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Yukon Territory, Canada
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Yukon Territory, Canada
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Yukon Territory, Canada
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Yukon Territory, Canada
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Valbona National Park. Albanian Alps
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Betancuria, Canary Islands, Spain
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Flint, Western Australia, Australia
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Crescentia alata from Bignoniaceae.
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Orinda, California, United States
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Orinda, California, United States
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Orinda, California, United States
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Orinda, California, United States
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Klea lau lii Primulaceae (Primrose family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Oahu, Molokai, Lnai, Maui, Hawaii)Oahu (Cultivated)Closeup of foliage
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4831985063/in/photostream/Early Hawaiians use the bark, leaves, and flowers of klea (Mysine spp.) medicinally to treat paoao (childhood disease, with physical weakening) and ea (thrush).EtymologyThe generic name Myrsine is comes from the ancient Greek pharmacologist and botanist Pedanius Dioscorides (c.40-90 CE) name for the myrtle, which did not refer to these plants.The specific epithet sandwicensis refers to the "Sandwich Islands," as the Hawaiian Islands were once called, and named by James Cook on one of his voyages in the 1770's. James Cook named the islands after John Montagu (The fourth Earl of Sandwich) for supporting Cook's voyages.NPH00003nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Myrsine_sandwicensis
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Klea lau lii Primulaceae (Primrose family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Oahu, Molokai, Lnai, Maui, Hawaii)Oahu (Cultivated)Habit
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4831984383/in/photostream/Early Hawaiians use the bark, leaves, and flowers of klea (Mysine spp.) medicinally to treat paoao (childhood disease, with physical weakening) and ea (thrush).EtymologyThe generic name Myrsine is comes from the ancient Greek pharmacologist and botanist Pedanius Dioscorides (c.40-90 CE) name for the myrtle, which did not refer to these plants.The specific epithet sandwicensis refers to the "Sandwich Islands," as the Hawaiian Islands were once called, and named by James Cook on one of his voyages in the 1770's. James Cook named the islands after John Montagu (The fourth Earl of Sandwich) for supporting Cook's voyages.NPH00002
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Myrsine_sandwicensis
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Klea lau lii Primulaceae (Primrose family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Oahu, Molokai, Lnai, Maui Hawaii Island)Palikea, OahuEarly Hawaiians used the bark, leaves, and flowers of klea (Mysine spp.) medicinally to treat paoao (childhood disease, with physical weakening) and ea (thrush).EtymologyThe generic name Myrsine is comes from the ancient Greek pharmacologist and botanist Pedanius Dioscorides (c.40-90 CE) name for the myrtle, which did not refer to these plants.The species name sandwicensis refers to the "Sandwich Islands," as the Hawaiian Islands were once called, and named by James Cook on one of his voyages in the 1770's. James Cook named the islands after John Montagu (The fourth Earl of Sandwich) for supporting Cook's voyages.
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Klea lau lii Primulaceae (Primrose family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Oahu, Molokai, Lnai, Maui, Hawaii)Oahu (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians use the bark, leaves, and flowers of klea (Mysine spp.) medicinally to treat paoao (childhood disease, with physical weakening) and ea (thrush).EtymologyThe generic name Myrsine is comes from the ancient Greek pharmacologist and botanist Pedanius Dioscorides (c.40-90 CE) name for the myrtle, which did not refer to these plants.The specific epithet sandwicensis refers to the "Sandwich Islands," as the Hawaiian Islands were once called, and named by James Cook on one of his voyages in the 1770's. James Cook named the islands after John Montagu (The fourth Earl of Sandwich) for supporting Cook's voyages.NPH00004nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Myrsine_sandwicensis
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New South Wales, Australia