Hawaiian Heritage Plants
Author: Angela Kay Kepler
Almost ninety percent of Hawai'i's native plants are found nowhere else in the world. Here is a revised and enlarged edition of a favorite reference for these and other plants (indigenous and pre-contact) that comprise some of the world's most unique ecosystems. 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 | ||
| Approaching Hawai'i: The Carpeting of an Archipelago | 1 | |
| Heritage Plant Accounts | ||
| 'Awa, A Polynesian Tranquilizer | 7 | |
| Bamboo ('ohe) | 16 | |
| Banana (mai'a) | 25 | |
| Ferns: 'Ama'u (Sadleria) | 35 | |
| Ferns: Hapu'u (tree ferns) | 41 | |
| Ferns: Maidenhair ('iwa'iwa) | 47 | |
| Ferns: Uluhe (false staghorn) | 52 | |
| Ginger, Wild ('awapuhi) | 60 | |
| Hala (pandanus) | 66 | |
| Hau, A Pacific-Wide Coastal Tree | 73 | |
| Hibiscus: Red (koki'o 'ula) | 80 | |
| Hibiscus: White (koki'o ke'oke'o) | 86 | |
| 'Ilima, A Notable Lei Flower | 92 | |
| Koa, A Majestic Native Hardwood | 98 | |
| Kukui (candlenut tree) | 107 | |
| Lobelias (haha, 'oha wai), Hawaiian Botanical Treasures | 117 | |
| Maile, A Fragrant Forest Vine | 125 | |
| Mamane, A Native Flowering Tree | 130 | |
| Morning Glory, Beach (pohuehue) | 135 | |
| Naupaka, Beach | 139 | |
| Noni (Indian mulberry) | 145 | |
| 'Ohelo, An Edible Alpine Berry | 151 | |
| 'Ohi'a lehua, A Sacred Forest Tree | 156 | |
| Olona, A Native Fiber Shrub | 165 | |
| Pua Kala (prickly poppy) | 170 | |
| Pukiawe, A Colorful Alpine Bush | 175 | |
| Sandalwood ('iliahi) | 182 | |
| Silversword ('ahinahina) | 193 | |
| Taro (kalo) | 203 | |
| Ti (ki) | 211 | |
| Wauke (paper mulberry) | 219 | |
| Wiliwili (Hawaiian coral tree) | 225 | |
| Further Reading | 231 | |
| Index | 233 |
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