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also the tree itself. [emphasis added] Thus endorsing the common practice of referring to Metrosideros polymorpha as a lehua tree, or as an ʻōhiʻa lehua, or simply an ʻōhiʻa. [6] The genus name Metrosideros is derived from the Greek words metra, meaning 'heartwood', and sideron, meaning 'iron', and refers to the hard wood of the trees in ...
Also known as the Hawaiian monk seal [11] Marine mammal Koholā [a] Megaptera novaeangliae: Also known as the humpback whale [12] Microbe: Koʻohonua ʻili akia Flavobacterium akiainvivens (proposed) [13] [14] Plant Kalo Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott Also known as taro [15] Tree: Kukui tree Aleurites moluccanus: Also known as the candlenut ...
State federal district or territory Common name Scientific name Image Year Alabama: Longleaf pine: Pinus palustris: 1949 clarified 1997 [1] Alaska: Sitka spruce: Picea sitchensis: 1962 [2] [3] American Samoa: None [4] Arizona: Blue palo verde: Parkinsonia florida: 1954 [5] [6] Arkansas: Loblolly pine: Pinus taeda: 1939 [7] California: Coast ...
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Kamapuaʻa, the hog-man fertility demigod, was said to be able to transform into a kukui tree. [43] One of the legends told of Kamapuaʻa: one day, a man beat his wife to death and buried her beneath Kamapuaʻa while he was in tree form. [citation needed] Kukui was named the state tree of Hawaii on 1 May 1959 [44] due to its multitude of uses. [45]
Wiliwili (Erythrina sandwicensis) is a species of tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It is the only species of Erythrina that naturally occurs there. It is typically found in Hawaiian tropical dry forests on leeward island slopes up to an elevation of 600 m (2,000 ft).
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Diospyros sandwicensis is a species of flowering tree in the ebony family, Ebenaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It belongs to the same genus as both persimmons and ebony. Its common name, lama, also means enlightenment in Hawaiian. Lama is a small to medium-sized tree, with a height of 6–12 m (20–39 ft) and a trunk diameter of 0.3 m (0.98 ...