Common Name
Red Ti Leaf
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Hawaiian Name
Kï
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Scientific Name
Cordyline sp.
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Keawe
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Whole
Plant
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Leaves
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Fruits
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Flowers
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Stem
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This plant is located
near the boy's dorms, in the garden near Kekuiwa building
and next to Keawe gym. |
This plant is found
at sea level and lower wetlands. Most are grown under
1,335 meters elevation. |
This plant was brought
to the islands by Polynesians for good luck. |
Roots:
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- Thick, white and sweet
- Grows very large in
older plants
- Brown
in color
- Tap root
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Stem:
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- Bumpy and skinny
- Can reach 3 meters
tall
- Brown
in color
- Woody
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Leaves:
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- Smooth, long, and shiny
- Grows .3 - 1.3 meters
long and about 10.16 centimeters wide
- Green
in color
- Simple
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Flowers:
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- Hundreds of tiny whitish-purple
flowers
- Droop downward
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Fruit:
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- Small and black in
color
- Fleshy
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Seeds:
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- Inside the berry
- Non-edible
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Propagation/
Cultivation:
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Other
Interesting Facts: |
- Root can treat coughs,
internal hemorrhage, inflamed tissue, and various infections
by boiling
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Lamb, Samuel H. Native
Trees and Shrubs of the Hawaiian Islands. Santa Fe,
NM: Sunstone Press, 1981. |
Wagner. Warren L.,
Herbst, Derral R., Sohmer, S.H. Manual of the Flowering
Plants of Hawaii. Honolulu, Hawaii: University of
Hawaii Press, 1999. |
Canoe Plants of
Ancient Hawaii: Ki. Lynton Dove White. October 1996.
Hawaiian Independence March 13, 2003<http://www.hawaii-nation.org/canoe/ki.html> |
Ti Plant, Hawaiian
ti, Good Luck Plant Cordyline Fruticosa. 2003. Dave's
Garden March13, 2003<http://www.plantsdatabase.com/go/53151> |
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