pua pilipili
/ pua pili.pili /n., The Spanish clover (Desmodium uncinatum), a South American herb, long established in Hawaiʻi. It is good fodder. The plant is 30 to 90 cm high, each leaf having three ovate leaflets with a light area along the midrib. Flowers are small, pink or whitish, pea-shaped. Pods are narrow, flattened, chainlike, 2.5 to 5 cm long, clinging to clothing and animals.
- Also: kīkānia pipili.
- References:
- See pilipili ʻula.
- Neal 451.
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