ʻO Piru a lāʻau paha o Peru (Schinus molle Linnaeu).
Mai ka ʻohana Anacardiaceae. He ʻano laha ia e hoʻohana ākea ʻia ma waenakonu a me ka ʻākau o ka ʻāina, kahi e koi ʻia ai no nā maʻi digestive e like me colic, bile, ʻeha o ka ʻōpū a me ka constipation. Hoʻohana ʻia ia no ka ʻeha o ka niho, nā niho kuʻi a me ka hōʻeha ʻana o ka ʻeha, kahi e hoʻopili ʻia ai ka kēpau. Hoʻohana ʻia ia no ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻole o ka rumatika, e hoʻohana ana i nā lālā i macerated ma ke ʻano he mush a i hoʻolapalapa ʻia no ka noi kūloko a i hoʻopulu ʻia paha i ka wai ʻona e ʻānai i ka ʻāpana i hoʻopili ʻia. Ke hiki i nā ʻano e like me nā puʻupuʻu, flu, hānō a me ka tuberculosis, lawe ʻia ka infusion. I nā maʻi e like me ka gonorrhea, a me nā hihia o nā maka ukiuki, conjunctivitis a me nā cataract, hoʻohana ʻia nā lau i ke kuke ʻana a i ʻole haki ʻia no ka holoi ʻana. I kekahi ʻaoʻao, hoʻohana ʻia ia no ka ea maikaʻi ʻole, ka makaʻu a me ka makaʻu, i kapa mau ʻia he maʻemaʻe a kahili paha.
ʻO ka lāʻau i hiki i 15 m ke kiʻekiʻe, ua haki ka ʻili a ʻōmaʻomaʻo mau me nā lālā kau. Liʻiliʻi nā pua a hana i nā pūpū o nā hua globose. He ʻōiwi ia no ʻAmelika a noho i nā anuanu, mehana, hapa maloʻo a me nā anuanu. Ulu hihiu ia ma nā ʻaoʻao a pili ʻia me ka scrub xerophilic, nāhelehele, nā ululāʻau mauna mesophilic, ʻoka a me nā paina hoʻohui
