Puukaa or Sticky flatsedgeCyperaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsEndangeredLower Kamananui Stream, Waimea Valley, Oahu (probably an escapee from the upper man-made ponds where it is planted)Closeupwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4766405545/in/photostream/Medicinally, this sedge was "stewed until completely cooked" by early Hawaiians. Then, used in bathing "until the very small and fine lumps (puu) fall off." ("Native Hawaiian Medicine--Volume III" by Kaluna M. Kaaiakamanu)nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Cyperus_trachysanthos
Puukaa or Sticky flatsedgeCyperaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsEndangeredOahu (Cultivated)Medicinally, this sedge was "stewed until completely cooked" by early Hawaiians. Then, used in bathing "until the very small and fine lumps (puu) fall off." ("Native Hawaiian Medicine--Volume III" by Kaluna M. Kaaiakamanu)NPH00002nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Cyperus_trachysanthos
Puukaa or Sticky flatsedgeCyperaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsEndangeredLower Kamananui Stream, Waimea Valley, Oahu (probably an escapee from the upper man-made ponds where it is planted)Closeupwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4766405545/in/photostream/Medicinally, this sedge was "stewed until completely cooked" by early Hawaiians. Then, used in bathing "until the very small and fine lumps (puu) fall off." ("Native Hawaiian Medicine--Volume III" by Kaluna M. Kaaiakamanu)nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Cyperus_trachysanthos