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[syn. Nephrolepis exaltata subsp. hawaiiensis] ʻŌkupukupu or niaʻaniʻau Lomariopsidaceae [Nephrolepidaceae] (Swordfern family) Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (All main islands except Niʻihau) Palikea, Waiʻanae Mountains, Oʻahu The native Hawaiian version of the "Boston fern." Early Hawaiians fashioned the fronds into lei for the wrists and ankles called kūpeʻe or as haku for the head. The fern was used medicinally to treat a number of skin disordes by means of bathing in the processed juice. The Hawaiian name kupu means "to sprout." The early Hawaiians would place kupukupu on hula altars so that knowledge would sprout. Etymology The generic name Nephrolepis is derived from the Greek nephros, kidney, and lepis, scale, in reference to the kidney-shaped indusia (sori covering). The Latin specific name exaltata, raised, high, lofty, alludes to the upright fronds of this fern. The former subspecies name hawaiiensis* is referring to the place of origin, Hawaiʻi. _____
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| Author | David Eickhoff from Hawaiʻi, USA |
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