Title
MonkeyPod Tree Wailoa Park
Artist
Heidi Fickinger
Medium
Photograph - Photographic Print
Description
This lovely Monkeypod tree is one of many growing in the Wailoa State Park in Hilo, Hawai'i. Monkeypod trees (Pithecellobium saman) are originally from Cental and South America, but have naturalized in Hawai'i. The story goes that the tree was introduced into Hawai'i in 1847, when Peter A. Brinsmade, a businessman visiting Europe, returned to Hawai'i, presumably via Panama, with two seeds, both of which germinated. One of the seedlings was planted in downtown Honolulu, the other at Koloa on the island of Kauai. These seedlings are possibly the progenitors of all the monkey-pod trees now in Hawai'i.
The trees are known for their beautiful, umbrella-shaped canopy. The tree can reach around 90 feet in height, but the canopy can be twice as broad as the height of the tree. Monkeypod trees are considered to be part of the mimosaid clade and have flowers that look like mimosa flowers.
Featured in the following FAA Group Galleries:
* Fine Art America Professionals
* Skytwitter Art Gallery
* Your Story of Art
* Hawaiiana
* Hawai'i Greeting Card Photography
* Hawaiian Photography
* Hodge Podge
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August 19th, 2020
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