Native Trees and Shrubs of the Hawaiian Islands: An Extensive Study Guide

By Samuel H. Lamb

This extensive study gives botanical data about the trees and shrubs of Hawaii with a clarity that can be easily understood by everyone. The author describes the plants, gives common names, mainland equivalents--if there are any--and tells their uses in the changing world of the Pacific Islands. Woven into his narrative are also folk stories about the plants. Of the Naupaka, he writes: "Hawaiian legend says that the half flower came about when a scorned maiden grabbed a flower and tore it in half. She told her lover she would not see him again until he brought her a full flower, but he never did. From that time on, Naupakas have had only half a flower and the lover died of a broken heart."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1632934272
• ISBN13: 9781632934277
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Sunstone Press
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"