Hawaii Food Map: FOOD
Persimmon (Kaki, Kam, Hong Chee)
Though we think of persimmons as a fruit, they are actually edible berries. They grow on trees that are part of the Ebenacae family, known for ebony wood. Persimmon were0 [ read more ]
Pineapple
Pineapple is a plant that is part of the bromeliad family, indigenous to South America, whose origin is thought to be the region between southern Brazil and Paraguay. The0 [ read more ]
Potato
What we know as the potato is the edible tuber of a plant that is part of the nightshade family. There are thousands of different varieties that over the centuries0 [ read more ]
Pumpkin
Pumpkin is part of the gourd-like squash family. They are thought to have originated in North America and are grown for culinary and cultural use (traditionally carved at Halloween). Although0 [ read more ]
Purslane
So many plants we overlook today as weeds have been considered a food or even a medicine at one time or another. Purslane is one of them. It's beautiful0 [ read more ]
Radish
Radish is an edible root vegetable, it is part of the large family that also include cabbages, turnips and mustards plants. They vary in size, color, spiciness according to variety.0 [ read more ]
Rambutan (Laguan, Chom Chom)
Rambutan is a tree that belongs to the same family as lychee. It is thought to have originated in Indonesian archipelago, growing naturally in Thailand, Vietnam and Philppines, it is0 [ read more ]
Rau Ram (Vietnamese Coriander, Cambodian Mint, Phak Pheuw, Daun Kesom,Phak Phai)
Rau Ram is an herb whose leaves are used in Southeast Asian cuisines. It is not a mint, but part of the smartweed or pink weed family. It is a0 [ read more ]
Rice Paddy Herb (Ngo Om, Roum Om, Phak Kayang, Finger Grass)
Rice Paddy Herb is a flowering tropical plant native to Southeast Asia. It traditionally flourishes in flooded rice paddies, hence its name. It belongs to the plantain family. It is0 [ read more ]
Sea Asparagus
Sea Asparagus (also known as sea beans, pous pied, salicornia, glasswort) is a sea vegetable that grows naturally on coastlines and here in Hawaii in aquaculture salt water ponds. It0 [ read more ]