Plant Pono

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Background of native Hawaii forest

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  • Sunlight Requirements

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  • Drainage Requirement

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  • Uses

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  • Sporobolus virginicus

    ʻakiʻaki, ʻaki, mānienie [-maoli, -māhikihiki, -ʻakiʻaki], māhikihiki, mahiki, saltgrass, beach dropseed, seashore rushgrass

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  • Vigna marina

    nanea, mohihihi, lemuomakili, beach pea, notched cowpea

  • Vitex rotundifolia

    pōhinahina, pōlinalina, hinahina kolo, kolokolo kahakai, mānawanawa, mānewanewa, māwanawana, beach vitex, round-leaf chastetree