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Hilo ischaemumPoaceae (Gramineae)Endemic to the Hawaiian islands (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Hawaii Island)NatureServe: ImperiledOahu (Cultivated)Ripe seed head
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4839118909/in/photostream/EtymologyThe generic name Ischaemum is derived from the Greek ischiamos, to quench blood flow, with unknown application.The specific epithet byrone was named after Byron's Bay, now Hilo Bay, on the island of Hawaii. Byron's Bay was named for Captain George Anson Byron (1789-1868), a British naval officer, and the seventh Baron Byron, cousin of the poet George Gordon Byron. Admiral Byron came to the islands on the H. M. S. Blonde to bring to their final resting place the remains of Kamehameha II and his queen, Kammalu, who contracted and died of measles on a visit to Great Britain.
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Tikal, Peten, Guatemala
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Wellingrove, New South Wales, Australia
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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[syn. Mariscus javanicus]Polynesian Names: Ahuawa (Hawaii); Ehuawa (Hawaii), Mahele (Uvea); Mhelehele (Tonga); Mselehele (Futuna); Mauku tatau tai (Cook Islands); Mou haari (Society Islands); Mouku (Marquesas); Mouu (Austral Islands, Marquesas); Selesele (Samoa) CyperaceaeIndigenous to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians pounded stems of ahuawa until they were only fibers and used them as strainers for awa or niu (coconut), and as cordage. Fibers soaked for a few hours to free pulp, dried in the sun for a day or two, and then could be used. The fibers were very durable lasting two years or more. The cordage was used for cords (hwele) or nets (kk puupuu) designed to carry umeke (food or water containers).The stringy fibers were also made into brushes to paint color onto tapa.The leaves and seed/fruit were used in lei.
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Dyckia lunaris E. LemeBROMELIACEAELocal: Chapada dos Veadeiros, Alto Paraso, Gois, Brasil. Ref.: Zenilton Gayoso Miranda.Agradecimento: a Zenilton Gayoso Miranda, pela ID da espcie.
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Flowering thick-stemmed sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum), Zembe, Mozambique.
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This is unusual in that the flower stock sprouts from the ground. Found in the westernmost Amazon Basin. Here in Colombia it is known as Caabre and it used for coughs.
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Bukit Cherakah, Selangor, Malaysia. Heliconia angusta Vell. syn. Heliconia agustifolia Hook., Heliconia bicolor Benth., Heliconia brasiliensis Hook. Heliconiaceae. CN: Brazilian Heliconia. Native of Brazil.
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Tall Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos flavidus) in cultivation at the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Photographed on 1 January 1972.Digitised from a slide. The original slide, which is of higher quality, is held.
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United States
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New South Wales, Australia
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Christmas, Florida, United States
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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The Ecuadorian Ivory Nut Palm or Tagua, with a nut cluster that will yield "vegetable ivory". Sacha Lodge Reserve, Ecuador.
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