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Emu Park, Queensland, Australia
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Phuehue, Beach morning gloryConvolvulaceae (Morning-Glory family)Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (All main islands to the NW Islands)Photo: OahuHabit/Habitat:
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/46913921414/in/photolist...Early Hawaiian UseThe vines were also made into a type of bushy rope attached to each of the sticks on the bag net used in fishing. Cordage was sometimes made from the pliable stems.E k i ka phuehue, strike with the phuehue. [One hit the sea with this vine to make a rough sea for surfing, or to kill an enemy who was in the sea.] wehewehe.orgRoots and leaves were used by Hawaiians of old as famine foods. But carthartic compounds makes its use DANGEROUS!The leafy vines were used as lei.Medicinallly, even with its dangers, a few of the young leaf buds (muo) were eaten by women just prior to giving birth to hasten delivery.EtymologyThe generic name Ipomoea is derived from the Greek ips, worm, and homoios, similar to, meaning worm-like, in reference to the twining habit.The hyphenated specific epithet pes-caprae is from the Latin pes, foot, and caprae, goat, or literally "foot of a goat," in reference to the shape of the leaves similar to that of a goat's foot (hoof).The subspecies brasiliensis is in reference to the country of Brazil (Brasil), part of its pantropic range.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/index/
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pohuehue
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Ipomoea pes-caprae ssp. brasiliensis
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North Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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Emu Park, Queensland, Australia
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Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
NMNH Botany in DwCA
Salsedo, C. A. 138, US National Herbarium Sheet 2698374, Barcode 00906190
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Emu Park, Queensland, Australia
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dense creeping ground over gently sloping sand between high tide zone and low mounding inland barriar dunes
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Emu Park, Queensland, Australia
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Emu Park, Queensland, Australia
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Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
NMNH Botany in DwCA
Smith, C. A. 6614, US National Herbarium Sheet 1966798, Barcode 00906197
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dense creeping ground over gently sloping sand between high tide zone and low mounding inland barriar dunes
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Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
NMNH Botany in DwCA
Niering, W. A. 727, US National Herbarium Sheet 2638692, Barcode 00906180
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dense creeping ground over gently sloping sand between high tide zone and low mounding inland barriar dunes
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Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
NMNH Botany in DwCA
Anderson, D. 1123, US National Herbarium Sheet 2399762, Barcode 00906195
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dense creeping ground over gently sloping sand between high tide zone and low mounding inland barriar dunes
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Indigenous to Hawaiian Islands/pantropical. Leaves often transverse-elliptic to reniform with apex emarginate and base cordate. This beach is on the leeward (west) side of the Big Island of Hawaii.
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Indigenous to Hawaiian Islands/pantropical. Leaves often transverse-elliptic to reniform with apex emarginate and base cordate. This beach is on the leeward (west) side of the Big Island of Hawaii.
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Indigenous to Hawaiian Islands/pantropical. Leaves often transverse-elliptic to reniform with apex emarginate and base cordate. This beach is on the leeward (west) side of the Big Island of Hawaii.
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Indigenous to Hawaiian Islands/pantropical. Leaves often transverse-elliptic to reniform with apex emarginate and base cordate. This beach is on the leeward (west) side of the Big Island of Hawaii.
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Indigenous to Hawaiian Islands/pantropical. Leaves often transverse-elliptic to reniform with apex emarginate and base cordate. This beach is on the leeward (west) side of the Big Island of Hawaii.
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Indigenous to Hawaiian Islands/pantropical. Leaves often transverse-elliptic to reniform with apex emarginate and base cordate. This beach is on the leeward (west) side of the Big Island of Hawaii.
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on deep sands of elevated barrier dunes fronting ocean side shoreline with Chamaecrista fasciculata, Canavalia rosea, Ipomoea imperati, Uniola paniculata, Croton punctatus, Amaranthus arenicola
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on deep sands of elevated barrier dunes fronting ocean side shoreline with Chamaecrista fasciculata, Canavalia rosea, Ipomoea imperati, Uniola paniculata, Croton punctatus, Amaranthus arenicola