Where's the Kiawe?

[kimo wires]

Anyone know of a place where you can gather Kiawe wood free and easily in Puna.
Used to live on Maui and Kiawe is everywhere. Here not so much.

[ohiagrrl]

Kihei huh? Dry side brah. Make friends in Kona, out past airport. But Kiawe is almost pau....fines if busted on public land and a solid beat down if on private.

[kimo wires]

Yeah, but get Kiawe on the windward side Kahului too. Choke. Different world over here.

[alaskyn66]

In 2012 it was going for 300.00 a half cord... I wonder how much it is now. if youre cooking with it.. just go buy some mesquite chips..same thing.

[ohiagrrl]

Just go into the forest anywhere in Puna and chop up a fallen ohia log. Can do with a branch saw if small enough. Burns hot even if it's been there years. People prolly pay you to remove it from property. Then when done, spread the ash on a living Ohia tree. Malama aina! Read my post first, Kimo-san.

[Kapoho Joe]

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Originally posted by alaskyn66

In 2012 it was going for 300.00 a half cord... I wonder how much it is now. if youre cooking with it.. just go buy some mesquite chips..same thing.

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Yeah, okay. And I bet you substitute Rolling Rock for Heineken too.

[bananahead]

No Kiawe in Puna.... btw Kiawe is Not Native to Hawaii..... it only grows on leeward sides of the islands usually... It can tap water very deep, its also one of the best Honey producing trees out there... nasty thorns are the main negative, they can puncture car tires and go through shoe soles easily.. nasty plant but sometimes good for shade in hot dry areas...

ps. dont go cutting up Ohia and moving it around the island, thats a bad suggestion and ohiagirl should know better than that.. and maybe even illegal if you go into state or private land and cut on and remove endemic plants, even if dead... then you got Ohia sudden death issues, and if you bring a contaminated log back to your home youre spreading it, same w/chainsaw, if you dont clean it right away... leave the Ohia alone...

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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha

[leilanidude]

Just go into the forest anywhere in Puna and chop up a fallen ohia log.
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Nice side effect - mosquitoes hate the smell of burning Ohia! When grilling, I always place a couple small pieces of dried Ohia in the grill. The mosquitoes stay far away.

[bananahead]

ohiagrrl, where do you get your twisted info ?? ie "Kiawe is almost pau' lol
Kiawe is an invasive 'weed tree'... both of them are, there are 2 species, the normal kine and longthorn kine.... ....the normal one extremely common on ALL islands! longthorn is not known from the Big Island but is very nasty!!! both are usually the only trees that can grow in very hot leeward areas, they can send roots down over 175' deep, and is all over the leeward side from near shore to farther inland.. solid stands of the normal type are common. Both species are NOT native plants either, the normal one has been in Hawaii for 190 yrs... so cut it all you want as long as you have permission from land owners...


http://dlnr.hawaii.gov/hisc/info/invasiv...orn-kiawe/

normal type found on all islands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopis_pallida
longthorn type, not found on the Big Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopis_juliflora

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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha

[alaskyn66]

"Yeah, okay. And I bet you substitute Rolling Rock for Heineken too."

'Kiawe' is mesquite.. that's the Hawaiian translation.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopis_pallida

https://theprivatenaturalist.wordpress.c...te-part-i/

http://m.hawaiinewsnow.com/hawaiinewsnow...d:kuqyr0DW

http://www.rnl3.net/ilsdweb/projects/kia...icle_2.htm