ʻO ka homeland dogwood nā'āina hema:ʻo Crimea, Moldova, a me Central Asia. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, he kakaikahi wale nō ka poʻe iʻike no nā mea kupaianaha o ke kula, akā naʻe ma muli o ka koho,ʻaʻole iʻike waleʻia ka dogwood ma ka hema wale nō. ʻO ia, me ka hoʻonuiʻoleʻia, he lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi. He nui nā maʻi a me nā maʻi kūikawā e mālamaʻia me nā deco deco a me nā tinctures mai nā wahi o ka puhi.
WaeʻAno ʻO nā puaa pōhaku
ʻO ka hapanui he pinepine mākou eʻike i ka'ōpio (aiʻole i kapaʻiaʻo "pōhaku pōhaku"), i kanuʻia ma ke ākea ma kahi moena pua. Eia nō naʻe, ola maikaʻi nā'ōpio a paʻa i ke aʻa ma ka home, ināʻoe e hoʻokomo i loko o nā ipuhao a kauʻia ma kahi pukapihi. ʻO ia wale nō e pili ana i nā hiʻohiʻona o kēiaʻano o nā mea kanu, e kūkākūkā kākou ma lalo nei.