Pandanus tectorius (5187733419) (2)

Description:

Summary[edit] Description: Hala or Screwpine Pandanaceae Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands The fragrant bracts of the male hala flower (hīnano). Male flowers, called hīnano in Hawaiian, are surrounded by very fragrant bracts. The soft part of hīnano were chewed by early Hawaiian mothers and given to infants and young children as a laxative. Adults also used it as a laxative. Polynesian Names for Female Tree: ʻAra (Cooks, Mangareva); ʻAra tai (Cooks); ʻAra taʻatai (Cooks); Balawa (Fiji); Fā (Niue, Tonga, ʻUvea); Faʻa (Southern Marquesas); Fala (Futuna, Samoa, Tokelau, Tuvalu); Fara Societies, Tuamotus); Fasa (Samoa); Haʻa (Northern Marquesas); Hala or Hala hua (Hawaiʻi); Vadra (Fiji) Polynesian Names for Male Tree: Higano (Tokelau, ʻUvea); Hingano (Tonga); Sigano (Futuna, Samoa); Hinano (Marquesas, Societies); Hīnano (Hawaiʻi); ʻIngano (Cooks) NPH00008 nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Pandanus_tectorius. Date: 16 July 2008, 00:08. Source: Pandanus tectorius. Author: David Eickhoff from Hawaiʻi, USA.