• Source: Pleomele (genus)

Pleomele is a former genus of flowering plants. All its species are now placed in the genus Dracaena. The Hawaiian name for plants in this genus is hala pepe, which translates to crushed or dwarfed Pandanus tectorius.




Former species


Pleomele angustifolia (Medik.) N.E.Br. = Dracaena angustifolia
Pleomele atropurpurea (Roxb.) N.E.Br. = Dracaena elliptica
Pleomele aurea H.Mann – golden hala pepe (Kauaʻi)> = Dracaena aurea
Pleomele australasica Ridl. = Dracaena angustifolia
Pleomele auwahiensis H.St.John – Maui Nui hala pepe (Maui, Molokaʻi) = Dracaena rockii
Pleomele elliptica (Thunb. & Dalm.) N.E.Br. = Dracaena elliptica
Pleomele fernaldii H.St.John – Lānaʻi hala pepe (Lānaʻi) = Dracaena fernaldii
Pleomele flexuosa (Blume) N.E.Br. = Dracaena angustifolia
Pleomele forbesii O.Deg. – Waiʻanae hala pepe (Oʻahu) = Dracaena forbesii
Pleomele fruticosa (K.Koch) N.E.Br. =Dracaena angustifolia
Pleomele gracilis (Baker) N.E.Br. = Dracaena elliptica
Pleomele halapepe H.St.John – Oʻahu hala pepe (Oʻahu) = Dracaena halapepe
Pleomele hawaiiensis O.Deg. & I.Deg – Hawaiʻi hala pepe (Island of Hawaiʻi) = Dracaena konaensis




Uses






= Medicinal

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Native Hawaiians combined the bark and leaves of hala pepe with the root bark of ʻuhaloa (Waltheria indica) and popolo (Solanum americanum), and a section of kō kea (Saccharum officinarum) to treat high fever and chills. Hala pepe bark, roots, and leaves were combined with ʻōhiʻa ʻai (Syzygium malaccense) bark, ʻuhaloa and popolo taproot bark, ʻalaʻala wai nui pehu (Peperomia spp.) stems, noni (Morinda citrifolia) fruit, kō kea, niu (coconuts, Cocos nucifera), and pia (Tacca leontopetaloides) to treat lung disorders.




= Non-medicinal

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The soft wood of the trunk was carved by Native Hawaiians into kiʻi. Hala pepe represented the goddess Kapo on the kuahu (altar) within a hālau hula (building which hula was taught or performed). It along with ʻieʻie (Freycinetia arborea), maile (Alyxia oliviformis), ʻōhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) and palapalai (Microlepia strigosa) were the five essential plants at the hula altar.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Suji hijau
• Pondan (tumbuhan)
• Asparagaceae
• Pleomele (genus)
• Pleomele
• Dracaena surculosa
• Dracaena reflexa
• Dracaena steudneri
• Dracaena (plant)
• Dracaena goldieana
• Dracaena arborea
• Dracaena halapepe
• Dracaena rockii