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Sugarcane
takes two years to mature. One ton of water is needed to produce a
single pound of sugar.
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Heliconia
range from 3' to 20' and come in nearly every color of the rainbow.
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Versatile
green ti leaf is a good luck symbol believed to keep evil
spirits away and is often found planted by the entrances to homes in
Hawaii.
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The
Malaysian star fruit tree is actually a native of China and
India.
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Hawaii produces
the only commercial coffee crop in the United States.
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Kamiya
Papaya is a self-pollinating hermaphrodite with both male and
female flowers.
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Each trunk of
our dwarf Brazilian apple bananas bears only one stalk in its
lifetime.
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Taro (kalo)
is valued by Polynesian people as a rich source of carbohydrate and
for its medicinal and supernatural powers.
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Mango trees
take five years to bear fruit but will produce for 100 years.
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Guava
juice has five times more vitamin C than orange juice.
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It takes 300
pounds of pressure per square inch to crack the ¼"-thick shell of
the Macadamia nut.
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No machine has
yet been invented that can husk a coconut, but take our tour
and see your driver do it by hand in under 60 seconds!
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Pineapples
ripen from the bottom up. If your finger can pierce the "eye," don't
buy it. Avoid pineapples with wet bottoms and strong smell. They're
over-ripe.
