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The most popular of all of lei hua or seed leis. Kukui nut or candle nut is the official emblem of the Hawaiian island of Molokai.

The leis are created with many hours of sanding and polishing each nut to achieve a high gloss sheen.

Here's bit more history on the Kukui nut: Hawaiians also had many other uses for the tree, including: leis from the shells, leaves and flowers; ink for tattoos from charred nuts; a varnish with the oil; and fishermen would chew the nuts and spit them on the water to break the surface tension and remove reflections, giving them greater underwater visibility. A red-brown dye made from the inner bark was used on kapa and aho (Touchardia latifolia cordage). A coating of kukui oil helped preserve 'upena (fishing nets). The nohona wa'a (seats), pale (gunwales) of wa'a (outrigger canoes) were made from the wood. The trunk was sometimes used to make smaller canoes used for fishing. Kukui was named the state tree of Hawaii on 1 May 1959 due to its multitude of uses. It also represents the island of Moloka'i, whose symbolic color is the silvery green of the kukui leaf.