Naupaka Kuahiwi

Naupaka kuahiwi or Chamissos' scaevola GoodeniaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Molokai, Lnai, Maui, Hawaii Island)Hawaii Island (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians used the fruits of naupaka kuahiwi to produce a purplish black dye. The fragrant flowers were used in lei making.The Legend:In ancient times, one version goes, there was a beautiful Hawaiian princess known as Naupaka. One day, the villagers noticed that Naupaka looked very sad. They told her parents, who approached Naupaka and asked her what was troubling her.I have fallen in love with a man named Kaui, replied the princess. But Kaui is not of noble birthhe is a commoner. According to Hawaiian tradition, it was strictly forbidden for members of royalty to marry people from the common ranks.Distressed, Naupaka and Kaui traveled long and far, seeking a solution to their dilemma. They climbed up a mountain to see a kahuna who was staying at a heiau (temple). Alas, he had no clear answer for the young lovers. There is nothing I can do, he told them, but you should pray. Pray at this heiau.So they did. And as they prayed, rain began to fall. Their hearts torn by sorrow, Naupaka and Kaui embraced for a final time. Then Naupaka took a flower from her ear and tore it in half, giving one half to Kaui. The gods wont allow us to be together, she said. You go live down by the water, while I will stay up here in the mountains.As the two lovers separated, the naupaka plants that grew nearby saw how sad they were. The very next day, they began to bloom in only half flowers.There are different versions of the naupaka legend, but all carry the same unhappy theme: lovers that are separated forever, one banished to the mountains, the other to the beach. www.aloha-hawaii.comView Naupaka kahakai or Beach naupaka www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5187929027/nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Scaevola_chamissoniana

Naupaka kuahiwi or Chamissos' scaevola GoodeniaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Molokai, Lnai, Maui, Hawaii Island)Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii IslandFlowers have a pleasing sweet fragrance.Early Hawaiians used the fruits of naupaka kuahiwi to produce a purplish black dye. The fragrant flowers were used in lei making.The Legend:In ancient times, one version goes, there was a beautiful Hawaiian princess known as Naupaka. One day, the villagers noticed that Naupaka looked very sad. They told her parents, who approached Naupaka and asked her what was troubling her.I have fallen in love with a man named Kaui, replied the princess. But Kaui is not of noble birthhe is a commoner. According to Hawaiian tradition, it was strictly forbidden for members of royalty to marry people from the common ranks.Distressed, Naupaka and Kaui traveled long and far, seeking a solution to their dilemma. They climbed up a mountain to see a kahuna who was staying at a heiau (temple). Alas, he had no clear answer for the young lovers. There is nothing I can do, he told them, but you should pray. Pray at this heiau.So they did. And as they prayed, rain began to fall. Their hearts torn by sorrow, Naupaka and Kaui embraced for a final time. Then Naupaka took a flower from her ear and tore it in half, giving one half to Kaui. The gods wont allow us to be together, she said. You go live down by the water, while I will stay up here in the mountains.As the two lovers separated, the naupaka plants that grew nearby saw how sad they were. The very next day, they began to bloom in only half flowers.There are different versions of the naupaka legend, but all carry the same unhappy theme: lovers that are separated forever, one banished to the mountains, the other to the beach. www.aloha-hawaii.comView Naupaka kahakai or Beach naupaka www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5187929027/NPH00007nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Scaevola_chamissoniana

Naupaka kuahiwi or Chamissos' scaevola GoodeniaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsHawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii IslandEarly Hawaiians used the fruits of naupaka kuahiwi to produce a purplish black dye. The fragrant flowers were used in lei making.The Legend:In ancient times, one version goes, there was a beautiful Hawaiian princess known as Naupaka. One day, the villagers noticed that Naupaka looked very sad. They told her parents, who approached Naupaka and asked her what was troubling her.I have fallen in love with a man named Kaui, replied the princess. But Kaui is not of noble birthhe is a commoner. According to Hawaiian tradition, it was strictly forbidden for members of royalty to marry people from the common ranks.Distressed, Naupaka and Kaui traveled long and far, seeking a solution to their dilemma. They climbed up a mountain to see a kahuna who was staying at a heiau (temple). Alas, he had no clear answer for the young lovers. There is nothing I can do, he told them, but you should pray. Pray at this heiau.So they did. And as they prayed, rain began to fall. Their hearts torn by sorrow, Naupaka and Kaui embraced for a final time. Then Naupaka took a flower from her ear and tore it in half, giving one half to Kaui. The gods wont allow us to be together, she said. You go live down by the water, while I will stay up here in the mountains.As the two lovers separated, the naupaka plants that grew nearby saw how sad they were. The very next day, they began to bloom in only half flowers.There are different versions of the naupaka legend, but all carry the same unhappy theme: lovers that are separated forever, one banished to the mountains, the other to the beach. www.aloha-hawaii.comView Naupaka kahakai or Beach naupaka www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5187929027/NPH00003nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Scaevola_chamissoniana

Naupaka kuahiwi or Chamissos' scaevola GoodeniaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Molokai, Lnai, Maui, Hawaii Island)Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii IslandFlowers have a pleasing sweet fragrance.Early Hawaiians used the fruits of naupaka kuahiwi to produce a purplish black dye. The fragrant flowers were used in lei making.The Legend:In ancient times, one version goes, there was a beautiful Hawaiian princess known as Naupaka. One day, the villagers noticed that Naupaka looked very sad. They told her parents, who approached Naupaka and asked her what was troubling her.I have fallen in love with a man named Kaui, replied the princess. But Kaui is not of noble birthhe is a commoner. According to Hawaiian tradition, it was strictly forbidden for members of royalty to marry people from the common ranks.Distressed, Naupaka and Kaui traveled long and far, seeking a solution to their dilemma. They climbed up a mountain to see a kahuna who was staying at a heiau (temple). Alas, he had no clear answer for the young lovers. There is nothing I can do, he told them, but you should pray. Pray at this heiau.So they did. And as they prayed, rain began to fall. Their hearts torn by sorrow, Naupaka and Kaui embraced for a final time. Then Naupaka took a flower from her ear and tore it in half, giving one half to Kaui. The gods wont allow us to be together, she said. You go live down by the water, while I will stay up here in the mountains.As the two lovers separated, the naupaka plants that grew nearby saw how sad they were. The very next day, they began to bloom in only half flowers.There are different versions of the naupaka legend, but all carry the same unhappy theme: lovers that are separated forever, one banished to the mountains, the other to the beach. www.aloha-hawaii.comView Naupaka kahakai or Beach naupaka www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5187929027/NPH00005nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Scaevola_chamissoniana

Naupaka kuahiwi or Chamissos' scaevola GoodeniaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Molokai, Lnai, Maui, Hawaii Island)Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii IslandEarly Hawaiians used the fruits of naupaka kuahiwi to produce a purplish black dye. The fragrant flowers were used in lei making.The Legend:In ancient times, one version goes, there was a beautiful Hawaiian princess known as Naupaka. One day, the villagers noticed that Naupaka looked very sad. They told her parents, who approached Naupaka and asked her what was troubling her.I have fallen in love with a man named Kaui, replied the princess. But Kaui is not of noble birthhe is a commoner. According to Hawaiian tradition, it was strictly forbidden for members of royalty to marry people from the common ranks.Distressed, Naupaka and Kaui traveled long and far, seeking a solution to their dilemma. They climbed up a mountain to see a kahuna who was staying at a heiau (temple). Alas, he had no clear answer for the young lovers. There is nothing I can do, he told them, but you should pray. Pray at this heiau.So they did. And as they prayed, rain began to fall. Their hearts torn by sorrow, Naupaka and Kaui embraced for a final time. Then Naupaka took a flower from her ear and tore it in half, giving one half to Kaui. The gods wont allow us to be together, she said. You go live down by the water, while I will stay up here in the mountains.As the two lovers separated, the naupaka plants that grew nearby saw how sad they were. The very next day, they began to bloom in only half flowers.There are different versions of the naupaka legend, but all carry the same unhappy theme: lovers that are separated forever, one banished to the mountains, the other to the beach. www.aloha-hawaii.comView Naupaka kahakai or Beach naupaka www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5187929027/NPH00002nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Scaevola_chamissoniana

Naupaka kuahiwi or Chamissos' scaevola GoodeniaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Molokai, Lnai, Maui, Hawaii Island)Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii IslandEarly Hawaiians used the fruits of naupaka kuahiwi to produce a purplish black dye. The fragrant flowers were used in lei making.The Legend:In ancient times, one version goes, there was a beautiful Hawaiian princess known as Naupaka. One day, the villagers noticed that Naupaka looked very sad. They told her parents, who approached Naupaka and asked her what was troubling her.I have fallen in love with a man named Kaui, replied the princess. But Kaui is not of noble birthhe is a commoner. According to Hawaiian tradition, it was strictly forbidden for members of royalty to marry people from the common ranks.Distressed, Naupaka and Kaui traveled long and far, seeking a solution to their dilemma. They climbed up a mountain to see a kahuna who was staying at a heiau (temple). Alas, he had no clear answer for the young lovers. There is nothing I can do, he told them, but you should pray. Pray at this heiau.So they did. And as they prayed, rain began to fall. Their hearts torn by sorrow, Naupaka and Kaui embraced for a final time. Then Naupaka took a flower from her ear and tore it in half, giving one half to Kaui. The gods wont allow us to be together, she said. You go live down by the water, while I will stay up here in the mountains.As the two lovers separated, the naupaka plants that grew nearby saw how sad they were. The very next day, they began to bloom in only half flowers.There are different versions of the naupaka legend, but all carry the same unhappy theme: lovers that are separated forever, one banished to the mountains, the other to the beach. www.aloha-hawaii.comView Naupaka kahakai or Beach naupaka www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5187929027/NPH00004nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Scaevola_chamissoniana

There are 10 species of Scaevola in Hawaii and 9 are endemic to the islands. This one is endemic to rain forests of the windward side of the islands.

Naupaka kuahiwi or Chamissos' scaevola GoodeniaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Molokai, Lnai, Maui, Hawaii Island)Hawaii Island (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians used the fruits of naupaka kuahiwi to produce a purplish black dye. The fragrant flowers were used in lei making.The Legend:In ancient times, one version goes, there was a beautiful Hawaiian princess known as Naupaka. One day, the villagers noticed that Naupaka looked very sad. They told her parents, who approached Naupaka and asked her what was troubling her.I have fallen in love with a man named Kaui, replied the princess. But Kaui is not of noble birthhe is a commoner. According to Hawaiian tradition, it was strictly forbidden for members of royalty to marry people from the common ranks.Distressed, Naupaka and Kaui traveled long and far, seeking a solution to their dilemma. They climbed up a mountain to see a kahuna who was staying at a heiau (temple). Alas, he had no clear answer for the young lovers. There is nothing I can do, he told them, but you should pray. Pray at this heiau.So they did. And as they prayed, rain began to fall. Their hearts torn by sorrow, Naupaka and Kaui embraced for a final time. Then Naupaka took a flower from her ear and tore it in half, giving one half to Kaui. The gods wont allow us to be together, she said. You go live down by the water, while I will stay up here in the mountains.As the two lovers separated, the naupaka plants that grew nearby saw how sad they were. The very next day, they began to bloom in only half flowers.There are different versions of the naupaka legend, but all carry the same unhappy theme: lovers that are separated forever, one banished to the mountains, the other to the beach. www.aloha-hawaii.comView Naupaka kahakai or Beach naupaka www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5187929027/nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Scaevola_chamissoniana

There are 10 species of Scaevola in Hawaii and 9 are endemic to the islands. This one is endemic to rain forests of the windward side of the islands.

Naupaka kuahiwi or Chamissos' scaevola GoodeniaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsHawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii IslandFlowers have a pleasing sweet fragrance.Early Hawaiians used the fruits of naupaka kuahiwi to produce a purplish black dye. The fragrant flowers were used in lei making.The Legend:In ancient times, one version goes, there was a beautiful Hawaiian princess known as Naupaka. One day, the villagers noticed that Naupaka looked very sad. They told her parents, who approached Naupaka and asked her what was troubling her.I have fallen in love with a man named Kaui, replied the princess. But Kaui is not of noble birthhe is a commoner. According to Hawaiian tradition, it was strictly forbidden for members of royalty to marry people from the common ranks.Distressed, Naupaka and Kaui traveled long and far, seeking a solution to their dilemma. They climbed up a mountain to see a kahuna who was staying at a heiau (temple). Alas, he had no clear answer for the young lovers. There is nothing I can do, he told them, but you should pray. Pray at this heiau.So they did. And as they prayed, rain began to fall. Their hearts torn by sorrow, Naupaka and Kaui embraced for a final time. Then Naupaka took a flower from her ear and tore it in half, giving one half to Kaui. The gods wont allow us to be together, she said. You go live down by the water, while I will stay up here in the mountains.As the two lovers separated, the naupaka plants that grew nearby saw how sad they were. The very next day, they began to bloom in only half flowers.There are different versions of the naupaka legend, but all carry the same unhappy theme: lovers that are separated forever, one banished to the mountains, the other to the beach. www.aloha-hawaii.comView Naupaka kahakai or Beach naupaka www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5187929027/NPH00001nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Scaevola_chamissoniana

The black, fleshy fruits are called drupe. This plant is endemic to the islands of Hawaii.

Naupaka kuahiwi or Chamissos' scaevolaGoodeniaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Molokai, Lnai, Maui, Hawaii Island)Lnaihale, LnaiFlowers have a pleasing sweet fragrance.Early Hawaiians used the fruits of naupaka kuahiwi to produce a purplish black dye. The fragrant flowers were used in lei making.The Legend:In ancient times, one version goes, there was a beautiful Hawaiian princess known as Naupaka. One day, the villagers noticed that Naupaka looked very sad. They told her parents, who approached Naupaka and asked her what was troubling her.I have fallen in love with a man named Kaui, replied the princess. But Kaui is not of noble birthhe is a commoner. According to Hawaiian tradition, it was strictly forbidden for members of royalty to marry people from the common ranks.Distressed, Naupaka and Kaui traveled long and far, seeking a solution to their dilemma. They climbed up a mountain to see a kahuna who was staying at a heiau (temple). Alas, he had no clear answer for the young lovers. There is nothing I can do, he told them, but you should pray. Pray at this heiau.So they did. And as they prayed, rain began to fall. Their hearts torn by sorrow, Naupaka and Kaui embraced for a final time. Then Naupaka took a flower from her ear and tore it in half, giving one half to Kaui. The gods wont allow us to be together, she said. You go live down by the water, while I will stay up here in the mountains.As the two lovers separated, the naupaka plants that grew nearby saw how sad they were. The very next day, they began to bloom in only half flowers.There are different versions of the naupaka legend, but all carry the same unhappy theme: lovers that are separated forever, one banished to the mountains, the other to the beach. www.aloha-hawaii.comView Naupaka kahakai or Beach naupaka www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5187929027/nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Scaevola_chamissoniana

Summary[edit] Description: Scaevola chamissoniana (Naupaka kuahiwi) Habit at White Lightning LZ East Maui, Maui, Hawaii. November 20, 2009 #091120-1422 Image Use Policy. Date: 20 November 2009, 08:19. Source: starr-091120-1422-Scaevola_chamissoniana-habit-White_Lightning_LZ_East_Maui-Maui. Author: Forest and Kim Starr.

Summary[edit] Description: Scaevola chamissoniana (Naupaka kuahiwi) Flowers and leaves at White Lightning LZ East Maui, Maui, Hawaii. November 20, 2009 #091120-1428 Image Use Policy. Date: 20 November 2009, 08:20. Source: starr-091120-1428-Scaevola_chamissoniana-flowers_and_leaves-White_Lightning_LZ_East_Maui-Maui. Author: Forest and Kim Starr.

Summary[edit] Description: Scaevola chamissoniana (Naupaka kuahiwi) Flowers in hand at White Lightning LZ East Maui, Maui, Hawaii. November 20, 2009 #091120-9887 Image Use Policy. Date: 20 November 2009, 08:15. Source: starr-091120-9887-Scaevola_chamissoniana-flowers_in_hand-White_Lightning_LZ_East_Maui-Maui. Author: Forest and Kim Starr.

Summary[edit] Description: Scaevola chamissoniana (Naupaka kuahiwi) Flower and leaves at Kahana, Maui, Hawaii. October 12, 2011 #111012-8760 Image Use Policy. Date: 12 October 2011, 08:54. Source: starr-111012-8760-Scaevola_chamissoniana-flower_and_leaves-Kahana-Maui. Author: Forest and Kim Starr.

Summary[edit] Description: Scaevola chamissoniana (Naupaka kuahiwi) Flowers and leaves at Waihee Ridge Trail, Maui, Hawaii. July 22, 2011 #110722-7371 Image Use Policy. Date: 22 July 2011, 10:42. Source: starr-110722-7371-Scaevola_chamissoniana-flowers_and_leaves-Waihee_Ridge_Trail-Maui. Author: Forest and Kim Starr.

Summary[edit] Description: Scaevola chamissoniana (Naupaka kuahiwi) Many flowers view makai at Makamakaole, Maui, Hawaii. September 24, 2011 #110924-8473 Image Use Policy. Date: 24 September 2011, 11:23. Source: starr-110924-8473-Scaevola_chamissoniana-many_flowers_view_makai-Makamakaole-Maui. Author: Forest and Kim Starr.

Summary[edit] Description: Scaevola chamissoniana (Naupaka kuahiwi) Flowers and leaves at Hanaula, Maui, Hawaii. September 29, 2011 #110929-0255 Image Use Policy. Date: 29 September 2011, 13:26. Source: starr-110929-0255-Scaevola_chamissoniana-flowers_and_leaves-Hanaula-Maui. Author: Forest and Kim Starr.

Description: Naupaka kuahiwi or Chamissos' scaevola Goodeniaceae Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands Lānaʻihale, Lānaʻi nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Scaevola_chamissoniana. Date: 28 May 2005, 23:35. Source: Scaevola chamissoniana Uploaded by Tim1357. Author: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA.

Summary[edit] Description: Scaevola chamissoniana (Naupaka kuahiwi) Habitat fire area with Kim at Kahana, Maui, Hawaii. October 12, 2011 #111012-0854 Image Use Policy. Date: 12 October 2011, 10:01. Source: starr-111012-0854-Scaevola_chamissoniana-habitat_fire_area_with_Kim-Kahana-Maui. Author: Forest and Kim Starr.

Summary[edit] Description: Scaevola chamissoniana (Naupaka kuahiwi) Burnt branches at Kahana, Maui, Hawaii. October 12, 2011 #111012-1024 Image Use Policy. Date: 12 October 2011, 12:11. Source: starr-111012-1024-Scaevola_chamissoniana-burnt_branches-Kahana-Maui. Author: Forest and Kim Starr.

Summary[edit] Description: Scaevola chamissoniana (Naupaka kuahiwi) Flowers and leaves at Waihee Ridge Trail, Maui, Hawaii. July 22, 2011 #110722-7348 Image Use Policy. Date: 22 July 2011, 10:38. Source: starr-110722-7348-Scaevola_chamissoniana-flowers_and_leaves-Waihee_Ridge_Trail-Maui. Author: Forest and Kim Starr.

Summary[edit] Description: Scaevola chamissoniana (Naupaka kuahiwi) Aerial view at Waihee, Maui, Hawaii. November 12, 2009 #091112-9487 Image Use Policy. Date: 12 November 2009, 07:48. Source: starr-091112-9487-Scaevola_chamissoniana-aerial_view-Waihee-Maui. Author: Forest and Kim Starr.