Pittosporum terminalioides
Description:
Hawa, HawaPittosporaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Lnai, Maui, and from Klauea around the leeward side to the Kohala Mountains on Hawaii Island)IUCN: VulnerableOahu (Cultivated)Fruitswww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/16178160522/in/datetaken...Leaveswww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/15559094403/in/datetaken...Habitwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/16177061941/in/datetaken...The early Hawaiians used the wood to make gunwales for canoes (waa).Medicinal, the outer layer of the fruit valves of hawa (Pittosporum spp.) were pounded and used externally on sores.
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Archaeplastida (plants)
- Chloroplastida (green plants)
- Streptophyta
- Embryophytes
- Tracheophyta (ferns)
- Spermatophytes (seed plants)
- Angiosperms (Dicotyledons)
- Eudicots
- Superasterids
- Asterids
- Apiales
- Pittosporaceae (cheesewood family)
- Pittosporum (cheesewood)
- Pittosporum terminalioides (cream cheesewood)
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