napanapa or Asiatic snakewoodPolynesian Names: napanapa (Hawaii); Fhoa (Niue); Fhoa (Tonga); Fsoa (Samoa); Tutu (Tahiti); Vere (Fiji)RhamnaceaeIndigenous to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated)The common name "latherleaf" comes from the fact that the leaves are lathery when crushed and added to water used by early Hawaiians as a soap. It is still used in some Polynesian islands as soap and sometimes in native medicines.NPH00007nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Colubrina_asiatica
napanapa or Asiatic snakewoodPolynesian Names: napanapa (Hawaii); Fhoa (Niue); Fhoa (Tonga); Fsoa (Samoa); Tutu (Tahiti); Vere (Fiji)RhamnaceaeIndigenous to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated)The common name "latherleaf" comes from the fact that the leaves are lathery when crushed and added to water used by early Hawaiians as a soap. It is still used in some Polynesian islands as soap and sometimes in native medicines.NPH00009nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Colubrina_asiatica
napanapa or Asiatic snakewoodPolynesian Names: napanapa (Hawaii); Fhoa (Niue); Fhoa (Tonga); Fsoa (Samoa); Tutu (Tahiti); Vere (Fiji)RhamnaceaeIndigenous to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated)The common name "latherleaf" comes from the fact that the leaves are lathery when crushed and added to water used by early Hawaiians as a soap. It is still used in some Polynesian islands as soap and sometimes in native medicines.NPH00003nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Colubrina_asiatica
napanapa or Asiatic snakewoodPolynesian Names: napanapa (Hawaii); Fhoa (Niue); Fhoa (Tonga); Fsoa (Samoa); Tutu (Tahiti); Vere (Fiji)RhamnaceaeIndigenous to the Hawaiian IslandsWaimea Bay, OahuThe common name "latherleaf" comes from the fact that the leaves are lathery when crushed and added to water used by early Hawaiians as a soap. It is still used in some Polynesian islands as soap and sometimes in native medicines.NPH00002nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Colubrina_asiatica
napanapa or Asiatic snakewoodPolynesian Names: napanapa (Hawaii); Fhoa (Niue); Fhoa (Tonga); Fsoa (Samoa); Tutu (Tahiti); Vere (Fiji)RhamnaceaeIndigenous to the Hawaiian IslandsNaturally found in Waimea Valley, OahuThe common name "latherleaf" comes from the fact that the leaves are lathery when crushed and added to water used by early Hawaiians as a soap. It is still used in some Polynesian islands as soap and sometimes in native medicines.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Colubrina_asiatica
napanapa or Asiatic snakewoodPolynesian Names: napanapa (Hawaii); Fhoa (Niue); Fhoa (Tonga); Fsoa (Samoa); Tutu (Tahiti); Vere (Fiji)RhamnaceaeIndigenous to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated)The common name "latherleaf" comes from the fact that the leaves are lathery when crushed and added to water used by early Hawaiians as a soap. It is still used in some Polynesian islands as soap and sometimes in native medicines.NPH00004nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Colubrina_asiatica
