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Versatile pia’s starchy roots used for thickening haupia

COURTESY HEIDI BORNHORST
This bat flower (Tacca integrifolia) at Lyon Arboretum in Manoa is a relative of the pia plant (Tacca leontopetaloides), also known as Polynesia arrowroot.