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Kupukupu (ʻōkupukupu, general name for ferns. growing on a single stem, also a specific kind). According to Neal 6, 16 families, 40 genera, and 200 species grow in Hawaiʻi, native and introduced.

• Related:
  • Young fern leaves and rolled up fronds, pepeʻe.
  • Young ʻamaʻu fronds, palahoʻa.
  • Paste made of sap from fronds, palaholo.
  • Poetic name for ferns, puaʻaʻehuʻehu.
  • Commom Kinds Include (alternate names are in parentheses): bird's-nest fern, ʻēkaha (ʻākaha, see ʻēkaha and entries that follow it); bracken, kīlau (kīlau pueo, paiʻā); lace fern, palaʻā (palapalaʻā, pāʻū-o-Palaʻe); maidenhair ferns, ʻiwaʻiwa (see Haw.-Eng. entry and entries that follow it); staghorn fern (false), uluhe, unuhe; sword ferns, hiʻuiʻa, kupukupu (see Haw.-Eng. entry and entries that follow it), niʻaniʻau; tree ferns, ʻamaʻu (ʻāmaʻumaʻu, maʻu, maʻumaʻu), hāpuʻu (see Haw.-Eng. entry and entries that follow it); some edible ferns, hōʻiʻo (pohole), hōʻiʻo kula, kikawaiō (pakikawaiō); a common fragrant fern, lauaʻe, lauaʻe haole.
  • Additional Fern Names (alternate names are in parentheses): ʻāhina kuahiwi (kāʻapeʻape), ʻākōlea, alaʻalai, ʻanaliʻi, ʻapuʻu, haili-o-Pua, hihiawai, hohiu, ʻiʻi, ʻiʻo nui, ʻiwa (ʻalae), kalamoho, kalukalu, kaʻupu (papaʻoi), kihe, kūau, kumuniu, lauʻiʻi, laukūkahi, lola, loʻulu, mahinalua, makou, mākuʻe, mana (olua), mānā (ʻae, ʻāhewa, ʻiwa puakea), manawahua, neke, ʻōali, ʻōhiʻakū, ʻopeha, pai (hunapalai, palaihuna), paiʻiʻihā, pākahakaha (ʻēkaha ʻākōlea, puaʻakuhinia), pala (and below), palai (palapalai), palai ʻula (laʻa), pāmoho, pauoa, peʻahi, pololei, puapuamoa, pūnanamanu, wahine-noho-mauna, waimakanui.