'Aku

(Cyanea angustifolia)

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Description

Cyanea angustifolia is a plant in the genus Cyanea that is found in Hawaii. Leaves of this species, as well as the endangered -aku-aku (Cyanea platyphylla), were wrapped in ti (k-) leaves, cooked in an -imu and eaten in times of food scarcity by early Hawaiians.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Asterales
Family:Campanulaceae
Genus:Cyanea
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