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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]
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 ...
This is a list of U.S. state, federal district, and territory trees, ... Common name Scientific name Image Year ... Hawaii: Candlenut tree (kukui) Aleurites moluccanus:
Pages in category "Trees of Hawaii" The following 119 pages are in this category, out of 119 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Acacia koa;
Polyscias sandwicensis (formerly Reynoldsia sandwicensis), known in Hawaiian as the 'ohe makai [3] or ʻOhe kukuluāeʻo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It is a Hawaiian dry forest tree, adapted by being deciduous and losing its leaves during the regular summer drought. [4]
The name koa in the Hawaiian language ultimately comes from Proto-Austronesian *teRas meaning "core" or "ironwood"; many names referring to certain ironwood or heartwood species in Southeast Asia and Oceania such as Vitex parviflora (tugás in Cebuano), Eusideroxylon zwageri (togas in Tombonuwo), and Intsia bijuga (dort in Palauan) descend from this root.
Polyscias oahuensis is a species of tree in the ivy family known by the common name 'ohe mauka. [2] It is endemic to Hawaii, where it occurs on all the major islands except for Niihau and Kahoolawe. [3] This tree has compound leaves each made up of 7 to 15 dull leaflets. It contains a clear sap.