Plant – Iliahi Aloe

Iliahi Aloe

Description: Sprawling shrub that can reach heights of 10-30 feet with a spread of at most 10 feet. Produces showy cream or greenish white flowers. Plant texture can be fine or medium with leaves that are 1 – 2 ½ inches long and leathery to succulent in texture. The leaves are light green in color.

ʻōlelo mua (Introduction):

Inoa(Name):

  • Scientific – Santalum ellipticum
  • Hawaiian – Iliahi aloe

ʻOhana: Part of Santalaceae family

Kūlana olakino(Status): Endemic

Lāʻau lapaʻau(Medicinal Use):

  • The leaves were used as a shampoo for dandruff and head lice.
  • A drink from powdered material for male and female sex organs with sores of long duration.

Ways it was Used:

  • The sandalwood was commercially valuable.
  • The heartwood and bark were used as a fragrance for the odor of new kapa.
  • Some of the flowers and fruits were used in lei making.
  • Sometimes it was used to make ‘ukeke (musical bow).
  • Sometimes used as firewood.

Kino lau(Many Forms taken by Supernatural body): None