Plants in Hawaiian Culture

Plants in Hawaiian Culture

Author: Beatrice Krauss

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 1993-10-31

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 9780824812256

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This book is intended as a general introduction to the ethnobotany of the Hawaiians and as such it presumes, on the part of the reader, little background in either botany or Hawaiian ethnology. It describes the plants themselves, whether cultivated or brought from the forests, streams, or ocean, as well as the modes of cultivation and collection. It discusses the preparation and uses of the plant materials, and the methods employed in building houses and making canoes, wearing apparel, and the many other artifacts that were part of the material culture associated with this farming and fishing people.


Plants in Hawaiian Medicine

Plants in Hawaiian Medicine

Author: Beatrice H. Krauss

Publisher: Bess Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9781573060349

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Beautifully illustrated, this informative book describes the plants integral to Hawaiian medicine and healing, and discusses their uses past and present.


Hawaiian Heritage Plants

Hawaiian Heritage Plants

Author: Angela Kay Kepler

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 1998-05-01

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9780824819941

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Almost 90 per cent of Hawaii's flora are found nowhere else in the world. This text presents a revised edition of a guide book to these and other plants that comprise some of the most unique ecosystems in the world. 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.


Amy Greenwell Garden Ethnobotanical Guide to Native Hawaiian Plants & Polynesian-introduced Plants

Amy Greenwell Garden Ethnobotanical Guide to Native Hawaiian Plants & Polynesian-introduced Plants

Author: Amy Beatrice Holdsworth Greenwell

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781581780925

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"Native Hawaiian plants make up a unique flora because of the extreme isolation of the Hawaiian Islands. When the Polynesian settlers arrived, they encountered many plants that they did not know before. Over the course of generations, the Hawaiian people learned how to use the native flora to meet their needs. Along with the crops that the settlers introduced from the South Pacific, native plants became the basis for Hawaiian society and economy. In addition to describing the plants and their habitats, this guide relates the significance that native and Polynesian-introduced plants had to traditional Hawaiian culture, and tells how these plants are still used today." --Back cover.


Plants of Old Hawaii

Plants of Old Hawaii

Author: Lois Lucas

Publisher: Bess Press

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 9780935848113

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An introduction to 20 plants of the Ancient Hawaiians. Includes illustrations, uses, proverbs, and poems.


Lā'au Hawai'i

Lā'au Hawai'i

Author: Isabella Aiona Abbott

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780930897628

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This classic, award-winning book provides the first comprehensive description of Hawaiian traditions of plant use. Topics include not only food, but clothing, cordage, shelter, canoes, tools, housewares, medicines, religious objects, weaponry, personal adornment, and recreation.


Growing Plants for Hawaiian Lei

Growing Plants for Hawaiian Lei

Author:

Publisher: College of Tropical Agriculture

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13:

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Almost everyone loves a lei--the making, giving, receiving, and wearing of the lei is a cherished Hawai'i tradition recognized worldwide. With the renaissance in Hawaiian culture sweeping the islands, growing plants that provide lei materials can be a source of pride and pleasure for the home gardener, an economic opportunity for green-thumb entrepreneurs, and can reduce gathering pressure on the few precious remaining areas of native Hawaiian vegetation. This book contains information on growing 85 plants that can provide flowers or foliage for lei. Some are traditionally used native species; others are relatively new introductions with a potential place in the lei industry. In addition to the 170 pages detailing the plants, sections of the book provide useful basic plant production information and helpful tips for anyone wishing to get into the lei material business in a small or large way. In a special section written for this book, two experts on Hawaiian tradition and native Hawaiian plants explain the spiritual and cultural significance of the lei and lei making in ancient Hawai'i. These authors highlight the ancient Hawaiian conservation ethic and concept of sustainable agriculture, a revival of which could help preserve the islands' threatened native ecosystems. This book is a must-have for anyone wanting to help preserve Hawai'i's plant and cultural heritage!


Growing Native Hawaiian Plants

Growing Native Hawaiian Plants

Author: Heidi Leianuenue Bornhorst

Publisher: Bess Press

Published: 2005-04

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 9781573062077

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Detailed instructions for growing native Hawaiian plants from cuttings or seeds, air-layering, grafting, watering, xeriscaping, transplanting, etc., and basic landscape maintenance. Also explains the plants' importance in Hawaiian culture.