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including land within the golf course in which those plants can be established to supplement existing large trees and shrubs. Significant Hawaiian names associated with land. In the Hawaiian culture, one's inoa (name) was both owned property and had a kind of force in its own right. Once spoken, an inoa took on an existence, invisible, intangible, but of force in its own right. The name "Palamanui" was the historical name for the area in which the 725 acres of land covered by the INCRMP is located. The various meanings of "Palamanui" include huge elama (tree or wood) enclosure, an enclosure of abundant education, an enclosure of great enlightenment. Other meanings of "lama" are enlightenment, torch (symbolic of education). The academic logo of the University of Hawaii at Manoa includes a torch with the word "malamalama" meaning enlightenment. The appropriateness of the name "Palamanui" for this area is confirmed by kOpuna testimony that this land was known for residential, cultivation and healing purposes. Different varieties of medicinal plants were cultivated through the ahupua'a. The kahuna lapa'au (Hawaiian medical practitioner) treated sick patients by gathering and using appropriate plants and herbs before dawn. The tradition was that this ahupua'a was reputed to be used to train future practitioners in Hawaiian medicine. This is consistent with the association of this land as kahuna lands and its ownership by Pu'ou and his son Hewahewa who were both kahuna nui. The origins of the word "kau" as used in the ahupua'a name "Lands of Kau" are not clear, but kOpuna testimony indicates that the name was pronounced as "Kau" rather than "Kau:' The most significant mythical entity to impact the lands of Kekaha was the volcano or fire goddess Pele. The lava flows in the area had long lasting effects on the landscape, the marine environment and the people. For the lands of Kekaha and traditional Hawaiian practices, one of the most significant events was the 1801 lava flow which overran the Pond at Pa'alea. The legendary Ali'inui Pa`ao is credited in oral histories with constructing heiaus (luakinis or temples of human sacrifice) that radically changed the Hawaiian religious system and political system. Pa'ao also brought high chief Pili to rule instead of chiefs whom Pa'ao thought had lost b~mna~v~~:~uvcwvm~az ~os~9osr~~ 13