| | Paradisus Terrestris - Hawaiian Plants |
 | | Curcuma longa, commonly called tumeric, 'Olena in Hawaiian culture, is a medicinal plant that has been used by many cultures throughout the world, but has only in the last two decades been studied pharmacologically and substantiated by scientific reasearch. |
 | | The special medicinal uses in Hawaiian culture indicate that the astringent and antibacterial properties of the plant were utilized. |
 | | Mamaki was valued by early Hawaiians for it's "long, strong fibers of inner bark in the making of Kapa." In the University of Hawaii's Rodman collection, more than one third of the 135 Kapa specimens seems to be made of Mamaki. |
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