Cenchrus agrimonioides var. agrimonioides
Kāmanomano
Poaceae (Gramineae)
Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Maui, Hawaiʻi Island--extinct)
IUCN: Critically Endangered
Oʻahu (Cultivated)
Closeup of flowers
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Habit
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Early Hawaiians pounded the leaves with salt to treat to wounds or sores. It was also used in bathing for maʻi ʻino (venereal disease). The bitter plant was mixed with ʻuala, pia and kō (sugar) for pāʻaoʻao (childhood disease, with physical weakness), and for killing worms and naio (pinworms) in the stomach.
Etymology
The generic name Cenchrus is derived from the Greek, kenchros, a name of a small millet or one of the cereals resembling a small millet used by ancient Greeks.
The specific epithet agrimonioides literally means "agrimony-like" or "resembling agrimony." The spikelets (fruit) of this grass do in fact resemble the burry fruit of the plant known as agrimony (Agrimonia spp.).
Cenchrus agrimonioides var. agrimonioides
Kāmanomano
Poaceae (Gramineae)
Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Maui, Hawaiʻi Island--extinct)
IUCN: Critically Endangered
Oʻahu (Cultivated)
Closeup of flowers
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4822635772/in/photostream/
Habit
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4822635360/in/photostream/
Early Hawaiians pounded the leaves with salt to treat to wounds or sores. It was also used in bathing for maʻi ʻino (venereal disease). The bitter plant was mixed with ʻuala, pia and kō (sugar) for pāʻaoʻao (childhood disease, with physical weakness), and for killing worms and naio (pinworms) in the stomach.
Etymology
The generic name Cenchrus is derived from the Greek, kenchros, a name of a small millet or one of the cereals resembling a small millet used by ancient Greeks.
The specific epithet agrimonioides literally means "agrimony-like" or "resembling agrimony." The spikelets (fruit) of this grass do in fact resemble the burry fruit of the plant known as agrimony (Agrimonia spp.).