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Submitted by AKFisher on Tuesday, 22 August 2023  Page Views: 4728

Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Kahanu Garden and Preserve Alternative Name: Pi'ilianihale Heiau, Kahanu Gardens
Country: United States Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Hana, HI
Latitude: 20.798880N  Longitude: 156.03791W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Kahanu Garden and Preserve
Kahanu Garden and Preserve submitted by Creative Commons : Twisty seedpods at Kahanu Gardens NTBG Kaeleku Hana, Maui, Hawaii. Adenanthera pavonina (Red sandalwood, false wiliwili) Photo Credit: Forest and Kim Starr (Vote or comment on this photo)
Kahanu Garden and Preserve is a botanical garden located on the Hana Highway (close to the 31-mile or 50-kilometre marker) near Hana, Maui, Hawaii. The garden's ethnobotanical collections focus on plants traditionally used by Pacific Island people. Kahanu Garden also contains the 3-acre Piʻilanihale Heiau, a National Historic Landmark believed to be the largest ancient temple in the Hawaiian Islands. (photos on our page)

The garden was established in 1972 on Maui's northern coast, with rugged black lava seascapes, and is surrounded by one of Hawaiʻi's last undisturbed hala (Pandanus tectorius) forests.

It includes the world's largest breadfruit collection, first established in the 1970s. Today the garden contains accessions of approximately 150 varieties of breadfruit collected from field expeditions to over 17 Pacific island groups in Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia, as well as Indonesia, the Philippines, and the Seychelles. This collection is used for research and conservation by NTBG's Breadfruit Institute.

Other garden holdings include bamboo, banana, calabash, coconut, kava, kamani (Calophyllum inophyllum), loʻulu (Pritchardia arecina), sugarcane, taro, turmeric, vanilla, and bitter yam (Dioscorea bulbifera).

Kahanu Garden is open to visitors. An admission fee is charged.

Kahanu Garden also contains the 3-acre (12,000 m2) Piʻilanihale Heiau, a National Historic Landmark believed to be the largest ancient temple in the Hawaiian Islands. It is built from basalt blocks and extends 341 feet (104 m) by 415 feet (126 m), with a high front wall rising 50 feet (15 m). The large central terrace with two separate platforms is situated on a broad ridge that adds to its majesty. The side facing the sea rises steeply in five stepped terraces, and the upper rectangular surface of the main platform contains several smaller walled enclosures and pits, all bounded on the rear by a well-built stone wall up to 8 feet (2.4 m) high.

Construction of the main terrace dates back to the 14th century. Wings were later added and rededicated during the 16th century, possibly after high chief Piʻilani from western Maui conquered the beautiful, fertile, well-watered, and heavily populated Hāna region, thereby unifying the whole island.

Further reading and sources:
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National Park Service

Directions: From Hana, Maui via HI-360 and Ulaino Rd., 4.9 mi.
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Kahanu Garden and Preserve
Kahanu Garden and Preserve submitted by Creative Commons : Heiau Demonstration - Lluvia demonstrates the use of an old Hawaiian grinding stone at Kahanu Gardens, a detour on the Road to Hana. Photo Credit: Jenna Rose Robbins (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kahanu Garden and Preserve
Kahanu Garden and Preserve submitted by Creative Commons : Habit on slope of Piilanihale heiau with Mike and Kim at Kahanu Gardens NTBG Kaeleku Hana, Maui, Hawaii. Photo Credit: Forest and Kim Starr (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kahanu Garden and Preserve
Kahanu Garden and Preserve submitted by Creative Commons : Piilanihale heiau at Kahanu Gardens NTBG Kaeleku Hana, Maui, Hawaii. Photo Credit: Forest and Kim Starr (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kahanu Garden and Preserve
Kahanu Garden and Preserve submitted by Creative Commons : Artocarpus altilis (Ulu, breadfruit) Fruit and leaves at Kahanu Gardens Hana, Maui, Hawaii. Photo Credit: Forest and Kim Starr (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kahanu Garden and Preserve
Kahanu Garden and Preserve submitted by Creative Commons : Vitex rotundifolia (Pohinahina) Flowers and leaves at Kahanu Gardens Hana, Maui, Hawaii. Also placed in Verbenaceae. Photo Credit: Forest and Kim Starr

Kahanu Garden and Preserve
Kahanu Garden and Preserve submitted by Creative Commons : Musa x paradisiaca (Banana, maia) Maoli Maia Koae or Manini variegated fruit at Kahanu Garden NTBG Hana, Maui, Hawaii. Also known as Musa acuminata x M. balbisiana. Photo Credit:Forest and Kim Starr

Kahanu Garden and Preserve
Kahanu Garden and Preserve submitted by Creative Commons : We stopped at Kahanu Garden on a lark. Ended up being a trip highlight. Uncrowded, beautiful, unique. Highly recommended. Photo Credit: jdegenhardt

Kahanu Garden and Preserve
Kahanu Garden and Preserve submitted by AKFisher : Kahanu Gardens Entrance. Photo: Wiki: dronepicr Creative Commons

Kahanu Garden and Preserve
Kahanu Garden and Preserve submitted by AKFisher : Side view of Piʻilanihale Heiau tiered wall, Kahanu Garden, near Hana, Maui. Photo - Wiki: Joel Bradshaw, Creative Commons

Kahanu Garden and Preserve
Kahanu Garden and Preserve submitted by AKFisher : Isometric view of Hale O Pi' Ilani Heiau — Honomaele Gulch vicinity, Hana, Maui County, Hawaii. Wiki: (Edward Byrdy, Khanh Dao, Dana Lockett - Historic American Landscapes Survey, No. HALS-HI-1, sheet 5 of 5)

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