USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum), a large unbranched grass brought to Hawai’i by early Polynesians as a source of sugar and fiber.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kō-The Hawaiian Word for Sugar Cane-Kō Hana.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first recorded planting of sugar cane in Hawaii for the purpose of extracting sugar was in Manoa Valley on Oahu in 1825. The plantation failed two years later. The first successful sugar cane plantation was started in 1835 by Ladd and Company at Koloa, Kauai.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1825, John Wilkinson, an Englishman, planted sugarcane in Manoa Valley on the Island of Hawai’i and had approximately 100 acres under cultivation at the time of his death in 1827. This is widely regarded as the first sugar plantation in the Hawaiian Islands, although it was not a commercial success.