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TN Hwy. 49 at Christi Place, Pleasant View, Cheatham County, Tennessee, US
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New South Wales, Australia
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Glen Davis, New South Wales, Australia
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The Settlement, Christmas Island
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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.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Cyperus_javanicus
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Native to Madagascar, but widely planted and naturalized in warmer parts of the world. For some reasons it reminds people of umbrellas, and known as the Umbrella Papyrus (or sedge), and in Latin America as Paraguitas. Botanical Gardens of Quito. In context at
www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/poalcomm/index.html
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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New South Wales, Australia
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Makaloa or Smooth flatsedgeCyperaceaeIndigenous to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated; Molokai origin)Makaloa is found elsewhere in Polynesia, but only early Hawaiians used them to plait mats. Medicinally, the stalks were crushed to a fine powder and used to treat deep cuts, boils, skin ulcers and other skin disorders or taken as a snuff for head colds. Flower and stalk ashes mixed with kukui nut juice was rubbed on tongue for general debility.NPH00004
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Cyperus_laevigatus
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Eugenana, Tasmania, Australia
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TN Hwy. 49 at Christi Place, Pleasant View, Cheatham County, Tennessee, US
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New South Wales, Australia
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The Settlement, Christmas Island
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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.NPH00009
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Cyperus_javanicus
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Wilsons Creek, New South Wales, Australia
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Makaloa or Smooth flatsedgeCyperaceaeIndigenous to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated; Molokai origin)Makaloa is found elsewhere in Polynesia, but only early Hawaiians used them to plait mats. (read more about these beautiful mats at the link below)Medicinally, the stalks were crushed to a fine powder and used to treat deep cuts, boils, skin ulcers and other skin disorders or taken as a snuff for head colds. Flower and stalk ashes mixed with kukui nut juice was rubbed on tongue for general debility.NPH00001
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Cyperus_laevigatus
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Puukaa or Sticky flatsedgeCyperaceae (Sedge family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai, Oahu and possibly Niihau in Mokouia Valley. Extinct on Molokai and Lnai)NatureServe: Critically EndangeredLower Kamananui Stream, Waimea Valley, Oahu (probably an escapee from the upper man-made ponds where it is planted)Habit
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4767044522/in/photostream/Medicinally, puukaa was "stewed until completely cooked" by early Hawaiians. Then, used in bathing "until the very small and fine lumps (puu) fall off." ("Native Hawaiian Medicine--Volume III" by Kaluna M. Kaaiakamanu)EtymologyThe generic name Cyperus comes from the kyperos, the Greek word for sedge.The specific epithet trachysanthos is from the Greek trachy, shaggy or rough, and santhos, flowered.Botany Photo of the Day
botanyphoto.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/2015/07/cyperus-trachy...nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Cyperus_trachysanthos