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ʻawapuhi

/ ʻawa.puhi / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., Wild ginger (Zingiber zerumbet 🌐), a forest herb with narrow leaves arranged along a stalk 30 to 60 cm high, bearing on a separate stalk small yellowish flowers in an oblong head, and having aromatic underground stems; a native of India.

2. n., A variety of sweet potato.

3. n., A type of taro (no data).

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ʻAwapuhi

WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Street, Mānoa, Honolulu. Lit., ginger.

Wild ginger (Zingiber zerumbet), a forest herb found in the lower parts of damp forests. A native of India, it also is distributed throughout Polynesia. The plant forms a continuous ground cover and has large, aromatic, underground stems, formerly used to scent kapa. A sudsy juice, squeezed out of mature flower heads, was used for shampooing and as a thirst quencher in earlier times. Also called ʻawapuhi kuahiwi. (NEAL 257.)

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