Tropical Zone Gardening: Can someone ID these seeds?, 1 by Metrosideros

Metrosideros wrote:
Dianella sandwicensis is known as 'uki'uki in Hawaiian and is a member of the Lily Family.
It likes to grow in pristine sites in montane mesic forest, but also occurs in dry shrub & grassland, on lava flows, and occasionally in wet forest.

The colorful blue fruit of 'uki'uki has been used to make a dye.

The leaves provided a secondary source of cordage. It's main use was in house construction in which a three ply braid was made to lash together the posts, rafters, and purlins. This simple braid was also used to tie together bundles of pili grass (Heteropogon contortus) to make thatching for roofs.
This cordage made from 'uki'uki was used more often than coconut sennit for house construction in the above manner as the leaves of 'uki'uki are the perfect length for the given task.
As Hawaiians did not have nails or other fasteners they used cordage. Part of growing up in Ancient Hawai'i meant learning how to make rope and string from a variety of plants.

The plant on the right of the picture is olona, Touchardia latifolia. Hawaiians turned the fiber of this plant into the strongest cordage on Earth! Today, museum quality olona string costs several dollars per foot.

Aloha, Dave