Note 25 — Chapter XXXI · HIIAKA VISITS PELE-ULA AT KOU—THE HULA KILU
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Kalukalu, a place in Puna which supported extensive forests of hala (pandanus), a tree whose sword-shaped leaves were edged with fierce thorns. In contrast with the smart they produced the poet adduces the delights of the wilds in his own island of Kauai, instancing the laua’e, a fragrant vine that abounds in its mountains. ↑