Name That Plant
Plant Vocabulary
Hawaiian Plant Stats
Plant History
Name That Plant
100
This native plant is used to make tea, you can actually buy some at Foodland.
What is Mamaki?
100
This is what we call plants that were introduced by Polynesian settlers.
What are canoe plants?
100
There are approximately this many native hawaiian plant species.
A.) 50 C.) 750
B.) 250 D.) 1,000+
What is D.) 1,000+
100
This is the month that is Native Hawaiian Plant Month.
(only accepting the answer in 'Olelo Hawaiian)
What is 'Apelila?
100
This native plant is endemic to Hawaii.
What is Koa?
200
This native and endemic plant can be found growing in dry forests.
What is Wiliwili?
200
These are the 2 categories of native plants.
What are Endemic + Indigenous?
200
This is approximately how much percentage of native hawaiian plants that are endemic.
A.) 15% C.) 60%
B.) 30% D.) 90%
What is D.) 90%
200
This native plant was historically used to make canoes, surfboards, and spears.
What is Koa?
200
This native plant is a bush that grows tall and wide with sturdy branches like a tree. Found in wet environments. Has yellow, orange, or red flowers.
What is Hau?
300
It is a plant you will find quite easily by the ocean.
What is Naupaka?
300
This is what "Indigenous" plant means.
What is a plant that can be found other places in the pacific?
300
This percentage (to the nearest tenth) is the amount Hawai'i alone holds for the nation's endangered/extinct plant list.
What is ~44%?
300
This is the common name people use for the fungus that is spreading and killing our native 'Ohi'a Lehua trees. It was suspected to have began in 2005.
What is Rapid 'Ohi'a Death?
300
This plant is found by the beach or somewhere down low in the direct sunlight. It has silvery leaves and small purple flowers.
What is Pohinahina?
400
This plant is also known as 'false sandalwood'.
What is Naio?
400
This is what "endemic" plant means.
What is a plant that only grows naturally in one specific place?
400
Before any humans were here, the Hawaiian islands had the rarest species of plants in the entire world. Due to extreme isolation. Approximately this percentage of Native Hawaiian plants are found nowhere else on Earth. (What % of Native Hawaiian plants are endemic?)
What is ~90%?
400
This plant is considered Queen Liliuokalani's favorite, although it is not native, it was introduced to Hawaii in the 1800s.
What is the Crown Flower? (pua kalauna)
400
This native palm tree is endemic to Hawaii, and has fan shaped leaves.
What is Loulu?
500
This is a white hibiscus.
What is koki'o ke'oke'o?
500
For a plant to be considered native, these 3 words tell us how it got here.
What is Wings, Waves, and Wind? 'Olelo Hawaiian:(Moana, Manu, Makani)
500
This native tree is the most abundant tree in Hawaiian forests.
What is the 'Ohi'a Lehua?
500
Since this century began, over 5,000 non-native plants have been introduced to Hawai'i.
What is the 1700s?
500
The 'I'iwi birds drink the nectar of this native plant's flower.
What is Mamane?