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Sept. '09 - Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden

The focus of this 15-acre botanical garden is Hawaiian ethnobotany, the study of Hawaiian people and the their plants. The garden is named for kama`aina botanist Amy Greenwell, and contains over 200 species of plants that grew in the traditional farms and native forests of Kona before Captain Cook arrived in the late 18th century. There are endemic, indigenous, and Polynesian introduced plants. These include the most important plants in Hawaiian culture, such as taro and kukui, and scores of rare and endangered native species such as the beautiful koki`o.