Hawaii Pepal Leaves Can Save Your Life!
A blogger friend just published an interesting article proclaiming that pepal leaves can save your life! How, you ask? Visit his "I Travel to Work, Do You?" blog to find out - or go directly to his article, "Amazing Tip to Recharge Your Battery with Leaves."I will tell you that pepal leaves are prominent throughout the state. There is a Bo Tree growing on the grounds of Hilo's Waiakea Intermediate School that's about 25 years old. Although planted as a single trunk small tree, I'm told that it quickly developed multiple trunks as new trunks emerged from the root base. Here are some fun facts.
Ficus religiosa, Moraceae, Bo tree, Buddha tree. Large tree with leaves having long drawn-out tips, native to India. Buddha was supposed to have received enlightenment under one which is now dead. However, a cutting of this dating from 288 B.C. still exists in Sri Lanka. Location: Near mauka-Diamond Head corner of Hawaii Hall.
Aloha ~
Ali
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