Cultural practitioner Ko‘i Lum presents a traditional lamalama torch made from dried kukui nuts, split bamboo and ki leaves. -- Maui Ocean Center photo The shallow sea reflects only the stars from the ...

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM Ginger Burch, left, a social worker with Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, presented a hookupu of a baby kukui nut tree Thursday during the opening ...

Technically, the coconut is not a true nut. Although kukui nut is edible, it can create serious stomach issues when too many ...

LAHAINA >> For people around the world, the green leaves that sprouted from a scorched, 150-year-old banyan tree in the heart of devastated Lahaina symbolized hope following Maui’s deadly wildfire ...

When the first humans arrived in Hawaii, edible nutritional kernals or nuts were hard to find. About the only native nut was the mahoe, or Alectron macrococculus. They brought with them the coconut ...