Rhus sandwicensis (5210100322) (2)

Description:

Summary[edit] Description: Neleau, Neneleau, or Hawaiian sumac Anacardiaceae Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands Hawaiʻi Island (Cultivated) Neleau was used in making calabashes by early Hawaiians. In more modern times, the light but tough, yellowish-gray wood of neleau was once used as saddle trees on ranches and to make plows and yokes for oxen by ranchers. The wood is described as yellowish-gray with dark resinous streaks, light weight, coarse-textured, and tough. NPH00007 nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Rhus_sandwicensis. Date: 31 May 2008, 02:57. Source: Rhus sandwicensis. Author: David Eickhoff from Hawaiʻi, USA. Camera location21° 38′ 53.28″ N, 158° 03′ 46.87″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 21.648134; -158.063020.