KmanomanoPoaceae (Gramineae)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Oahu, Molokai, Lnai, Maui, Hawaii Island--extinct)IUCN: Critically EndangeredOahu (Cultivated)Closeup of flowers
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www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4822635360/in/photostream/Early Hawaiians pounded the leaves with salt to treat to wounds or sores. It was also used in bathing for mai ino (venereal disease). The bitter plant was mixed with uala, pia and k (sugar) for paoao (childhood disease, with physical weakness), and for killing worms and naio (pinworms) in the stomach.EtymologyThe generic name Cenchrus is derived from the Greek, kenchros, a name of a small millet or one of the cereals resembling a small millet used by ancient Greeks.The specific epithet agrimonioides literally means "agrimony-like" or "resembling agrimony." The spikelets (fruit) of this grass do in fact resemble the burry fruit of the plant known as agrimony (Agrimonia spp.).
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