Uala

Hawaiian Name: Uala
Pronunciation: Click Here
Scientific Name: Ipomoea batatas
Hawaiian Plant Status: Polynesian Introduced

Information

A Staple Hawaiian food that was especially useful in times of famine as they are quickly grown. The sap was believed to help increase a mother's milk supply as well as the leaves if made into lei and worn by the mother. (Amy)

Resources

(Amy) Amy Greenwell Garden Ethnobotanical Guide to Native Hawaiian Plants & Polynesian-Introduced Plants by Noa Kekuewa Lincoln

(Pukui) Olelo Noeau Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings by Mary Kawena Pukui