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WiliwiliFabaceae (Legume or Pea family)Endemic to the Hawaiian IslandsKoko Crater (Kohelepelepe), OahuThe lightweight wiliwili wood was the preferred choice for surfboards (papa hee nalu) by early Hawaiians. The wood was either for long boards (alaia) or short boards (olo). Since larger trees may have been difficult to find to be suitable for the surfboards, they were probably reserved for the nobility, including the chiefs (alii).Because the wood was light, it was used for fishing gear containers and would float if a canoe was upset. The wood was also used for net floats and on the canoes (waa) for the outrigger float (ama).Earlier Hawaiians believed that when wiliwili were flowering along the coast, sharks were most likely to bite.Flowers were used for venereal diseases and the pounded bark for various genital diseases. The bark was beaten with water and regularly drunk as a medicine [for unknown causes].The seeds were used by early Hawaiians to make permanent lei and the flowers for temporary lei. EtymologyThe generic name Erythrina is from the Greek erythros, red, in reference to the flower color of many species.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 1770s. James Cook named the islands after John Montagu (The fourth Earl of Sandwich) for supporting Cook's voyages.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Erythrina_sandwicensis
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Erythrina speciosa AndrewsFABACEAE Local: Parque Ecolgico Dom Bosco, na beira do lago, o que condiz com a informao de que a espcie "planta pioneira de rapido crescimento e adaptada a lugares muito midos".Ref.: Lorenzi, H. rvores Brasileiras. Vol 1. 5 edio. Plantarum, 2008.
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Species: Erythrina livingstoniana Baker Date: 2007-02-01 Location: Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park Habitat: Among trees and grass on campsite.
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Species: Erythrina crista-galli L. Date: 2011-10-09 Location: Harry Pichanick Drive, Alexandra Park, Harare Habitat: Planted in garden
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Jason Sharp;Pasco County, Florida
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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Vascular Plants of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Ricasweetgum.nybg.org/osa/index.phpLos Charcos de Osa
www.osaresearch.org/RA#14146
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Coral tree flowers (Erythrina variegata) at Zoe Bay.
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Finger Rock Trail, Santa Catalina Mountains, July 2011
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Species: Erythrina livingstoniana Baker Date: 2007-02-01 Location: Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park Habitat: Among trees and grass on campsite.
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Species: Erythrina crista-galli L. Date: 2011-10-09 Location: Harry Pichanick Drive, Alexandra Park, Harare Habitat: Planted in garden
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Edgewood, Florida, United States
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Vascular Plants of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Ricasweetgum.nybg.org/osa/index.phpLos Charcos de Osa
www.osaresearch.org/RA#14146
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Hangoa-Roa, Valparaso, Chile
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Santa Catalina Mts, Arizona
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WiliwiliFabaceae (Legume or Pea family)Koko Crater (Kohelepelepe), OahuThe lightweight wiliwili wood was the preferred choice for surfboards (papa hee nalu) by early Hawaiians. The wood was either for long boards (alaia) or short boards (olo). Since larger trees may have been difficult to find to be suitable for the surfboards, they were probably reserved for the nobility, including the chiefs (alii).Because the wood was light, it was used for fishing gear containers and would float if a canoe was upset. The wood was also used for net floats and on the canoes (waa) for the outrigger float (ama).Earlier Hawaiians believed that when wiliwili were flowering along the coast, sharks were most likely to bite.Flowers were used for venereal diseases and the pounded bark for various genital diseases. The bark was beaten with water and regularly drunk as a medicine [for unknown causes].The seeds were used by early Hawaiians to make permanent lei and the flowers for temporary lei. EtymologyThe generic name Erythrina is from the Greek erythros, red, in reference to the flower color of many species.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 1770s. James Cook named the islands after John Montagu (The fourth Earl of Sandwich) for supporting Cook's voyages.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Erythrina_sandwicensis
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Species: Erythrina livingstoniana Baker Date: 2007-02-01 Location: Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park Habitat: Among trees and grass on campsite.
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Species: Erythrina crista-galli L. Date: 2011-10-09 Location: Harry Pichanick Drive, Alexandra Park, Harare Habitat: Planted in garden
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Orlando, Florida, United States
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States