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Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
Native Plants
 

As you walk along the coastal trails, keep your eye out for many of the plants that are native to Hawaii. Watch for the fragrant pua maia with its flowers of white which was used for medicine and to help set broken bones. Growing along the lava, you may spot the lavender pohuehue, a native beach morning glory. Walk under the shade of the gracious hala tree, whose leaves are used to weave mats and baskets. Native plants may be either indigenous, meaning that they are found in our island chain as well as other places in the world, or endemic meaning that they are found only in the Hawaiian Islands.

 

List of Higher Plants and Ferns
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Higher Plants & Ferns
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green sea turtle
Checklists of park biota,
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lauhala tree  

Did You Know?
Did you know the leaves from the puhala tree are collected, stripped and woven into bowls, baskets and mats.

Last Updated: September 18, 2007 at 14:28 EST