Hau Kuahiwi (IMAGE)

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Hau Kuahiwi

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The flowers or hau kuahiwi are filled with nutrient-rich nectar, and are an important food source for Hawaiian honeyeater birds, now also mostly extinct.

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Hank Oppenheimer, Plant Extinction Prevention Program

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