Amy Greenwell Garden Ethnobotanical Guide to Native Hawaiian Plants & Polynesian-Introduced Plants

Amy Greenwell Garden Ethnobotanical Guide to Native Hawaiian Plants & Polynesian-Introduced PlantsNative Hawaiian plants make up a unique flora because of the extreme isolation of the Hawaiian Islands. Over the course of generations, the Hawaiian people learned how to use the native flora to meet their needs. Along with the crops that the settlers introduced from the South Pacific, native plants became the basis for Hawaiian society and economy. In addition to describing the plants and their habitats, this guide relates the significance that

Sinoto’s archaeological digs and his study and restoration of the traditional marae (religious structures) bring forth a wealth of information about the island and its people

and growth

From unique pottery to splendid jade pieces

Yosihiko H

renowned Bishop Museum anthropologist

ISBN: 9780930897543

and his final years in San Francisco

Pages: 227

This art print

First Published: 1992

and translated by M

Pages: 261