Kukui nuts are a great choice for decorating Christmas trees in Hawaiʻi. The kukui tree, also known as the candlenut tree, is native to Hawaiʻi and has a long history in Native Hawaiian culture.

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM Ginger Burch, left, a social worker with Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, presented a hookupu of a baby kukui nut tree Thursday during the opening ...

kukui nut and other culturally important trees, in some cases digging down to the roots of badly burned specimens to find live tissue that could be used to propagate new shoots.” From The Hill ...

Ginger Burch, left, a social worker with Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, presented a hookupu of a baby kukui nut tree Thursday during the opening and blessing of the new U.S.VETS Kulia ...