Pīkake

A climbing shrub or vine with green leaves and white fragrant flowers. The flower buds are collected for lei making.

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It can also be used in tea and is rich in antioxidants improve gut health and can lower risk of heart disease.

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​he Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac) is known in Hawaii as pikake. This lovely plant produces a fragrant white lei flower and makes a wonderful addition to a Hawaiian garden. Though likely native to India and Southeast Asia rather than Arabia, its arrival in Hawaii so delighted Princess Ka’iulani that she named it after her beloved birds, the peacocks.

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