Lama

Diospyros sandwicensis

Diospyros sandwicensis is a species of flowering tree in the ebony family, Ebenaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It belongs to the same genus as both persimons and ebony. Its common name, lama, also means enlightenment in Hawaiian. Lama is a small to medium-sized tree, with a height of 6–12 m (20–39 ft) and a trunk diameter of 0.3 m (0.98 ft). It can be found in dry, coastal mesic, mixed mesic, and wet forests at elevations of 5–1,220 m (16–4,003 ft)...

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

François Le Vaillant — Histoire naturelle des promerops et des guêpiers (1807)

François Le Vaillant · 1807 · p.383

Wonders of Creatures

Anonymous · 1500 · p.172

Margarita philosophica

Reisch, Gregorius · 1504 · p.433

Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.531

Compendium of Materia Medica: Illustrated Volume, Middle of the Lower Part

李時珍 · 1596 · p.91

The Tudor Pattern Book (Herbal-Bestiary)

Anonymous · 1525 · p.85

History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds

Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.151

Garden of Health

Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.584

Garden of Health

Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.583

Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)

Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.536

Ortus sanitatis

1491 · p.586

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.325

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 124448.