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Canoe Plants
Authors: Michael B. Thomas
Locality: Hawaiian Islands
Abstract:

Canoe plants are plants taken from ancient Polynesia and transplanted to other Pacific Islands. The term is particularly used to refer to plants brought to Hawaiʻi 1,700 years ago by Polynesian explorers.

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Families: 17
Genera: 22
Species: 24
Total Taxa (details): 25
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Xanthosoma robustum
rosy malanga
Cocos nucifera
Coconut Palm
[ARECACEAE]
Cordyline fruticosa
ti plant
[ASPARAGACEAE]
Calophyllum inophyllum
mastwood
[CLUSIACEAE]
Lagenaria siceraria
bottle gourd
[CUCURBITACEAE]
Lagenaria vulgaris
bottle gourd
Dioscorea alata
winged yam
[DIOSCOREACEAE]
Aleurites moluccana
Varnish tree
[EUPHORBIACEAE]
Hibiscus tiliaceus
mahoe
[MALVACEAE]
Thespesia populnea
seaside mahoe
Artocarpus altilis
breadfruit
[MORACEAE]
Musa sp.
Banana
[MUSACEAE]
Eugenia malaccensis
Malaysian apple
[MYRTACEAE]
Piper methysticum
kava
[PIPERACEAE]
Saccharum officinarum
sugarcane
[POACEAE]
Morinda citrifolia
Indian mulberry
[RUBIACEAE]
Tacca leontopetaloides
Polynesian arrowroot
[TACCACEAE]
Touchardia latifolia
[URTICACEAE]
Curcuma longa
[ZINGIBERACEAE]
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Development of the Consortium of Pacific Herbaria and several of the specimen databases have been supported by National Science Foundation Grants (BRC 1057303, ADBC 1304924 and ADBC1115116). Data Usage Policy. Continued support provided by the Symbiota Support Hub, a domain of iDigBio (NSF Award #2027654). Copyright 2015 University of Hawai‘i.