Tour the Botanical Research Center
Dr. John Clark gave us a tour of the BRC that included the herbarium, rare book collection and botanical library.
NTBG Herbarium
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| Pressed botanical specimen |
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| Official label of collected specimens |
NTBG rare book collection
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| Drawn and colored by hand |
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| The First edition of THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. I nearly fainted ! |
Tour of Mcbride Garden with Brain
Yamamoto
"McBrydde Garden has become a veritable botanical ark of tropical flora. It is home to the largest ex situ collection of native Hawaiian flora in existence, extensive planting of palms, flowering trees, Rubiaceae, heliconias, orchids, and many other plants that have been wild-collected from the tropical regions of the world."
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| Treculia africana- African BreadNut, seeds are roasted and eaten ! |
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| Fruit of Anthurium sp. |
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| Monstera deliciosa has a flower that is thermogenic. (produces heat) |
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| Morinda citrifolia, flower and fruit as known as Noni |
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| Eye of the Palm |
Lets make some Shampoo !
Zingber zerumbet (awapuhi) also known as the shampoo ginger is a Canoe plants that was brought to the Hawaiian islands about 1,700 years ago by Polynesian settlers. The mucus is squeezed from the flower inflorescence and is has many uses. The mucus is antibacterial and is a great way to clean hands. The properties from the extract are used in Paul Mitchell shampoos !
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| Inflorescence of Zingber zerumbet |
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| Getting ready ! |
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| Let there be mucus ! |
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| Flower shown on inflorescence of Zingber zerumbet |
Turmeric comes from a ginger !
The world famous dyes and flavors are derived by cutting the rhizome (underground stem). This plant has many beneficial properties/usage such as antibacterial, flavors, colors and hangover preventative.
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| Curcuma longa rhizome |
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| Diced up rhizome ! |
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| Close up flower of Curcuma longa |
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