Pūkiawe is a hardy, adaptive, and morphologically variable plant that occupies a variety of ecosystems, from dry forest up to alpine bogs and shrublands.[5] Despite being common, it is difficult to propagate, taking months to years for seeds to germinate and growing very slowly.[6]
The nēnē and other birds eat the berries of this shrub and thus distribute it.[6]
Human Usesedit
Native Hawaiians would inhale ground leaves of the pūkiawe to treat congestion, and used the fruit to make lei.[4]
Hawaiian nobility used the smoke of pūkiawe to modify their mana before interacting with people of lower caste. [7][5] The bodies of executed criminals were cremated on pyres of pūkiawe to drive the mana from their bones and ensure their ghosts were harmless.[5]
^ abcHall, John B. (2008). A hiker's guide to trailside plants in Hawaiʻi. Honolulu, Hawaiʻi: Mutual Publishing. ISBN978-1-56647-872-4.
^ abElliott, Daniela Dutra; Tamashiro, Shari Y. "Native Plants Hawaii - Viewing Plant : Leptecophylla tameiameiae". nativeplants.hawaii.edu. University of Hawai‘i. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^Wagner, Warren L.; Herbst, Derral R.; Sohmer, S.H.; Mill, Susan W.; Wilson-Ramsey, Yevonn (1990). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaiʻi. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. pp. 590–591. ISBN9780824811525.
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leptecophylla, tameiameiae, known, pūkiawe, maiele, hawaiian, language, species, flowering, plant, that, native, hawaiian, marquesas, islands, specific, epithet, honors, king, kamehameha, formed, kingdom, hawaiʻi, grows, tree, tall, forests, shrub, height, els. Leptecophylla tameiameiae known as pukiawe or maiele in the Hawaiian language is a species of flowering plant that is native to the Hawaiian and Marquesas Islands 3 The specific epithet honors King Kamehameha I who formed the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi It grows as a tree up to 4 6 m 15 ft tall in forests and as a shrub 0 9 3 m 3 0 9 8 ft in height elsewhere Its small needle like leaves are whitish underneath dark green above The round berries range in color from white through shades of pink to red 2 Pukiawe is found in a variety of habitats in Hawaii at elevations of 15 3 230 m 49 10 597 ft including mixed mesic forests wet forests bogs and alpine shrublands 4 Leptecophylla tameiameiae Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Clade Angiosperms Clade Eudicots Clade Asterids Order Ericales Family Ericaceae Genus Leptecophylla Species L tameiameiae Binomial name Leptecophylla tameiameiae Cham amp Schltdl C M Weiller Synonyms Cyathodes tameiameiae Cham amp Schltdl 1 Styphelia douglasii A Gray Skottsb 2 Styphelia tameiameiae Cham F Muell 1 Contents 1 Ecology 2 Human Uses 3 References 4 External linksEcology editPukiawe is a hardy adaptive and morphologically variable plant that occupies a variety of ecosystems from dry forest up to alpine bogs and shrublands 5 Despite being common it is difficult to propagate taking months to years for seeds to germinate and growing very slowly 6 The nene and other birds eat the berries of this shrub and thus distribute it 6 Human Uses editNative Hawaiians would inhale ground leaves of the pukiawe to treat congestion and used the fruit to make lei 4 Hawaiian nobility used the smoke of pukiawe to modify their mana before interacting with people of lower caste 7 5 The bodies of executed criminals were cremated on pyres of pukiawe to drive the mana from their bones and ensure their ghosts were harmless 5 References edit a b Leptecophylla tameiameiae Germplasm Resources Information Network Agricultural Research Service United States Department of Agriculture Retrieved 2009 11 18 a b Little Jr Elbert L Roger G Skolmen 1989 Pukiawe PDF United States Forest Service Styphelia tameiameiae Hawaiian Native Plant Propagation Database University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa Retrieved 2009 11 18 a b Pukiawe Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database Bernice P Bishop Museum Retrieved 2009 11 18 a b c Hall John B 2008 A hiker s guide to trailside plants in Hawaiʻi Honolulu Hawaiʻi Mutual Publishing ISBN 978 1 56647 872 4 a b Elliott Daniela Dutra Tamashiro Shari Y Native Plants Hawaii Viewing Plant Leptecophylla tameiameiae nativeplants hawaii edu University of Hawai i Retrieved 11 December 2021 Wagner Warren L Herbst Derral R Sohmer S H Mill Susan W Wilson Ramsey Yevonn 1990 Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaiʻi Honolulu University of Hawaii Press pp 590 591 ISBN 9780824811525 External links edit nbsp Media related to Leptecophylla tameiameiae at Wikimedia Commons nbsp This Ericaceae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leptecophylla tameiameiae amp oldid 1171401189, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
