A Hawaii plant once thought to be extinct has a new resource dedicated to its resurgence. Once widespread, Ka Palupalu o Kanaloa (Kanaloa kahoolawensis) disappeared from pollen records around the 16th ...

Mountain apple, ohia ai, is one of the 12,000 to 13,000 plants introduced to Hawaii by people. Mountain apple is native to the Southwestern Pacific and has naturalized in Hawaii, capable of ...

Nearly half of all the plants found here, around 1000 species, are found nowhere else in the world. Hawaii is an important ... Sadly the global plant extinction crisis is particularly acute ...

Following its rediscovery, horticulturalists worked to propagate Ka Palupalu o Kanaloa, but found limited success. The two ...

In the hands of this dedicated team, Hawaii's natural legacy grows stronger, one plant at a time.

Pono Hawaii is unsure how much farmers might fetch per pound, although Bennett said it would likely be an additional income source as farmers typically plant cover crops anyway to keep their soil ...