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mokihana

/ moki.hana / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., A native tree (Pelea anisata), found only on Kauaʻi, belonging to the citrus family. The small, leathery, cube-shaped, anise-scented fruits, which change from green to brown, are strung in leis; they represent Kauaʻi in the leis of the islands, as designated in 1923 by the Territorial legislature. The large leaves are also fragrant.

  • References:
    • Neal 478.

2. n., A variety of kava famous on Kauaʻi; it has short, stubby internodes. It is named for the mokihana fruit because of its fragrance.

3. n., A native variety of taro.

  • References:
    • HP 33.

Nā LepiliTags: flora Kauaʻi kalo

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s. A species of strong scented wood.

2. A species of mushroom.

3. An odor; a fragrance.

Mokihana (mō'-kĭ-hă'-na), n.

/ mō'-kĭ-hă'-na / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. A slender tree 12 to 15 feet high. (Pelea anisata.) Found in various parts of Kauai, but more abundant in Hanalei; the pods when bruised emit a strong spicy odor of anise. Also spelled mokehana.

2. An odor; a fragrance; the perfume of the mokihana.

Mokihana (mo'-ki-hā'nă):

/ mo'-ki-hā'nă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

an odoriferous tree (Pelea anisata): Stream, Waimea, Kauai.

Mokihana

WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Valley and stream, Wai-mea district, northwest Kauaʻi. Lit., Pelea anisata (a tree found only on Kauaʻi; its flowers, strung in leis, represent Kauaʻi).

Kauaʻi tree (Pelea anisata) with small, anise-scented fruits which, when crushed, supply a fragrance used for kapa. (NEAL 478.)

Tree (Pelea anisata), one of about eighty native species called alani, well known in Hawaiian legends. The name Pelea is derived from the Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes, Pele. Its fragrant fruits are symbolic of Kauaʻi, the only island on which this species is found. All parts of the tree are anise-scented. The fruit is a leathery, cube-shaped capsule, which is strung into the mokihana lei representing Kauaʻi. (NEAL 478.)

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