Native Hawaiians refer to themselves as kama'aina, a word meaning "people of the land", not just because of the connection to the land and their stewardship of it, but as part of the spiritual belief system that holds Native Hawaiian origin to the island itself. This is reinforced by the tayo plant, a crop that is said to be the manifestation of H"ā"loa, the stillborn son of Papa and Wakea (note that the stillborn son and son who became the island share the same name). The tayo plant comes to represent the deep root network that tethers Hawaiians to the island, as well as symbolizing the branching networks of the currently living Hawaiian people