Na Āina Kai Botanical Gardens () are nonprofit botanical gardens located at 4101 Wailapa Road, Kīlauea,

Kauai Kauai, () anglicized as Kauai ( ), is geologically the second-oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands (after Niʻihau). With an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km2), it is the fourth-largest of these islands and the 21st largest island ...

, Hawaii. A variety of guided tours are offered Tuesday through Friday; an admission fee is charged for each. Cananga flower

Na Āina Kai was established by Joyce and Ed Doty in 1982. In 1999, it became a nonprofit organization and opened to the public. Today it contains 13 gardens, a hardwood plantation, meadow, canyon, and beach. More than 200 bronze sculptures are sited throughout the estate. Highlights of the Gardens include: * International Desert Garden -

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succulent In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word ''succulent'' comes from the Latin word ''sucus'', meani ...

s, and other desert plants including

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, agave, a tamarind and several

baobab ''Adansonia'' is a genus made up of eight species of medium-to-large deciduous trees known as baobabs ( or ). They are placed in the Malvaceae family, subfamily Bombacoideae. They are native to Madagascar, mainland Africa, and Australia.Tropic ...

s. * Poinciana Maze - a hedge of mock-orange plants, with topiary and sculptures surrounded by a lava rock wall. * Shower Tree Park & Kaula Lagoon - hibiscus, ixora, firecracker flowers, and flowering trees, with lagoon, waterfall, and Japanese-style teahouse. * "Under the Rainbow" Children's Garden - wading pool, treehouse, train, log cabins, bridges, tunnels and slides. * Wild Forest Garden - heliconias,

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s, noni, ylang ylang, cardamom, vanilla, and ornamental

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s, as well as cacao and

cinnamon Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree species from the genus ''Cinnamomum''. Cinnamon is used mainly as an aromatic condiment and flavouring additive in a wide variety of cuisines, sweet and savoury dishes, breakfa ...

trees. Special displays have been created representing the lives of three Indigenous American peoples: * Hawaiian Ahupua'a - depiction of a pie-slice-shaped Hawaiian land division that reaches from the mountains to the ocean. Includes a mosaic tile pictorial; 14 bronze sculptures representing people engaged in traditional activities; native plantings; and an "ocean" with fiberglass native fish. * Navajo Compound - Backed by a concrete mountain depicting Monument Valley, Arizona, the Navajo Compound includes 36 bronze sculptures of people and animals. The 12 bronze people are engaged in typical activities and modeled after living Navajo people. * Alaskan Athabaskan Village - Athabaskans were chosen from all of the Alaskan tribes because they have ties with the Navajos and they live in an area which lends itself to an interesting display. There are 7 bronze people engaged in common practices and 12 bird and animal sculptures. The hardwood plantation (110 acres) contains African Mahogany ('' Khaya senegalensis''), Big-leaf Mahogany (''

Swietenia macrophylla ''Swietenia macrophylla'', commonly known as mahogany, Honduran mahogany, Honduras mahogany, or big-leaf mahogany is a species of plant in the Meliaceae family. It is one of three species that yields genuine mahogany timber (Swietenia), the othe ...

''), Blue Mahoe ('' Hibiscus elatus''), Caribbean Pitch Pine ('' Pinus oocarpa''), Cocobolo ('' Dalbergia retusa''), Indian Blackwood ('' Dalbergia latifolia''), Indian Rosewood ('' Dalbergia sissoo''), Iroko ('' Chlorophora excelsa''), Lignum Vitae ('' Guaiacum officinale''), West Indian Mahogany ('' Swietenia mahagoni''), Moreton Bay Chestnut (''

Castanospermum ''Castanospermum australe'' (Moreton Bay chestnut or blackbean), the only species in the genus ''Castanospermum'', is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the east coast of Australia in Queensland and New South Wales, and to the ...

australe''), Narra ('' Pterocarpus indicus''), Palu ('' Manilkara hexandra''), Pheasant Wood (''

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''), Queensland Maple (''

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''), Teak ('' Tectona grandis''), West Indian Cedar (''

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''), and Zebra Wood ('' Astronium graveolens'')

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