Although the Polynesians had brought some of their own plants, like the coconut and the paper mulberry tree, the Hawaiian diet was based on the taro plant, yams, and marine animals.

虽然波利尼西亚人带来了一些他们自己的植物，如椰子和纸桑树，但夏威夷人的饮食以芋头植物、山药和海洋动物为主。