ʻĀnapanapa
Colubrina asiatica
Large shrubs with extremely glossy leaves almost resembling a coffee plant. It has small yellow-green flowers that once pollinated turn into small apple shaped fruit about 3/4” in diameter. The foliage is sometimes sparse on the branches still the plant is very bushy. Often it will grow on and over other shrubs and trees, including other anapanapa, needing their support to grow taller.
He lāʻau pūnohunohu ia me nā lau hinuhinu loa. Kohu lāʻau kope ia. He mau pua melemele liʻiliʻi a he hua liʻiliʻi i kohu ʻāpala, 0.75 ʻīniha ke anawaena. I kekahi wā, kāwala nā lau o kēia lāʻau. Ulu nā lālā ma luna o kēia lāʻau a me nā kumulāʻau ʻē aʻe. Ulu nō hoʻi kekahi ʻānapanapa i luna o kekahi ʻānapanapa ʻē aʻe. He mea ia e kākoʻo i nā lālā o ka ʻānapanapa.
This is an indigenous plant generally found in lowland areas like near the ocean or around wetlands.
Ulu kēia lāʻau i kapakai, a ma kahi o ka naele.
No known cultural use
ʻAʻole maopopo kekahi hana o kēia lāʻau i kēia wā.
This plant makes excellent screens or dense hedges up to 10 ft. tall however it will get over 6 ft. wide in order to make an efficient screen. Plant it about 3 ft. apart with daily watering once established and it will do fine. Little water is needed once the plant is established though making it a great xeriscape plant. Few pests bother this plant as well.
He lāʻau maikaʻi kēia no ke kū ʻana o kekahi pā. He ʻumi kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe a ʻeono kapuaʻi ka mānoanoa. No ka pā ʻānapanapa, e kanu i kekahi lālani, ʻekolu kapuaʻi ke kōwā ma waena o nā lāʻau. E hāinu i kēlā me kēia lā a paʻa Ke paʻa, ʻaʻole nō nui ka wai e pono ai. ʻAʻole nō nui nā mū e pilikia ai kēia lāʻau.
‘Anapanapa is in the same genus (Colubrina) as kauila (C. oppositifolia) which is one of the hardest of native woods.
He ʻohana ka ʻānapanapa me ke kauila (C. oppositifolia) ma ke ʻanonaa like (Colubrina) . ʻO ke kauila kekahi o nā lāʻau paʻa loa o Hawaiʻi.