Fruits, Vegetables, & Herbs

Family Ebenaceae

Ebony Family

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Diospyros hillebrandii   

Koko Crater, Oahu

HAWAIIAN PERSIMMON    LAMA

 


HAWAII - POLYNESIAN INTRODUCTION

Family Arecaceae

Palm Family

Cocos nucifera

 

 

COCONUT PALM    NIU

 

Family Musaceae

Banana Family

Musa acuminata

APPLE BANANA    MAI'A    BANANITO

 

Family Convolvulaceae

Morning Glory Family

Ipomoea batatas

SWEET POTATO VINE        'UALA

 

Family Dioscoreaceae

Yam Family

Tubers are poisonous without proper care before eating

Dioscorea bulbifera

BITTER YAM    HOI

 

Dioscorea pentaphylla

FIVE-LEAF YAM    PI'A

 

Family Araceae

Taro Family

Colocasia esculenta

TARO    KALO    SATOIMO

 

Alocasia macrorrhiza

'APE

 

Family Moraceae

Fig or Banyan Family

Artocarpus altilis

BREADFRUIT    ULU

 

Family Rubiaceae

Coffee Family

Morinda citrifolia

INDIAN MULBERRY    NONI

 

Family Cucurbitaceae

Gourd Family

Lagenaria siceraria

BOTTLE or CALABASH GOURD, LONG SQUASH   IPU    HYOTAN

 


HAWAII - NATURALIZED

Family Caricaceae

Papaya Family

Carica papaya

PAPAYA

 

Family Lauraceae

Avocado Family

Persea americana

Kona, Hawaii

AVOCADO

 

Family Rubiaceae

Coffee Family

Coffea arabica

Kona, Hawaii

ARABIAN COFFEE

 

Family Myrtaceae

Eucalyptus Family

Psidium guajava

GUAVA    KUAWA

 

Psidium cattleianum

STRAWBERRY GUAVA    WAIAWI 'ULA'ULA

 

Syzygium cumini

JAVA or JAMBOLAN PLUM

 

Syzygium jambos

ROSE APPLE    'OHI'A LOKE

 

Family Cucurbitaceae

Gourd Family

Momordica charantia

 

 

BITTER MELON

 

Family Solanaceae

Tomato Family

Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme

CHERRY TOMATO

 


HAWAII - CULTIVATED

Family Solanaceae

Tomato Family

Capsicum annuum

CHILI PEPPER    NIOI

 

Family Malpighiaceae

Acerola Cherry Family

Malpighia punicifolia

ACEROLA or BARBADOS CHERRY

 

Family Myrtaceae

Eucalyptus Family

Eugenia uniflora

SURINAM CHERRY

 

Family Annonaceae

Custard Apple Family

Annona muricata

SOURSOP

 

Family Lamiaceae

Mint Family

Mentha sp.

Waimanalo, Oahu

MINT

 

Family Sterculiaceae

Cacao Family

Theobroma cacao

CACAO

 

Family Bombacaceae

Bombax Family

Pachira aquatica

MALABAR CHESTNUT or SHAVING BRUSH TREE

 

Family Fabaceae

Bean Family

Tamarindus indica

TAMARIND

 

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