Hawa or Koolau Range cheesewood PittosporaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated)The wood was used in making gunwales for canoes by early Hawaiians. Medicinally, the outer layer of the fruit valves of hawa (Pittosporum spp.) were used. They were pounded and used externally on sores.EtymologyThe generic name Pittosporum is derived from the Greek pittos, pitch, and sporos, seed, in reference to the film of viscid resin covering the black seeds.The specific name glabrum is derived from the Latin glabrous, without hairs, in reference the the leaves of this species generally without fuzz or small hairs.NPH00008nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Pittosporum_glabrum
Herbarium Blackwellianum emendatum et auctum, id est, Elisabethae Blackwell collectio stirpium.Norimbergae : Typis Io. Iosephi Fleischmanni, 1750-1773..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/291487
MakouApiaceae (Parsley or Carrot family)Endemic to the Hawaiian IslandsEndangeredOahu (Cultivated)In early Hawaii, the tap root was cooked and eaten by babies and elderly people for medicinal purposes.
Hawaii scaleseed or Hawaii spermolepisApiaceae (Parsley or Carrot family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (All the main islands except Niihau and Kahoolawe; now extinct on Molokai)NatureServe: ImperiledOahu (Cultivated)EtymologyThe generic name Spermolepis is derived from the Greek sperma, seed, and lepis, scale, referring to the frequently bumpy (tuberculate) or spiny fruit.The specific epithet hawaiiensis, belonging to Hawaii.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Spermolepis_hawaiiensis
Hawa or Royal cheesewoodPittosporaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai only)IUCN: EndangeredOahu (Cultivated)Male flowers. Very fragrant at night and in the early morning.The wood was used in making gunwales for canoes by early Hawaiians. Medicinally, the outer layer of the fruit valves of hawa (Pittosporum spp.) were used. They were pounded and used externally on sores.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/