Botany 105A - Honors Section - Fall 2016

Monday & Wednesday - 12:30 - 1:20 pm

St. John Plant Science Laboratory Building 402

3190 Maile Way, Honolulu, Hawai'i 98222-2279

This schedule is organized by topics, and follows the general format of the regular Introductory Ethnobotany course (Botany 105). The Honors Section (Botany 105A) differs, however in several aspects, since there are:

  • only two classes each week,
  • videos to watch, on your own time (which is in lieu of the third class meeting)
  • additional (several) class assignments, e.g., presentatlons which you will make on certain assigned plant uses/topics/plant families (the student will select a plant family and use that family to illustrate the different use topics).
    • obtain (research) information (from library or internet sources, other than the text books or class videos) about plants which belong to the plant family you have selected (you will be using the same plant family for nearly all of your presentations).
    • The text box for each image must cite the source (e.g., URL) ot the image on the slide.
    • Send the PPT as an e-mail attachment by 2 pm of the day before your oral presentation), so that your instructor can consolidate all of powerpoints. and provide handouts.
    • Make a short, oral illustrated (power point) presentation (2-5 minutes) on the date indicated, to include:
      • common and scientific names of the plant(s)
      • brief information about the plant's morphology,
      • plant uses [for the topic (e.g., spices, herbs, invasive species in Hawai'i, endangered species in Hawai'i) of the day, cultural significance (identify the ethnic/cultural groups), and any other pertinent information]
      • Source of the illustration (on the slide):
        • If a book, Authors last name(s), date, and ;page number
        • If from a webpage, the URL.
      • The last side should list all of the References used for the project/topic
        • There must be at least two sources
        • see item #2 for references format.

Click on the schedule topics in the boxes below, for the link to the video page, some additional readings, worksheets, handouts, and other materials (some of these will be distributed in-class) which should be reviewed before each class and laboratory, and for the examinations. At the upper left, and/or the bottom of each video page, there is an attachment in pdf. format which summarizes the video contents; this document may also have study questions.

Watch the lecture videos, do the readings, and review the handouts BEFORE you come to class.

Ethnobotany is the scientific study of the interaction and interrelationships of plants and people. This includes a wide range of topics taken from an even wider range of disciplines, and considers the many different type of interactions between plants and human cultures. Although examples from around the world are used, a special emphasis is placed on the cultural uses of plants in Hawai‘i and the Pacific.

See the following course web pages (topic headings are links to the different webpages):

Class Description

    • Learning Outcomes
    • Teaching Modes

Textbooks

  • Abbott, Isabella. 1992. La‘au Hawai‘i, traditional Hawaiian uses of plants. Honolulu, Bishop Museum Press. (A)
  • Balick, Michael J. & Paul Alan Cox. 1996. Plants, People, and Culture, the science of ethnobotany. Austin, American Botanical Council (2005 reprint ed.) (an e-book edition is now available). (B&C)

Field Trips

(arranged by student), with worksheet(s) to be completed. See webpage, Written Assignments, for details and worksheets).

Oral Powerpoint Presentations (powerpoint to be submitted to the instructor 22 hourss prior to presentation)

  • Spices (10, 24, and 29 Feb.)
  • Herbals (16 & 30 March,)
  • Invasive Plants (20 & 27 April)
  • Endangered Plants (2 & 4 May)

Written Assignments:

  • Family interactions with plants. See Written Assignments #4, for information and grading rubric.
  • Short library or internet research on assigned plant topics.(optional, topic must be pre-approved by instructor, for extra credit)

Grading

% Item

4 Spices Presentation (10, 24, & 29 Feb.)

4 Chinatown Market (worksheet due 28 March, Mon.)

5 Foster Botanical Garden (worksheet due 28 March, Mon.)

5 Quiz I (10 Feb., Wed.)

15 Mid-Term Examination (9 March, Wed.)

4 Herbals Presentation (16 & 30 March)

5 Bishop Museum (worksheet due 13 April, Wed.; postponed to Mon., April 25 ,because of "free day" on Sat., April 23)

5 Quiz II (18 April, Mon.)

4 Invasive Plants Presentation (20 & 27 April)

4 Laboratory Exercises

4 Endangered Plants Presentation (2 & 4 May)

25 Written Assignment [Family Interviews, due 27 April, Wed. - hard copy & electronic copy (must be submittedby 4 pm)]

15 Final Examination (9 May, Monday, noon - 2 pm)

100 TOTAL GRADE

Theme

Class No.

Dates

Topic & Video Links

The Documents link on the video page (left side) provides a summary of the video; there is also a link to the same pdf at the bottom of the page

The Documents link on the video page (left side) provides a summary of the video; there is also a link to the same pdf at the bottom of the pageReading Assignments

A = Abbot

B&C = Balick and Cox

Links to Supplementary Videos & Readings

Additional References

Biographical Information

A, Introduction: a plant of many uses

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Mon., 11 Jan.

Wed.,13 Jan.

Introduction to Ethnobotany (1-Introduction ppt)

Oli (Sam 'ohu Gon III, Senior Scientist and Cultural Advisor, The Nature Conservancy Hawai'i)

Human Evolution (Rick Potts, Director, Human Origins Program & Curator of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)

Introducing the Coconut (a multi-use plant) (2-Niu ppt.)

Plant Form & Function

Balick, Michael J. & Paul Alan Cox. 1996. Plants, People, and Culture: the Science of Ethnobotany (available as a Kindle Edition or paperback) Scientific American Library; reprinted (2005) American Botanical Council, Austin TX.

  • Preface (pp. ii-x).
  • Chap.1, People & Plants (pp.1-23).

Abbott, Isabella Aiona. 1992. Lā‘au Hawai‘i: traditional Hawaiian uses of plants. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu.

  • Preface (pp. ix-x).
  • Introduction (pp. -xii).
  • Chap. 5, Other Land Plants Used for Food & Drink (pp. 33-35),
  • pp. 57-58 (last part of chap.7, Clothing and the Making of Kapa),
  • p. 61 (part of chap.8, Cordage);
  • pp. 69-70 (part of chap.9, Housing).

B&C pp. 71, 110 (coconut); 190-195 (multipurpose plant, palms)

Michael J. Balick, Vice Presidert for Botanical Science; Director & Philecology Curator Institute of Economic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG), Bronx NY.

Paul Alan Cox, Executive Director, The Institute for Ethnomedicine, Jackson Hole WY.

In Memorium - Dr. Izzie Abbott (biographical tribute in Plants & People (Society for Economic Botany), Fall 2010, pp.3 & 7, by Al Keali'i Chock.)

Crites, Jennifer. 2010. Pioneering Professor is First Lady of Limu. Mālamalama, the magazine of the University of Hawai'i (Oct. 2010 cover story).

Mon., 18Jan,

HOLIDAY (Martin Luther King Day)

B. Who leads whom? Plants or People?

C. What's really for dinner?

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Wed., 20 Jan.

Mon., 25Jan.

Wed., 27 Jan.

Mon., 1 Feb.

Wed., 3 Feb.

Mon., 8 Feb.

Campus Plants (St. John Courtyard)

Origins of Plant Uses (Will McClatchey)

Cultural & Culinary Ethnobotanical Knowledge (My Lien Nguyen)

Culture Appropriation (WAS Post-082215)

Shame Your Culture's Foocd,Then Make It Rerndy (083115 WA Post)

Abbott, I. A. 1984. An Ethnobotanical Study of Some Edible Hawaiian Seaweeds. Hawaii Pacific Tropical Garden (now known as the National Tropical Botanical Garden), Lawai.

World Agriculture (4-ppt.)

Guns, Germs, and Steel [Will McClatchey, former Professor of Botany, UHM; VP-Research, Botanical Research Intitute of Texas (BRIT)]; now Managing Member, Thousand Arbor Refuge LLC, Eugene OR

B&C Chap. 3, From Hunting and Gathering to Haute Cuisine (pp. 62-97)

Origins of Agriculture (Will McClatchey)

Guns, Germs, & Iron (5-ppt.)

The role of food in global cultures

World food crops (Tamara Ticktin, Professor of Botany, UHM)

Crops in Pacific Island Cultures (Will McClatchey)

A brief introduction to plants (6-ppt.)

Non-timber forest products

Recollections of a Family Tradition of Bird Catching (the late Isabella Aiona Abbott, Wilder Professor Emerita of Botany, UHM & Professor Emerita of Biology, Stanford University)

Spices (7-ppt.)

Spices and herbs (Tamara Ticktin)

Written Assignments & Interviews

Edible Limu (8-ppt. and examples from the sea)

Limu (Hawaiian Algae) (Isabella Aiona Abbott)

Wild plants as foods (Tamara Ticktin)

Student presentations on spices (pdf list of spices) (9-ppt. Spices II)

QUIZ I

Abbott 1992:

D. The Spice of Life

E. A "plant" by any other name

Wed. 10 Feb.

Mon., 15 Feb.

HOLIDAY [Presidents' Day [combines 12 Feb. (Abraham Lincoln) & 22 Feb. (George Washington)]

  • Chap 1, First Hawaiians and Plants (pp. 1-6 );
  • Chap.2, Evolving Relationships to Land and Crops (pp.7-14).

Abbott 1992:

  • Chap.4, Staple Crops: Kalo & 'uala (pp. 23-32);
  • Chap.5, Other Land Plants used for Food & Drink (first to pages are repeated reading (pp. 33-44).

B&C Chap. 4, Plants as the Basis of Material Culture (spices & European exploration) (pp. 98-140)

A Chap. 6, Food Plants from Aquatic Sources (pp. 45-48).

B&C Chap. 3, From Hunting and Gathering to Haute Cuisine (pp. 62-97, repeated reading)

Edible Limu - Gifts from the Sea

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Wed., 17 Feb.

Mon., 22 Feb

Wed., 24 Feb.

Mon., 29 Feb.

Wed., 2 March

Mon., 7 March

Wed., 9 March

Mon., 14 March

Wed., 16 March

Ethnomycology of Molds & Man, (10-ppt., Guest Speaker) Anthony Amend, Assistant Professor of Botany

Transported Landscapes (Will McClatchey) and Associated Impacts

Five Pacific Trees (Al Keali'i Chock)

White House beer and the recipe

Shultes, Richard Evans & Albert Hoffman.1992 (1979). Plants of the Gods - their sacred, healing, and hallucinogenic powers. (1979-McGraw Hill Press, New York). Healing Arts Press, Rochester VT.

Rotuman Health Care (Will McClatchey)

F. An ocean in mind

G. I'll drink to that

H. Somewhere over the rainbow

I. Plants that heal

Visit to Ka Papa Lo'i o Kānewai (a short, 3:34 minutes video is at this URL to provide you with a background about the gardens), 2645 Dole St. (UHM campus map). Go through the Hawaiian Studies building; the lo'i is on the 'ewa side of the building.

Go across the street (Maile Way) from the St. John building, to the Rainbow Shuttle bus stop, and take Route H1, Hawaiian Sudies Express. The bus leaves Varney Circle about 12:20 pm, so it should be at the Paradise Palms stop @ 12:22 pm; it runs about every 15 minutes e.g., 1152, 1207, 1222, 1237)

Departure from Hawaiian Srudies would be about 1:30 pm.The GPS Tracker is at http://www.uhmshuttle.com/

B&C Chap. 4, Plants as the Basis of Material Culture (spices & European exploration) (pp. 98-140, repeated reading)

Abbott, repeated readings:

  • Chap.4, The Staple Crops, Kalo & 'uala (pp.23-32).
  • Chap.5, Other Land Plants used for Food & Drink (pp.33-44).

Abbott 1992 (repeated readings):

  • Chap 1, First Hawaiians and Plants (pp. 1-6).
  • Chap.2, Evolving Relationships to Land and Crops (pp.7-14).

Abbott 1992:

  • pp. 42-43 ('awa, in chap.5, Other Land Plants used for Food & Drink.
  • pp. 114-115 ('awa in ceremonies, in chap.15, Religious Image and Ceremonies);
  • pp. 41-42 (kī, in chap,5, used for Food & Drink).
  • p. 144 (Notes for footnote 57: 'okolehao)

B&C pp. 160-164 (kava)

B&C Chap 5, Entering the Other World (pp. 144-177)

B&C Chap 2, Plants that Heal (pp. 24-52).

Herbs at a Glance booklet, U. S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine (USDHHS-NIH-NCCAM).

Evolution of Pacific cultures (Will McClatchey)

Lapita Toolkits (Will McClatchey)

More Student presentations on spices (12-ppt.Spices III)

Hawaiian 'awa and cultural conservation (Kawika Winter, Director, Lumahai Garden, National Tropical Botanical Gardens)

'awa beverage preparation in a kanoa (kava bowl) by Melissa Walker; sampling (optional) in "Western, non-traditional cups"

More Student presentations on spices (13-ppt.Spices IV)

Canoe Plants (14-ppt.)

Stimulating Beverages (Tamara Ticktin), and

Alcoholic Beverages (Will McClatchey)

"Canoe Plants" (power point slides)

Some Psychoactive Plants (15 ppt.)

Entering Another World (Will McClatchey)

Psychoactive plants (Mark Merlin, Professor of Botany, UHM)

MID TERM EXAMINATION

Illness & Medicines in a Cultural Setting (Will McClatchey)

Hawaiian Medicine: La`au Lapa`au (the late Levon Ohai, kahuna la'au lapa'au)

Health & Herbas (17a ppt.)

Transported Landscapes (17b. ppt.)

Herbal Remedies (Will McClatchey)

Student presentation on herbals (18-ppt. Herbals I)

21-27 March

26 March

Spring Recess

Prince Jonah KUHIO Kalaniana'ole Pi'ikoi

J. Plants in religion

K. Home is where , & Zak Ritchey. 2009. Botany Srgue: A Phthe heart is

L What make plants useful?

M. Plants in a changing world

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Mon., 28 March

Chinatown Markets Worksheet Due

Foster Botanical Garden Worksheet Due

Wed., 30 March

Mon., 4 April

Wed., 6 April

Mon., 11 April

Wed., 13 Apri

Mon., 18 April

Wed., 20 April

Mon., 25 April

Bishop Museum Worksheet Due

Wed., 27 April

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT DUE

Mon., 2 May

Wed., 4 May

PACIFIC NAVIGATOR game Pacific Navigator (link to handouts).

Polynesia Herbal Medicine (W. Art Whistler, Botanical Consultant (Pacific Islands) & Publisher Isle Botanica), and

Traditional Chinese Medicine (Han Lau, former post-doctoral fellow, UHM)

Medicinal Plants in the Hidden Land of Dolpo Nepal (Yilotz Aumeeruddy-Thomas, People and Plants International; now Directeur de Researché, Centre d'Ecologie, Fontionnelle & Evolutive, Montpellier FR)

Plants and ritual across cultures

A Plant Walk with Hula (Catherine Davenport, Lecturer, Maui Community College, and Plant Quarantine Inspector, HI Dept. of Agriculture).

Additional Student presentation on herbals (20-ppt. Herbals II)

Fiber (cordage lab: hau, 'ahu awa, mai'a ha; using Hawaiian tools: ko'i, niho 'oki, hoahoa, i'e kuku,kua) (21 ppt.Fiber Plants)

Global perspectives on religion and plants; Buddhism (Will McClatchey) and Christianity (Will McClatchey)

Introduction to Hawaiian fiber plants (hau, 'ahu awa)

Hula Plants (22 ppt.)

Bark Cloth (Will McClatchey)

Houses (23 ppt.), plant materials

Houses (Will McClatchey), and

Home gardens (Tamara Ticktin)

Home Gardens (balcony & garden plots)

Ethnobotanical Methods

The William & Lynda Steere Herbarium at the New York Botanical Garden (Barbara Thiers, Director

Ethnoecology (24-ppt.)

Useful Plants (Tamara Ticktin)

Why are plants waterproof? (David Webb, retired Assistant Professor of Botany, UHM)

QUIZ II

Student presentations on Invasive Plants (26-ppt. Invasives I)

Folk taxonomy (Will McClatchey)

Lab on student plant nomenclature and classification

Plants and people and ethical dilemmas (Will McClatchey)

Student presentations on Invasive Plants (28-ppt. Invasives II)

GMOs - Genetically Modified Organisms - Pros & Cons

Jerry Konanui on Kalo

Ethnoecology and conservation (Tamara Ticktin)

Carving a Future: Sustainable Wood Carving (A. B. 'Tony' Cunningham, People and Plants International; now Ethnoecologist, Gala Foundation)

Student presentations on Endangered Plants (29-ppt.Endangered I)

Student presentations on Endangered Plants (30-ppt.Endangered II)

Plants and revolution

Garden in the Sea (National Tropical Botanical Garden)

Reef Revival: A Campaign to Save Kāne‘ohe Bay (The Nature Conservancy)

A Chap 13, Medicines and Healing (pp. 97-103)

Abbott:

  • Chap 14 Warfare and Chiefly Regalia (pp. 105-112).
  • Chap 16, Hula and Music (pp. 117-122).

A Chapters 3. Religious Dimensions of Hawaiian Agriculture (pp. 15-22), and 15, Religipus Images and Ceremonies (pp. 113-116).

Abbott:

  • Chap 7, Clothing and the Making of Kapa (pp. 49-58).
  • Chap 8, Cordage for All Occasions (59-63).

Abbott:

  • Chap 9, Houses and Other Buildings (pp. 64-70).
  • Chap 10, Household Furnishings (pp. 71-77).

A Chap 17, Personal Adornment and Leisure (pp. 123-130)

Abbott:

  • Chap 11, Canoes and Fishing Tools (pp. 79-86).
  • Chap 12, Food Transportation, Preparation, Storage, and Service (87-96).

Lau, Y, Han, Will C. McClatchey, David Reedy, Al Keali'i Chock, K. W. Bridges, & Zak. Ritchey. 2009. Are Our Students Taxonomically Challenged or Not? Ethnobotany Research & Applications 7:29-37.

Savio, Valentina, Y. Han Lau, Will C. McClatchey, David Reedy, Al Keali'i Chock, K. W. Bridges, & Zak. Ritchey. 2009. Botany Sergue: A Photo Essay. Ethnobotany Research & Applications 7:123-134. [in Italian:7:135-146]

B&C Chap 6, Biological Conservation & Ethnobotany (pp 179-208)

Papaya: a GMO Success Story (HI Tribune-Herald, 10 June 2013)

Transgenetic Virus Resistant Papaya:from Hope to Reality for controlling PRSV in HI, American Phytopathological Society (APS.net, July 2004)

A Race to Save the Orange by Altering Its DNA (NY Times, July 27, 2013)

A Lonely Quest for the Facts on GM Crops (NY Times, Jan. 4, 2014)

Monarch Butterfly (USFS-The Monsarch Butterfly in North Americs; go to links on webpage)

A Afterword, Changes in Society and Plant Use After 1820 (pp 131-136).

Polynesian Herbal Medicines (W. Art Whistler, Senior McBryde Research Fellow, National Tropical Botanical Garden)

Kuo Hina 'e Hiapo: The Mulberry is White and Ready to Harvest (Melinda Ostraff)

Hawaiian Housing Materials (David Webb, retired Assistant Professor of Botany, UHM)

Architecture & Historic Buildings (the late Spencer Leinweber, Professor of Architecture, UHM)

A Photo E

Mark Lynas lecture to Oxford farmers (3 January 2013).

Agricultural Biotechnology (CTAHR Biotechnology & Agricultural Education Program) (Bio-6, Sept. 2006)

Pulelehua Ptoject - CTAHR (Kamehameha Butterfly) Host plants are mamaki (Pipturus spp,)

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Mon., 9 May (Students wishing to take the exam on Monday must notify the instructor prior to 6 pm, Sunday, May 8)

Fri., 13 May

FINAL EXAM

12:00-2:00 p.m.

St. John 402

Hawaiian Plants Information Sources (Some References on Hawaiian Plants = link to Botany 446 references).

May 7, 2016; (schedule periodically revised, with e-mail notice) (c) Al Keali'i Chock