Home > Plants > Pandanaceae > Freycinetia arborea

Family Pandanaceae

HAWAII - INDIGENOUS

Freycinetia arborea

Pauoa Flats, Oahu

 

Male Flowers

Wa'ahila ridge, Oahu

'IE'IE

Large, typically epiphytic vine common in mesic & wet forests.  Inflorescence has orange bracts.  Roots were used for fine weaving & cordage.  Hawaii, Subtropical Polynesia & New Caledonia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freycinetia_arborea