Tacca leontopetaloides, Curcuma domestica, and Zingiber zerumbet

            Agroforestry planting including (left to right) 'awapuhi ginger (Zingiber zerumbet), 'olena or turmeric (Curcuma domestica), and pia or Polynesian arrowroot (Tacca leontopetaloides). All three species were ancient introductions into Hawai'i by the first Polynesian settlers and are often called "canoe plants." The fleshy flowers of 'awapuhi ginger are squeezed in water to make a shampoo, rhizomes of 'olena were and still are used medicinally as well as for a flavoring, and starch from the corm of the pia is used as a thickener, much as cornstarch. The tree in the background is the native kou, Cordia subcordata.

Amy B H Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Captain Cook, Hawai'i island, Hawai'i.

Taken in: United States / Hawaii / Kīloa (show map)

Taken on: July 13, 2024

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Amy BH Greenwell

Tacca

Zingiberaceae

Zingiber zerumbet

Zingiber

Curcuma domestica

Curcuma

turmeric

Agroforestry

canoe plants

Dioscoreaceae « less

Sets appears in: • Plants of Hawaii, non-native • Agroforestry

Groups appears in: • Ethnobotany Polynesia

Camera: Canon EOS 90D, f/3.5, 1/60 sec, 18mm, ISO 160 (more info) (hide info)

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