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Olulu palm
I am from Hawaii. Hawaiians call ife cycle: pereBlast from the past
me and my brother olulu. My real : 1–2 m
name is Brighamia insignis and my Olulu palm is a Hawaiian lobelioid,
Bio the largest plant group in any island
brother’s is Brighamia rockii.
archipelago, with about
36–37 116 members. Their ancestors
arrived on the Hawaiian islands
millions of years ago.
Length
;L
nnial
Cabbage on a stick
I look like a cabbage on a
stick. I have a thick stem,
which is swollen at the
base. My top is crowned
with a dense bunch of
fleshy, spoon-shaped,
shiny, and leathery leaves.
I bear clusters of yellow
flowers, shaped like
trumpets, which smell a
little like honeysuckle.
I am from Hawaii. Hawaiians call ife cycle: pereBlast from the past
me and my brother olulu. My real : 1–2 m
name is Brighamia insignis and my Olulu palm is a Hawaiian lobelioid,
Bio the largest plant group in any island
brother’s is Brighamia rockii.
archipelago, with about
36–37 116 members. Their ancestors
arrived on the Hawaiian islands
millions of years ago.
Length
;L
nnial
Cabbage on a stick
I look like a cabbage on a
stick. I have a thick stem,
which is swollen at the
base. My top is crowned
with a dense bunch of
fleshy, spoon-shaped,
shiny, and leathery leaves.
I bear clusters of yellow
flowers, shaped like
trumpets, which smell a
little like honeysuckle.
