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  1. Kumu06-26-2011

    Red roots and stems; related to Piper methysticum?

  2. Adonina08-22-2011

    isn’t this the same plant as the awa? It must be a “pepper plant”..
    the kavakava & kawakawa are the same family (as pacific people are), though they have different healing properties.
    I know of the kawakawa that the more holes it has (by insects), the better the medicine.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawakawa_%28tree%29
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kava
    http://botany.si.edu/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/speciesdescr.cfm?genus=Piper&species=methysticum
    *Aloha*

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