Acacia koa
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Acacia koa, commonly known as koa, is a species of flowering tree in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, where it is the second most common tree. The highest populations are on
Upper branches of a koa tree, showing the bark, sickle-shaped phyllodes, greenish rounded flower heads, and seedpods
A thinly sliced section of wide Hawaiian Koa lumber
‛Umeke Lū‛au Pākākā (Hawaiian: "low, broad feast bowl") hand-turned from Koa by master woodworker Millard Blair (1914–1995), owner of Blair's at Waikiki (1945–1986).
Kamehameha butterfly
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The Kamehameha butterfly is one of the two species of butterfly endemic to Hawaii, the other is Udara blackburni. The Hawaiian name is pulelehua. This is today a catch-all native term for all butterfl
