Note 249 — Introductory material (continued 8)

Ti (Cordyline terminalis), an essential article of Hawaiian household economy. Its leaves were their sole wrappers, especially for food, whether for conveyance or in cooking; it also covered the food placed in the ovens; it relieved headaches and cooled the brow of the feverish; it had uses also in net fishing, and worn around the neck was held to have the charm of warding off evil spirits. Its roots, baked, furnished a sweet, fibrous tuber from which an intoxicating drink called okolehao was made, though this name indicates it as a modern product since the improvised iron-pot and gun-barrel stills became known to them. ↑