Diplopterygium pinnatum & Dicranopteris linearis

Two members of the Forked fern family (Gleicheniaceae) growing together in a Hawaiian forest.

 

Upper center & left: Uluhe lau nui* (Diplopterygium pinnatum)

Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (All main islands except Niʻihau & Kahoʻolawe)

Lower center & right: Uluhe (Dicranopteris linearis)

Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (All main islands except Niʻihau & Kahoʻolawe) www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/14002480298/in/photolist...

 

Photo: Kaʻala Natural Area Reserve, Oʻahu

 

Medicinally, early Hawaiians used the juice of uluhe as a laxative for constipation.

 

Fronds were, and still are, used in lei making.

 

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* The name in Hawaiian is translated as "lau," leaf, and "nui" large, literally: large-leaved uluhe.

 

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