Ancient Hawaiians cultivated olonā for cordage, and it was considered one of the finest grades of fibers.
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Olonā was used extensively in Hawaiian weaponry: as cordage on the wrist loop of pāhoa (daggers); for fastening shark teeth on the heads of leiomano; and as the cord in "tripping weapons", such as the pīkoi.
Typha latifolia | Dalbergia latifolia | Kalmia latifolia | Silene latifolia | Sagittaria latifolia | Anogeissus latifolia | ''Trientalis latifolia | Imago, larva and ''Typha latifolia | Fraxinus latifolia |