View Full Version : Mahoi - Mahoe ?
PR-Giants
03-30-2014, 09:33 PM
"A strain of the Cavendish banana produces two or more flowering stalks within a single trunk,
whereas the native Hawaiian variety Mahoe produces a single flower stalk which divides
midway of the cluster and bears twin bunches of fruit."
Banana culture in Hawaii (http://www02.us.archive.org/stream/bananacul00wtpo/bananacul00wtpo_djvu.txt)
TARS 17177 - Mahoi - Guineo Doble (http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1647264)
TARS 17172 - Mahoe (http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1647260)
Hammocked Banana
03-30-2014, 10:09 PM
Any pics of this Mahoe with a split stalk?
venturabananas
03-30-2014, 11:10 PM
Any pics of this Mahoe with a split stalk?
Only historical, it's thought be be extinct. You can find a picture in the Kepler and Rust book. The TARS one shown above is just a double Cavendish ("Mahoi", spelled wrong), from what I can tell.
PR-Giants
03-31-2014, 10:48 AM
Only historical, it's thought be be extinct. You can find a picture in the Kepler and Rust book. The TARS one shown above is just a double Cavendish ("Mahoi", spelled wrong), from what I can tell.
It's possible Dr. Pabon & TARS classified it incorrectly, possibly because of where the stalk split,
but seriously a spelling error?
http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae272/keithpr1/Verdin/TARS17172-flower_zps0094cd57.jpg (http://s979.photobucket.com/user/keithpr1/media/Verdin/TARS17172-flower_zps0094cd57.jpg.html)
Hammocked Banana
03-31-2014, 10:57 AM
Thanks. Hmmm I swear that pic wasn't there when I was looking yesterday.
PR-Giants
03-31-2014, 11:07 AM
Thanks. Hmmm I swear that pic wasn't there when I was looking yesterday.
I'll swear it was. :ha:
Hammocked Banana
03-31-2014, 11:11 AM
You're probably right, it was Sunday after all.
PR-Giants
03-31-2014, 11:21 AM
You're probably right, it was Sunday after all.
That does make sense,
Connecticut vs Michigan State
&
Kentucky vs Michigan
venturabananas
03-31-2014, 12:16 PM
It's possible Dr. Pabon & TARS classified it incorrectly, possibly because of where the stalk split,
but seriously a spelling error?
http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae272/keithpr1/Verdin/TARS17172-flower_zps0094cd57.jpg (http://s979.photobucket.com/user/keithpr1/media/Verdin/TARS17172-flower_zps0094cd57.jpg.html)
OK, maybe not a spelling error per se, but a misidentification. My point is, the spelling isn't really going to give you the right ID, given that Mahoi and Mahoe are different "Englishized" spellings of a traditional Hawaiian word. The real deal that was called Mahoe by the ancient Hawaiians was a tall plant (10-20' of p-stem) in the Maoli subgroup (same subgroup AeAe is in), not a dwarf in the Cavendish subgroup.
robguz24
03-31-2014, 01:06 PM
Hawaiian words are often misspelled, as with "Ae Ae" vs. A'ea'e.
PR-Giants
03-31-2014, 02:52 PM
OK, maybe not a spelling error per se...
Yep. What's our next geography lesson?
Now it's an English lesson.
Per se : by, of, or in itself
OK, maybe not a spelling error by itself
It was not a spelling error.
What's next double negatives?
Per se is a pretentious term,
often used by people who try to sound more intelligent than they actually are.
Julian
04-07-2014, 04:05 AM
Should be mahoe. Mahoe means twin in Hawaiian, referring to the twin bunches. Mahoi does not mean anything in Hawaiian
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