Alphitonia ponderosa
Description :
Kauila, KauwilaRhamaceae (Buckthorn family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Rare on the main islands of Oahu, Lnai, Molokai, Maui, Hawaii, except Kauai)Photo: Maui (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians used this hard wood for handles for stone chisels, beams for huts (pupupu hale), kapa beaters, javelins or spears (polol), digging sticks (), carrying poles, and tall straight portable poles for khili.Early Hawaiians kauila medicinally for khewa (stroke, as of heart failure, apoplexy).NPH00001nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Alphitonia_ponderosa
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- Life
- Cellular (Organismes cellulaires)
- Eukaryota (eucaryotes)
- Archaeplastida
- Chloroplastida (plantes vertes)
- Streptophyta
- Embryophytes
- Tracheophyta
- Spermatophytes (plante à graines)
- Angiosperms
- Eudicots
- Superrosids
- Rosids
- Rosales
- Rhamnaceae (Rhamnacées)
- Alphitonia
- Alphitonia ponderosa
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- David Eickhoff
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- David Eickhoff
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