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botanical names from Hawaiian common names
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Posted by poiu 10a (My Page) on Tue, Dec 6, 05 at 17:22
| I've got my hands on 2 plants that are simply labelled "Nu'I" and another "'Uki 'Uki"
Can anyone correlate each to a botanical name?
THanks! |
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RE: botanical names from Hawaiian common names
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- Posted by poiu 10a (My Page) on
Tue, Dec 6, 05 at 19:36
| The U of hawaii has a nice online database, sorry to eat up board space! Uki Uki =Dianella sandwicensis
na'u= Gardenia brighamii |
RE: botanical names from Hawaiian common names
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- Posted by BBoy z8 WA USA (My Page) on
Wed, Dec 14, 05 at 1:13
| Well at least na'u you know. |
RE: botanical names from Hawaiian common names
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| Na'u or nu'i? I'm not familiar with either of those names, but it sure sounds like 2 different things. I know what niu is, though-- coconut. Does your plant look like G. brighamii? The 'uki grass is right. |
RE: botanical names from Hawaiian common names
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- Posted by poiu 10a (My Page) on
Sun, Dec 25, 05 at 18:57
| I was going by memory of the label when I originally posted and I screwed up the vowels. I was trying to remember by word association and I goofed; it is indeed a gardenia. |
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