The coconut tree ( Cocos nucifera ) , be intimate as " niu " in Hawaii , was in the beginning usher in to the islands by the original Polynesian settler . Although the island concatenation lies near the northern boundaries of the primary coconut - mature neighborhood of the world , coconut treesthrive in the warm , balmy mood of Hawaii . Coconuts were an significant resourcefulness for ancient Hawaiians , providing nutrient , liquid state and building materials . Coconut fiber was used to lash the warrior ’s koa wood canoes and the scale were used as the base of the shark skin - covered piniu , or Hawaiian genu drum . coco trees grow on all eight of the main Hawaiian islands , ( Ni’ihau , Kaua’i , O’ahu , Moloka’i , Lana’i , Maui , Kaho’olawe , and Hawai’i ) and Layson , or Kauo , an uninhabited Hawaiian island in the northwest part of the Ernst Boris Chain . To this day , ancient coconut grove still live on several island .

Hawaii

The Big Island of Hawaii is household to one of the chain ’s most consecrated sites , Pu’uhonua O Honaunau . A metropolis of refuge for ancient Hawaiian lawbreakers , the web site also admit a declamatory ancient coco grove that shade the royal fishponds and residences . Your walk through the now - internal car park begins at the castle ground , which are besiege by the former coconut plantation . The leeward side of the Big Island , where Kona is located , provides idealistic condition for coconut trees : even rainfall , high humidity and warm temperatures .

Molokai

A little more than a mile from the town of Kaunakakai , at the southerly dower of the island of Molokai , you will come up an ancient grove of coconut palm trees . Known as Kapuaiwa Coconut Grove , the trees were planted during the sovereignty of King Kamehameha V , at his legacy , to shadow his royal ponds . There were originally more than 1,000 trees on 10 Accho of land , and today you will find out several hundred . Entrance into the grove is forestall because of the danger of light coconuts , but there is a beach park next to the orchard that offers a viewing area .

Oahu

Legend has it that coconut trees were establish in what is now roll in the hay as the Helumoa Coconut Grove at the bequest of Kakuhihewa , a descendant of Mailikukahi , the top dog of the island of Oahu , after a run - in with a supernatural volaille . The grove spread to finally contain more than 10,000 coconut tree trees . In the late 1700s King Kamehameha the Great progress his home , Kuihelani , on this site in the middle of the grove . later on , Kamehameha V built a home there as well . Today , what is allow of this legendary coconut meat grove is a point along the Waikiki Historic Trail ( marking 12 ) , at the carrefour of Kalakaua Avenue and Beach Walk in Waikiki .

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