Introduced by Polynesian settlers, the kukui nut tree is held in high regard for its usefulness ranging from food to medicinal applications. The kukui nut is aptly named for its oil that can be ...

1 /3 JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM Ginger Burch, left, a social worker with Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, presented a hookupu of a baby kukui nut tree Thursday during the ...

The dark walnut-coloured kukui nut, which comes from the state tree of Hawaii, is part of the trend to jumbo beads that started last spring and is poised to go heavy this fall. The beads are dyed ...

Land-ocean connections: How tree trunks, leaves and kukui nuts indirectly feed bottom fish in submarine canyons off Moloka'i, Hawaii. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 1, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com ...

Kukui nuts are a great choice for decorating Christmas trees in Hawaiʻi. The kukui tree, also known as the candlenut tree, is native to Hawaiʻi and has a long history in Native Hawaiian culture.

By contrast, researchers believe breadfruit and kukui nut — now the state tree of Hawaii — were among the many edible plants Polynesian voyagers brought around 1,000 years ago. Such imports ...

If you think that coconut palms, kukui, bananas, taro and ti are natives and seem to grow easily, then For example, our state tree, the kukui, originated in what is now Indonesia, it is believed.