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Originally Posted by paulorph
This type of thing interest me. The real mahoi is extinct because of why? Is it due to bunchy to virus? When I was in Hawaii for work a few years ago on the big island the banana virus was really reeking havoc there. If so is it possible that someone may have this plant on the mainland? How long has the double mahoi been extinct? Hope I did not hijack this thread too much. Thanks,
Paulo
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I'm not sure, perhaps Gabe can fill us in, but my understanding is that many of the traditional Hawaiian bananas, have gone extinct or become rare because they were not valued enough in recent times (last several decades) for people to keep propagating them. For a plant that cannot propagate itself sexually (no seeds), if something kills the mat and no one has removed suckers and planted them elsewhere, that's it. I imagine it had something to do with the loss of traditional Hawaiian customs, which has more recently turned around.