Plant Growing Guides

Hawaiian Goose Food Plants

Mixed native Hawaiian flora

Kukui

Aleurites moluccanus

Kukui Nut

Aleurites moluccanus

Kukui Nut Tree

Aleurites moluccanus

Kunyit

Curcuma longa

Lablab Bean

Lablab purpureus

Egyptian Bean

Lablab purpureus var. benghalensis

Laeliocattleya Hybrid

Laeliocattleya spp. (Laelia × Cattleya)

Laeliocattleya Memoria Crispin Rosales

Laeliocattleya Memoria Crispin Rosales

Laeliocattleya Mini Purple

Laeliocattleya Mini Purple

Smooth Pigweed

Amaranthus laevigatus

Lantana Tiny Red

Lantana camara 'Tiny Red'

Latar

Solanum lasiocarpum

Laurentii

Dracaena fragrans 'Laurentii'

Leather Fern

Rumohra adiantiformis

Basket Fern

Lecanopteris carnosa

Nitrogen-Fixing Legumes (Alley Farming Mix)

Calliandra calothyrsus, Leucaena leucocephala, Sesbania sesban

Legumes (Clitoria and Desmodium)

Clitoria ternatea L., Desmodium species (D. intortum, D. uncinatum, D. heterophyllum)

Legumes (Nitrogen-Fixing Cover Crops)

Fabaceae family - Desmodium spp., Centrosema spp., Pueraria spp.

Leguminous Trees

Fabaceae family (various genera)

Lehua Haole

Psidium cattleianum

Lehua ʻAlani

Metrosideros polymorpha

Lehua Melemele

Metrosideros polymorpha var. polymorpha

Lehua Sapling

Metrosideros polymorpha

Leopolda

Cattleya leopoldii

Hopei Palm

Lepidozamia hopei

Creeping Lepidozia

Lepidozia reptans

Leucaena (Lead Tree) Cunningham

Leucaena leucocephala 'Cunningham'

Leucaena (Lead Tree) Tarramba

Leucaena leucocephala 'Tarramba'

Leucaena, White Leadtree, Jumpy Bean

Leucaena leucocephala

Lichen and Native Groundcovers

Various species (Lichen: Division Ascomycota & Basidiomycota; Groundcovers: Multiple families)

Lichen

Symbiosis of fungi (various phyla) and algae/cyanobacteria

Lignum Vitae

Guaiacum officinale

Lilliput Pink Lilliput Salmon Zinnia

Zinnia elegans 'Lilliput'

Lilly Pilly

Syzygium smithii

Giant Aquatic Bacopa

Limnophila aquatica

Ambulia

Limnophila heterophylla

Lipstick Plant

Aeschynanthus radicans

Lipstick Plant

Aeschynanthus lobbianus

Lipstick Plant

Aeschynanthus marmoratus

Lipstick Plant

Aeschynanthus pulcher

Lipstick Plant

Aeschynanthus speciosus

Livermoss

Marchantiophyta (Division)

Living Stones

Lithops aucampiae

Living Stones

Lithops marmorata

Kauai Lobelia

Lobelia kauaiensis

Lonchitis Palm

Lonchitis robusta

Long Bean 'Crimson Mosaic Guard'

Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis