboretum announces a new exhibit, “No End To The Banana,” highlighting biodiversity and the importance of preserving cultural plants. The exhibit will run from June 5 through June 30. The exhibit features the banana as a vehicle to discuss genetic diversity, and examines the preservation of the plant that millions of people depend upon for food, shade, fiber, forage, and economic stability. It has played a central role…

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New publication on Hawaiian names for plants

Aloha kakou! I am happy to announce that a project over twenty years in the making has come to fruition with the publication of an annotated list of Hawaiian names of plants, originally drafted by the famous botanist Joseph Rock in 1920, but never published. Now it is freely available online, via the ethnobotany journal of the Department of Botany, UH. Go to this link: http://www.erajournal.org/ojs/index.php/era/article/viewArticle/274 In the article you will find Hawaiian names of plants not…

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Hawaiian name for Seagrass?

Anybody know the Hawaiian name for Hawaiian seagrass Halophila hawaiiana? It is also listed as Halophila ovalis ssp. hawaiiana (Doty & B.C. Stone) den Hartog. Given how widespread it is in places such as Maunalua Bay, you would think it has an inoa Hawaii... I recall how long it took to find the inoa Hawaii for Cressa truxillensis. Anybody know the name for that one? I found it in the diary of a botanist visiting Moloka'i in the 1800's. aloha 'Ohu

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Where can I buy an Abutilon?

of any native species, though menziesii would be nice... I can't seem to find it, but I understand that people do sometimes sell it.. anyone know where? Ive wanted to try growing them for a while. Oh by the way, I stay Hilo and O`ahu. Mahalo!!

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