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Kahanu Garden
- Location & Contact Information
- Address: 650 Ulaino Rd Hana HI USA 96713
- Telephone Number: +1-808-248-8912
- Official Website: [1]
- Overview
Kahanu Garden is a 294 acreha| botanical garden located on the Hāna Highway (close to the 31 mi|km||disp=/ marker) near Hāna , Maui, Hawaii . It is one of five gardens of the non-profit National Tropical Botanical Garden. The garden was established in 1972 on Mauis northern coast, with rugged black lava seascapes, and is surrounded by one of Hawaiis last undisturbed hala (Pandanus tectorius) forests . It also contains the Piilanihale Heiau, a National Historic Landmark believed to be the largest ancient temple in Polynesia. Dating from the 16th century, it is constructed from basalt blocks and is 341 ft|m by 415 ft|m in extent, with a 50 ft|m high front wall.The gardens ethnobotanical collections focus on plants traditionally used by Pacific Island people. It includes the worlds largest breadfruit collection, first established in the 1970s. Today the garden contains 220 accessions of approximately 120 varieties of breadfruit collected from field expeditions to over 17 Pacific island groups in Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia, as well as Indonesia, the Philippines, and the Seychelles. This collection is used for research and conservation by NTBG’s Breadfruit Institute.Other garden holdings include bamboo, banana, calabash, coconut, kava, kamani (Calophyllum inophyllum), loulu (Pritchardia arecina), sugarcane, taro, turmeric, vanilla, and bitter yam (Dioscorea bulbifera).Kahanu Garden is open to visitors. An admission fee is charged.[1]
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