Hīnau

Elaeocarpus dentatus
November 24, 2020

Angelique

 

Plant HINAU

 

Visual

Olive leaf shaped long slim leaves, mid green. Small cream flowers that hand down like ballerinas in frilled skirts. 

 

Touch

Leaves are tough, woody stems. 

 

Smell

Leaves – grassy
Flower – grassy?

 

Taste

Leaf – butter, astringent, then sweet.
Flowers – floral, creamy, sweet.
Syrup – creamy, sweet, floral, figs.
Leaves in syrup – olivey, sweet, floral, creamy, figs. 

 

1st Level Emotion

Fragility, softness, intuition, wisdom, grace. 

 

2nd Level Emotion

Comforting, warm, kind, heartening, redemptive. 

 

Avalyn

 

Hinau:
 
???? elegant and ladylike; a ladies boudoir, blushing bride
 
???????? tough yet delicate, crispy
 
???? flower: daughter’s hair after washing 
 
???? leaf: bitter gourd
Syrup: nectar, grounding 
Leaf: fruity: pear or apricot
 
1st impression: graceful and beauty
 
2nd impression: young spirit in older body
 
Ana
HINAU
Beautiful, delicate white flowers, fairy like, dreamy, wedding. They pair perfectly with the leaves, in a quiet and soft way. This plant is exactly what it looks like, what you´re expecting. 
No remarcable smell. Leaf has a nice texture and gentle flavour, mint.
Shyness, delicacy, quiet, serious, passive, young adult from another time. Vintage.
Taste of the flowers syrup is exactly what you´d expect, nice, gentle, young.
Leaves syrup is deeper and more serious, with notes of artichoke and olive oil.
This plant makes me feel like I have my whole life ahead of me.
 
Victoria
 

Hinau
Overall – appealing and attractive but didn’t find it’s elixir!

Visual Touch Smell Taste
Pretty soft
cream flowers
with
ornamental
edges, pert
stamens,
reminds me of
a dancer/
dancer’s skirt,
sprites.
Communal
function.
Leaf – long,
strong,
resourceful – a
‘working’ leaf

Leaf – brittle, strong,
enduring, crispy
Flower – delicate,
rayon silk, not long
lasting, fleshy

Leaf – acrid, old
grass, olive oil,
green fields
Flower – couldn’t
smell much

Leaf – fruity with a
hint of bitterness,
green apples
Flower – spongey,
hint of astringence,
some creaminess,
fleshy

Emotion
1 st impression
Friendly, has regality, decorative, poised, invokes admiration and interest.
2 nd impression
Leaves – opening, wisdom, knowledgeable, want to get to know it, inviting.
Flowers – honey nature, sunny, friendly, take more time to get to know – something
not revealed in my first meeting.

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Mamakan Oustrup Laureijs

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