 "Māmane" and "naio" ("Myoporum sandwicense") define a dry woodland ecotone on the subalpine areas of East Maui (Haleakalā) and the Island of Hawaii.The hard, durable wood of "māmane" was used by the Native Hawaiians for "pou" (house posts) and "kaola" (beams) up to in diameter, "ōō" (digging sticks), spears, "kope" (spades), "papa hōlua" (sled) runners, "papa olonā" ("Touchardia latifolia" scrapers), "au koi" (adze handles), and "wahie" (firewood).Cattle ranchers used it as fence posts.