Surrounded by a vast array of colorful trees and shrubs, many residents and visitors with scant knowledge of botany are unable to find out more about "that tree with the small, pink flowers" or "the one on the corner with the pale green leaves." Kepler comes to our rescue with this easy-to-use guide and brings alive the kaleidoscopic flora that beautifies Hawai‘i.

Trees of Hawai'i (Kolowalu Books)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Kepler, Angela Kay

Gardening & Landscape Design

University of Hawaii Press

Almost 90 per cent of Hawaii's flora are found nowhere else in the world. This text presents a revised edition of a guide book to these and other plants that comprise some of the most unique ecosystems in the world. In a series of essays, the author weaves cultural and biological, historical and geographic, aesthetic and spiritual aspects of Hawaiian ecology into non-technical accounts of 32 plants important to early Hawaiians.

Hawaiian Heritage Plants: Revised Edition (Latitude 20 Books)

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Wonderful West Maui: A guide to Lahaina, Kaanapali, Kapalua and Iao Valley

History

Americas

Mutual Pub

96-page softcover guide to Haleakala Mountain

Haleakala: A Guide to the Mountain

Travel

Kepler, Cameron B.

Reference

Mutual Pub Co

Winner of the 2012 Ka Palapala Po‘okela Award for Excellence in Natural Science The World of Bananas in Hawai‘i: Then and Now―unique, comprehensive, colorful, authoritative, readable and with over 1,900 color illustrations―culminates nine years of exhaustive library research coupled with painstaking field and agricultural investigations in Hawai‘i and other Pacific islands. It is the first book about bananas in Hawai‘i and a major contribution to Hawaiian culture. It is also the first attempt to trace banana/plantain evolution within the Pacific. Truly a “banana bible,” it is written in highly accessible prose embracing a broad array of topics. Lavishly illustrated, it covers virtually every edible and inedible banana in Hawai‘i, Polynesian introduced and international, including the spectacular ornamentals and fe‘i. The World of Bananas reflects a deep respect for Hawaiian oral history and esteemed post-contact literature, reviving long-forgotten traditional foods, chants, crafts, and everyday clothing woven from bananas. As a result of Angela Kepler’s 30-year Pacific-wide ecological research, readers will encounter original ideas (e.g., how migrant seabirds likely guided Marquesan seafarers to colonize Hawai‘i) and delight in the multihued tapestry of true-to-life banana tales from the nebulous dawn of Hawaiian history to the present (e.g., the rediscovery of legendary banana groves). The authors shed fascinating new light on Hawai‘i’s little-known “pregnant” banana, mai‘a hāpai, and resurrect a long-forgotten minor goddess, Hina-‘ea, whose curative mai‘a lele banana once healed vitamin A deficiencies in children. Interweaving extensive original research with judicious gleanings from a tiny worldwide network of banana specialists, this book provides new, dependable, and pictorial descriptions for 140 living varieties and 22 kinship groups, illustrated keys separating similar cultivars, hundreds of name synonyms, and information on pesticide-free care and maintenance, nutritional deficiencies, and troubleshooting pests/diseases. The mouth-watering recipe chapter includes savory dishes such as banana mayonnaise and meat-plantain casseroles.

The World of Bananas in Hawaii: Then and Now

Rust, Francis G.

Pali-O-Waipi`o Press

Sunny South Maui: A Guide to Kihei, Wailea & Makena

Travel Writing

The newest addition to Mutual Publishing’s Pocket Guide line, A Pocket Guide to Maui’s Hâna Highway is an updated and revised version of the original. Its size makes it perfect for taking along on the fifty-two mile, 617 bends and over 56 bridges journey beginning in Kahului and ending in the Hâna area. Over 240 photographs help the reader explore tropical gardens, freshwater caves, historic churches, gold, red and black sand beaches along the road to Hâna.

A Pocket Guide To Maui's Hana Highway: A Vistor's Guide

United States

West Maui: A Natural History Guide

Nature & Ecology

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