Sea Grapes
excerpt taken from Marie C. Neal's IN GARDENS OF HAWAII- 1965 Coccoloba uvifera: (the entire section below) At home in thickets along sandy shores in warm parts of America is the sea grape,which in Hawaii is planted as a windbreak near beaches. It is a twisting tree, to 20 feet or more high; the trunk rarely attains a diameter of 3 feet. The branches zig zag and form a dense canopy;