Hawaiian Breadfruit: Ethnobotany, Nutrituion, and Human Ecology

by Alvin S Huang, Brien A Meilleur, C Alan Tichenal, et al.

Breadfruit, called 'ulu in Hawaiian, was one of the plants Polynesians brought in their sailing canoes when they discovered the Hawaiian Islands. It is a staple food throughout the Pacific, and in ancient Hawai'i it was a crop of much greater nutritional, cultural, and political significance than its presentday status here suggests. The authors of this book assembled historical references to 'ulu and did nutrient analyses to develop a picture of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1929325177
• ISBN13: 9781929325177
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: College of Tropical Agriculture
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.9" x 8.9"