#Short-leaved ti plant

Hawaiian Moment: ‘Lauʻī pekepeke — Short-leaved ti plant’

Lauʻī pekepeke – Short-leaved ti plant -ʻŌlelo Noʻeau: An insult applied to the kauwā (outcasts). Like small-leaved ti, they werenʻt of much use. Longer leaves were better liked because they were useful as food wrappers.