Hala Fruit
Turning over a new leaf in the Pacific Islands
Pandanus tectorius is a species of Pandanus (screwpine) that is native to Malesia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Common names in English include Tahitian screwpine, thatch screwpine, and Hala tree - the fruit is known as Hala fruit.
Lauhala(lau meaning “leaf” in the Hawaiian language) refers to the leaves of the hala tree, which is of great cultural, health and economic importance in many Pacific Islands. The fruit of the tree is used as a food source in many Pacific Islands. The fruits are often consumed fresh, or as a preserved food while the trunks can be used as building material, and leaves for thatching. Though many parts of the hala tree are utilized, in Hawaii the most common use of Hala is the leaves.
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Weeping Willow: Sad tree - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Palm Tree: A tree with hands - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Friendship is a sheltering tree. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Every man under his own fig tree. - Hebrew Saying
My family tree could use some pruning. - Unknown
German headshrinker named Sigmund Fruit - Archie Bunker
The apple will fall under the apple tree. - Greek Proverb
The righteous will flourish like the palm tree. - Psalms 92:12
Preoccupied with a single leaf you won't see the tree. - Vagabond
The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree. - Thomas Campbell
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. - Aristotle
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. - Khalil Gibran
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree. - Joyce Kilmer
Character is the root of the tree; conduct, the fruit it bears. - E.M. Bounds
Plant the seed of meditation and reap the fruit of peace of mind. - Unknown
The magic of Hawaii comes from the stillness, the sea, the stars. - Joanne Harris
Disbelief: How you tell someone what the green stuff on a tree is - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Family Tree: The only tree whose branches seek the shelter of its roots - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. - Chinese Proverb
Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal. - Robert Louis Stevenson
Someone told me I was immature. Guess who's not allowed in my tree house now? - Unknown
If my Valentine you won't be,
I'll hang myself on your Christmas tree. - Ernest Hemingway
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Transplanting the ballet to the United States is like trying to raise a palm tree in Dakota. - Lincoln Kirsten
The difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring. - Ezra Pound
I still have my Christmas Tree. I looked at it today. Sure enough, I couldn't see any forests. - Steven Wright
I know I'm not sexy. When I put my underwear on I can hear the Fruit-of-the-Loom guys giggling. - Rodney Dangerfield
Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. - Unknown
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a family all wrapped up in each other. - Bill Vaughan
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. - Abraham J. Heschel
Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does. - George Bernard Shaw
Lord save us all from old age and broken health and a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms. - Mark Twain
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. - Abraham Lincoln
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
So just what are time flies, and why do they fly like an arrow? - Groucho Marx
I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs. - Joseph Addison
Wolves directly affect the entire ecosystem, not just moose populations, their main prey, because less moose equals more tree growth. - Rolf Peterson
The axe cannot boast of the tree it has cut down. It could do nothing but for the woodsman. He made it, he sharpened it, and he used it. - Samuel Brengel
Advice from a tree:
- Stand tall and proud
- Go out on a limb
- Remember your roots
- Drink plenty of water
- Enjoy the view - Unknown
Love is like the wild-rose briar, friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which will bloom most constantly? - Emily Bronte