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pānini ʻawaʻawa

/ pā.nini ʻawa.ʻawa / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., The true aloe (Aloe vera 🌐 syn. A. barbadensis), a rosette-shaped plant from Africa and the Mediterranean region, with narrow, thick, pale-green leaves, 30 cm long or longer, with prickly edges. The leaves yield a medicine used to treat some kinds of blisters or burns.

  • References:
    • Neal 196-7.

Nā LepiliTags: flora medicine

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Aloe or star cactus (Aloe vera). It looks like a cactus (pa-nini) and can be used as a medicine like ʻawaʻawa. When a leaf is cut a thick, sticky juice oozes out that can be used on burns. Or the leaf can be peeled and the juice inside placed on the burn. Sap or juice of the leaves is used for insect bites, sunburn, athleteʻs foot, and arthritis. (BHK; NEAL 196.)

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