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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Closeup of burs (seed pods)
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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.
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/
Closeup of burs (seed pods)
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4822016019/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.