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Old 04-04-2011, 02:44 PM
 
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Maybe not the place, but maybe someone here knows:


I was given a lei when I first came to Hawai'i by a Tongan woman. It was a pollen-covered yellow-green flower, if you can call it that; pretty unremarkable, if it weren't for the SMELL. It smells like the sweetest, most beautiful thing ever. Somewhere between pua keni keni and patchouli?

She said her mother brought the seed from Tonga, and her name for it was Tongan flowering tree. I've looked around, to no success...Any ideas of what it could be?
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Old 04-05-2011, 12:32 AM
 
Location: Kailua Kona, HI
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I don't suppose you have a photo do you?
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Old 04-05-2011, 01:51 PM
 
Location: Pahoa Hawaii
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Greenish flowers and unreal scent make me think Pak Lan, perhaps.-just a guess..

Last edited by leilaniguy; 04-05-2011 at 02:08 PM.. Reason: there's an "r" in green
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Old 04-05-2011, 03:00 PM
 
Location: Volcano
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Wow, leilaniguy... great call!

Here's an article and pic I found about pak Lan... sure sounds like it to me. And now I want one of those trees!

Pak lan as fragrant by every other name | The Honolulu Advertiser | Hawaii's Newspaper
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