Heʻano likeʻole nā lāʻau Eucalyptus o nā lāʻau ulu a me nā kumu liʻiliʻi ma kaʻohana myrtle, i kapaʻiaʻo Myrtaceae. ʻO nā lāʻau Eucalyptus, ka mea e hiki mai ma o Eucalyptus , Corymbia , a me Angophora genera, i kekahi manawa i kapaʻia he lāʻau kuli . Hōʻike pinepine kēia i nā kānaka e hiki ke hele mai i kēia mau lāʻau i nā pupuhi. ʻO ka mea e mahalo ai,ʻo nā koala wale wale nō eʻai i nāʻanoʻano likeʻole o kēia mau pulu pua, aʻo ka nui o kona mau lālā maloʻo a me kaʻaila ka mea hoʻohana nuiʻia o nā lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻO Chewing Gum a me Gum Trees
Wahi a ka Ford Gum Company, ua hanaʻia nā'āpana hōʻano hou me nā mele, nā'ānoa maʻamau, a iʻole ka mea i hanaʻia e ke kanaka. Hoʻopiliʻia kekahi mau mea i hanaʻia e ke kanaka no ka meaʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa. ʻOiaiʻaʻole i hele mai nā kupa o nāʻAmelika hou mai nā kumulāʻau, hiki iāʻoe ke ho'āʻo i ka puhiʻana i ka Eucalyptus resin ke loaʻa iāʻoe kekahi o kēia mau lāʻau.
Aia kekahi Kino,ʻo ia ka inoa o ka mea kanu kupa i huaʻia e nā mea kanu a me nā lāʻau e like me Eucalyptus. Hāʻawiʻia kaʻulaʻula i nā mea nui, kahi e kapaʻia ai kona inoaʻo "ʻulaʻula" a me "ka lāʻau koko." Hiki ke hoʻohanaʻia kēiaʻanoʻano pēpē i loko o nā lāʻau lapaʻau, nā kānana, a me nā meaʻeleʻele, akāʻaʻole naʻe e like me ke kāhili. Eia naʻe, hoʻohanaʻiaʻo ia he hōʻailona maʻamau no nā hihia me ka maʻi paʻi a me nāʻehaʻeha.
Ka Moolelo o Gum Tree Chewing
Ua nui nā mea i maʻaʻia i nā makahiki. Ua maʻa nā kānaka'Apalia i'Abelane i ka'ōpū o nā lāʻau kupapaʻu. ʻO kekahi o nā mea mua loa, hele mai ia mai ka lāʻau mastic i'Europa, a ua kānana nāʻAmelikaʻAmelika i nāʻano lāʻau spruce .
Eia kekahi,ʻo ka birch tree tar a me ka pine pine , a me nā mea'ē aʻe, ua maʻaʻia i loko o ka moʻolelo.
MaʻAmelika Hema, ua ulana lākou i nā puʻu,ʻo ia ka sapodilla ( Manilkara zapota ). Ua hoʻohanaʻia kēia hua'ōlelo i ka manawa i hanaʻia ai nā'ākani i hanaʻia ma United States, e like me Chiclets. Hoʻohanaʻia kekahi mau mea i ka paraffin i ka hanaʻana i ke kuni.
Gum a hoʻolaha
Wahi a Smithsonian.com, ua paʻi kaʻAmelika i nā pahu he 105 i ka makahiki i ka makahiki 1920. Ua hoʻomaka kēia i ka wā i hoʻohana aiʻo Thomas Adams Sr. i mea hoʻohana i ka lāʻau he meaʻoihanaʻoihana, e like me ka'alapala, ma mua o ka hoʻolapalapa a me ka lima-e'ōwili ana i'āpana'āpana. Ua kūʻai kokeʻia aku ia ma nā hale kūʻai lāʻau, a hoʻomakaʻo ia i ke kūʻaiʻana i ia mea, a hiki i ka nui o ke kūʻaiʻana i ka hopena o nā makahiki 1880. Ua hoʻomaka pūʻo William Wrigley i kahiʻoihana kūʻai i ka manawa hoʻokahi, a kūʻaiʻia me ka'āpana'ōpili liʻiliʻi. I kona hoʻomaopopoʻana i ka makemake o nā kānaka i ka pipi ma mua o ka kopa, ua nānāʻo ia i nā hoʻolaha kala, a uaʻae iā ia e lilo i hoʻokahi o nā kānaka waiwai loa o ka'āina i ka makahiki 1932, akā, ua makeʻo ia.
ʻAʻole hoʻolaha nuiʻia ka hana pulu kūlohelohe mai nā kumulāʻau i kēia lā, no ka mea hikiʻole ke hōʻiliʻili. Hāʻawe kēia i nā hopena o ke kaiaulu, i ka makeʻana o nā lāʻau sapodilla, me ka hāpai i ka hoʻopauʻana i nā ululāʻau. Ma mua o ka lukuʻana i kā mākou mau kumulāʻau, ua hoʻohana nā mea hana kāpena i nā punawai koʻikoʻi mai nā makahiki 1980. ʻO kaʻaila, ka paʻakai, a me nā mea'ē aʻe keʻano maʻamau, a mālama pū i nā kumu.