Endemic Indigenous Polynesian
Introduced Introduced *endangered
species
Kalama Whole
Plant Leaves Roots Flowers
This plant is found
in both gardens by Keawe and Kalama on the KMS campus.
This plant is usually
found by ponds or wet slopes (swamp or marsh) in Ni'ihau,
Kaua'i, Moloka'i, Lana'i, Hilo, and Kona.
This plant is
endemic to Hawai'i which means that this plant is only
found in Hawai'i. When woven tightly together, it can
be made into a mat which the Hawaiians used for various
uses such as sitting on, sleeping on, etc. Hawaiians also
used its fibers for various reasons.
Cyperus. Botany.com.
12 March. 2003 <http://www.botany.com/cyperus.html> Neal, Marie C. In
Gardens of Hawaiÿi. Honlulu:Bernice Pauahi Bishop
Museum, 1965. Wagner, W. L.;
Herbst, D.R.; Sogmer, S.H. Manual of the Flowering
Plants of Hawai'i. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i
and Bishop Museum Press. 1999.
Umbrella Sedge
Pu'uka'a
Cyperus sp.
Reproduction:
Cultivation:
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