Hawaiian Hau Baby Onesie

The Hau tree is one of the 7 canoe plants that are known to have been brought to the Hawaiian Islands by the first Polynesian settlers who discovered the Islands. The scientific name of Hau is Hibiscus tiliaceus and as is evident in the name, is a member of the hibiscus family. Varieties of Hau are found throughout Polynesian islands and has been and still has multitude of uses. Hau was planted by the settlers to yield a light-weight tough white wood with a brown heart. Hau is found and used throughout tropical and subtropical Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia and is held in high regard for its usefulness to the traditional life of oceanic people.
Hau was so highly prized for its uses that the chief of a village was required to grant permission to cut it. The naturally curved branches of plant softwood are used to make canoe outriggers. The three parts are the niako, the two booms, and the float, ama. To get the proper shapes, younger branches were sometimes trained into arch...

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