ʻO ka mānoanoa o ka lāʻau he hoʻokahi hapalima wale nō o ka lāʻau i hoʻoikaika ʻia, He māmā ke kaumaha o ka lāʻau, haʻahaʻa ke kikowaena o ka umekaumaha, hiki ke hoʻololi maikaʻi, hale paʻa a me nā ʻauwaha, Hoʻemi ʻia ka ikaika seismic i ka wā ōlaʻi, Hana maikaʻi loa.
ʻO nā mea kanu lāʻau he lāʻau hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia (kedera, Scotch pine, spruce, Douglas fir, etc. kākoʻo i nā mea kūʻai aku e kuhikuhi i ka hana ʻana i ka lāʻau), nā lāʻau antiseptic maoli a me nā lāʻau hōʻoiaʻiʻo.
ʻO nā papa Cedar nā antisepsis kūlohelohe a me kona kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ke kūpaʻa dimensional, ʻo ia ka mea maikaʻi loa o nā lāʻau palupalu no ka ʻae ʻana i nā pena, nā ʻili, nā aila a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.