Alyxia stellata
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Alyxia stellata, known as maile in Hawaiian, is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, that is native to the tropical Pacific from Queensland, Australia, to Hawaii, USA. It g
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Kamehameha II
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Kamehameha II was the second king of the Kingdom of Hawaii from 1819 to 1824. His birth name was Liholiho and full name was Kalaninui kua Liholiho i ke kapu ʻIolani. It was lengthened to Kalani Kaleiʻ
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…lei can also be smelled and if anyone goes there wearing a maile lei, they will be knocked to the ground. Keaoua Kekuaokalani, a cousin to Liholiho (Kamehameha II), objected to the overturn of the kapu system and with supporters, they gathered together with weapons at the battle of Kuamoʻo in attempt to restore…
Portrait of Kamehameha II, drawn by John Hayter, 1824.
The royal yacht Haʻaheo o Hawaiʻi
Sketch in London just before his death
In the royal box at London, 1824