Hāʻawi mākou iā ʻoe i kahi compendium o nā mea kanu i hoʻohana nui ʻia e ka lāʻau lapaʻau kuʻuna e mālama i nā ʻano maʻi like ʻole. E ʻike i kāna hoʻohana lāʻau a aʻo hou e pili ana i kēia kuʻuna kahiko.
ʻAʻole like me nā mea kanu lāʻau o ke kikowaena a me ka hema o ka ʻāina, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ka ʻĀkau. Ma ka ʻāpana nui he kumu kēia na ka poʻe Mesoamerican i loaʻa nā kumu pictographic, nā codice a me nā kiʻi pena, a me kahi kuʻuna waha waha waiwai, a ma hope ma ka wā o ka Colony, me nā mea kākau moʻolelo a me nā ʻepekema e like me Motolinia, Sahún, Landa, Nicolás Monardes a me Francisco Hernández , me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. ʻO nā hui ʻākau, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, he poʻe nomad a me agraphic, no laila ʻaʻole lākou i waiho i kahi hōʻike o kā lākou lāʻau, a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka holomua.
Ma loko o ka wā ʻo Sepania Nūpepa ka misionari Jesuit, ʻo ka mea mua a me Franciscans a me Augustinians, ma hope aku, a me nā mea ʻimi noiʻi me kā lākou mōʻaukala, nā hōʻike, nā pilina a me nā moʻolelo i waiho ai i ka ʻike kūpono i nā mea a lākou i ʻike ai, ʻike a aʻo ai e pili ana i ka mea kanu lāʻau ʻōiwi.
I nā manawa hou aku nei, ua hāʻawi ʻia nā noiʻi archaeological, ethnographic a me anthropological i ka ʻāina i ka ʻikepili no ka ʻike nui o kēia flora kikoʻī. He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo i ka hapa nui o nā lāʻau o ke kumu kumu i ʻike a hoʻohana ʻia ma mua o ka hiki ʻana mai o ka Paniolo. I kahi ala i mālama ai nā botanists a me nā naturist ʻEulopa (haipule a me ka honua) i ke kauoha ʻana iā lākou, me ka ʻōnaehana ʻana iā lākou a, ʻo ka mea nui, o ka hoʻolaha ʻana iā lākou.
ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, i waena o nā mikionali nāna i hoʻolaha i ka ʻāpana he mau naturalist maoli, a ʻo ka hapa nui o nā mea i ʻike ʻia i kēia lā e pili ana i kāna flora lāʻau lapaʻau iā lākou, mai ke aʻo ʻana i nā mea kanu o ke kūkulu ʻākau ua hoʻokaʻawale lākou iā lākou i kahi ala maʻalahi. No laila, aia nā mea kanu pono a me nā mea kanu noxious; ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka mea mua, a laila, i ka meaʻai, ka lāʻau, hallucinogenic a me nā kāhiko. I kēia manawa, hoʻohana ʻia nā mea ʻino e hōʻona i nā pua pana, a i ʻole ka wai o nā kahawai, nā loko a me nā wai wai e ʻimi holoholona a iʻa hoʻi.
Maʻalahi loa ka hoʻokaʻina ʻana o nā mea kanu lāʻau i hana ʻia e ka Jesuits: hana lākou i ko lākou inoa ʻōiwi Sepania, wehewehe iki ʻia, hoʻoholo i ka ʻāina kahi i ulu a me ka ʻāpana i hoʻohana ʻia ai, a me ke ʻano o ka lawelawe ʻana, a ʻo ka hopena, he aha nā maʻi. hoolaia. Ua hana kēia mau haipule i nā wehewehe lehulehu o nā mea kanu lāʻau, hōʻiliʻili i nā mea kanu lāʻau, kanu i nā māla a me nā māla, noiʻi i kā lākou waiwai, hōʻiliʻili a hoʻouna i nā laʻana i ka protomedicato o Mexico City a me Sepania, kaʻana like a kūʻai aku iā lākou. Akā lawe mai lākou i nā mea kanu lāʻau mai ʻEulopa, ʻAsia a me ʻApelika i acclimatized i ka ʻāina. Mai kēia hele a hele ʻana o nā mea kanu ke hele mai ka ʻōpala lāʻau lapaʻau i hoʻohana ʻia i kēia manawa i ka ʻāina, me ka ʻae nui ʻia e ka lehulehu.
