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n., All kinds of beggar ticks (Bidens 🌐 spp.), most native, a few introduced, some used medicinally by Hawaiians, as a tonic in tea; the plants are still dried and used for tea, often in preference to tea bought in stores.

• Related:
  • Also: koʻolau, kōkoʻolau.
• References:
  • Neal 844.
  • Cf. kī #2.

2. Niʻihau name for nehe, Lipochaeta perdita, a hairy herb.

• Niʻihau

Beggar tick, Spanish needle (Bidens spp.). (NEAL 844.) See Plants: Uses.

Native herbs or shrubs (Bidens spp.). (NEAL 844.) See Plants: Uses.

Native herbs or shrubs (Bidens spp.). The weedy introduced ones are called beggarʻs tick or Spanish needle. They grow up to 3 feet and are common in Hawaiʻi. Some have been used medicinally by the Hawaiians as a tonic in tea, and the plants and leaves are still gathered, dried, and used for tea. (NEAL 844.) Some seventy species and varieties are endemic to the various islands in Hawaiʻi. (KILO.)