{"id":127120,"date":"2020-09-16T10:59:45","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T20:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=127120"},"modified":"2020-09-16T13:09:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T23:09:12","slug":"giant-candy-canes-explored-in-uh-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/16\/giant-candy-canes-explored-in-uh-book\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Giant candy canes\u2019 explored in new book by UH<\/abbr> professor"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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Nearly a millennium before Europeans explored the Pacific, Native Hawaiians had already introduced sugarcane, known as k\u014d, to the islands. In fact, they cultivated k\u014d extensively in many ecosystems, using diverse agricultural systems and developing dozens of native varieties.<\/p>\n

A new book, K\u014d: An Ethnobotanical Guide to Hawaiian Sugarcane Cultivars<\/a><\/em>, written by University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa\u2019s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources<\/a> Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences Professor Noa Lincoln<\/strong> examines these native and heirloom k\u014d, along with detailed varietal descriptions of cultivars held in collections today.<\/p>\n