Photo taken at the herb garden in the Zoological & Botanical Garden, Hong Kong. Root of this plant has the following properties : Sedative, Hypotensive, Circulation promoting, Analgesic, Antipyretic, Anti-inflammatory.
HaoApocynaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsHawaii Island (Cultivated)Hao grows as trees to small shrubs. Hao grows as trees to small shrubs. The tiny flowers of hao, while not dramatic, have a fragrance similar to plumeria, which belong to the same family.Early Hawaiians scraped the bark and mixed with its flowers in water. The medicine was drunk to aid in curing paoao (a childhood disease with physical weakening) and ea (thrush).The wood of hao is very hard. "Native Hawaiian Medicine--Volume III" by Kaluna M. Kaaiakamanu notes: "It is called Hao because of what it is like due to the hardness that can spoil an adze." Incidentally, the name for iron in Hawaiian is also hao.NPH00002nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Rauvolfia_sandwicensis
Photo taken at the herb garden in the Zoological & Botanical Garden, Hong Kong. Root of this plant has the following properties : Sedative, Hypotensive, Circulation promoting, Analgesic, Antipyretic, Anti-inflammatory.
HaoApocynaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsHawaii Island (Cultivated)Hao grows as trees to small shrubs. Hao grows as trees to small shrubs. The tiny flowers of hao, while not dramatic, have a fragrance similar to plumeria, which belong to the same family. www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5188494228/in/photolist-...Early Hawaiians scraped the bark and mixed with its flowers in water. The medicine was drunk to aid in curing paoao (a childhood disease with physical weakening) and ea (thrush).The wood of hao is very hard. "Native Hawaiian Medicine--Volume III" by Kaluna M. Kaaiakamanu notes: "It is called Hao because of what it is like due to the hardness that can spoil an adze." Incidentally, the name for iron in Hawaiian is also hao.NPH00003nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Rauvolfia_sandwicensis
HaoApocynaceae (Dogbane family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (All the main islands except Kahoolawe)Oahu (Cultivated)Hao grows as trees to small shrubs. Hao grows as trees to small shrubs. The tiny flowers of hao, while not dramatic, have a fragrance similar to plumeria, which belong to the same family.Early Hawaiians scraped the bark and mixed with its flowers in water. The medicine was drunk to aid in curing paoao (a childhood disease with physical weakening) and ea (thrush).The wood of hao is very hard. "Native Hawaiian Medicine--Volume III" by Kaluna M. Kaaiakamanu notes: "It is called Hao because of what it is like due to the hardness that can spoil an adze." Incidentally, the name for iron in Hawaiian is hao.EtymologyThe genus Rauvolfia is named for Leonhard Rauwolf (ca. 1540-1596), a German physician, botanist and traveler in the Near East.The species name sandwicensis refers to the "Sandwich Islands," as the Hawaiian Islands were once called, and named by James Cook on one of his voyages in the 1770's. James Cook named the islands after John Montagu (The fourth Earl of Sandwich) for supporting Cook's voyages.