Mark Twain Monkeypod Tree
'Waiohinu', which literally means "Shiny Water" is located in the district of
Ka'u on the
island of Hawaii in the
U.S. state of
Hawaii. Waiohinu is the name of the town as well as the ahupua'a,
Native Hawaiian subdivision.
Mark Twain visited Waiohinu in 1866 and, legend has it, planted a monkeypod tree. The tree was blown down in 1957, but a shoot from the tree was replanted and remains there today.
Location
Waiohinu is at the very southern tip of the Big Island of Hawai'i, on
Hawaii Route 11, which is part of the
Hawai'i Belt Road. It is 57 miles southeast of
Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i and 32 miles southwest of
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Waiohinu's ZIP code is 96772, which it shares with the nearby town of
Nā'ālehu, Hawai'i.
External links
★
Twain's Monkeypod Tree
★
More on Twain's tree
★ Waiohinu on
Google Maps
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