Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden #59, 1 by Metrosideros

Metrosideros wrote:
Ti is a common name for Cordyline fruticosa and it's many cultivars. It is a Polynesian name, but not a Hawaiian name.

Hawaiian Ti is the plain green type of the species, which has been in cultivation for over 30,000 years. It has many uses in cooking, medicine, clothing, construction, cordage, and even religion.

Hawaiians called their Ti plant, Ki or La'i.

Mainland purveyors sell the cultivars as "Hawaiian Ti", but Hawaiians don't refer to them as such!

Once again, the below plant is Hawaiian Ti, and no other type of Ti plant is.

Aloha a nui, Dave