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Nestegis sandwicensis : ウィキペディア英語版 | Nestegis sandwicensis
''Nestegis sandwicensis'', commonly known as Hawai'i olive' or ''olopua'', is a species of flowering tree in the olive family, Oleaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii.〔Otto Degener, Isa Degener, & Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson. 1958. Flora Hawaiiensis; the New Illustrated Flora of the Hawaiian Islands. Honolulu, fam 300〕 It is found on all major islands at elevations of in coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests, and, especially, dry forests. It usually reaches a height of with a trunk diameter of , but may reach in height with a trunk diameter of .〔(Gray, Asa. 1862. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences V: 331. ''Olea sandwicensis'' )〕 ==Uses== Native Hawaiians used the hard wood of ''olopua'' to make ''au koi'' (adze handles), ''apuapu'' (rasps for making fish hooks), ''ōō'' (digging sticks), ''laau melomelo'' (fishing lures), ''pou'' (house posts), ''pāhoa'' (daggers), ''pīkoi'' (tripping weapons similar to a rope dart), and spears. Because the wood burned well even if green, it was used as ''wahie'' (firewood).
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