Lama | Kukui (Aleurites moluccana) by Jon Apisa

Lama | Kukui (Aleurites moluccana)

“Lama | Kukui” (Aleurites moluccana) drawing by Jon Apisa.

This was drawn with graphite on paper, 4" x 5" (10.16cm x 12.7cm).

Aleurites moluccana is:

Lama in Sāmoa
Kukui in Hawaiʻi
Tuitui in Tonga
Tiʻaʻiri in Tahiti

Aleurites moluccana is also:
candlenut

4" x 5" (10.16cm x 12.7cm)

08/30/2025

Samoan

Polynesian

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