Scientific Name: Colubrina asiatica (L.) Brongn.

Caption: Colubrina asiatica

Photographer: David Eickhoff

Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/50823119@N08/5187390369/

Notes: ??napanapa or Asiatic snakewood Rhamnaceae Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands O?ahu (Cultivated)  The common name "latherleaf" comes from the fact that the leaves are lathery when crushed and added to water used by early Hawaiians as a soap.   NPH00003