Musa Iholena Upehupehu

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Revision as of 17:33, 22 January 2024 (edit) Reminosys (Talk | contribs) (Musa Iholena 'maoli apex' moved to Musa Iholena Upehupehu: Was given official name by Hawaiian Lexicon Committee, "Maoli-apex" was temporary name assigned by Kepler & Rust.) ← Previous diff		Current revision (18:06, 22 January 2024) (edit) Reminosys (Talk | contribs) (Added info and source)
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	==Cultivar Name==		==Cultivar Name==
-	musa Iholena 'maoli apex'	+	Mai'a Iholena 'Ūpehupehu
	===Synonyms===		===Synonyms===
-		+	Mai'a (Iholena) "Maoli-apex"
	==Pictures==		==Pictures==
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	==Description==		==Description==
-	A banana with plump fruit, sausage like, salmon colored fruit. Young plants have much black on the trunk.	+	An Iholena cultivar that was rediscovered in 2003, it features many traits similar to other Iholenas. Its most distinctive trait is fruits that are plump before maturity, lacking the taper on fruit tips like other Iholenas. This is where the temporary name "Maoli-apex" comes from, as it resembles the sausage-like fruit ends more commonly associated with Maoli type cultivars. It was given the name Mai'a 'Ūpehupehu by the Hawaiian Lexicon Committee, translated into English as "banana with fullness at the tip."
-	Male and Female flowers have long curly lavender stamens. The ripe fruit has a yellow skin. Only seen on	+
-	Maui and Kauai. The undersides of the leaves are bronzy-yellow.	+	Young plants have much black on the trunk.
		+	Male and Female flowers have long curly lavender stamens. The ripe fruit has a yellow skin, with salmon colored pulp. Like other varieties in the Iholena Subgroup, the undersides of the leaves are bronzy-yellow.
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		+	As of 2011, there were less than 30 plants known to exist. It was present on the Hawaiian islands of Maui, Kaua'i, and O'ahu.
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		+	First described in literature in 2003, after Kepler & Rust identified it as a distinct variety. Possibly much older in origin, with similar varieties existing in other Pacific Islands, but no indigenous knowledge on this particular Hawaiian variety was preserved.
	===Usage===		===Usage===
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	*Sources		*Sources
		+	Kepler, A.K. and Rust, F.G. 2011. The world of bananas in Hawai'i: then and now. Pali-O-Waipi'o press, Hawaii. 586p. https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/the-world-of-bananas-in-hawaii-then-and-now/

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Contents 1 Cultivar Name 1.1 Synonyms 2 Pictures 3 Description 3.1 Origin 3.2 Usage 4 Flowering 5 Cultivation 5.1 Known Afflictions 6 Research Notes 6.1 Members Growing This Banana 7 External

Cultivar Name

Mai'a Iholena 'Ūpehupehu

Synonyms

Mai'a (Iholena) "Maoli-apex"

Pictures

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Description

An Iholena cultivar that was rediscovered in 2003, it features many traits similar to other Iholenas. Its most distinctive trait is fruits that are plump before maturity, lacking the taper on fruit tips like other Iholenas. This is where the temporary name "Maoli-apex" comes from, as it resembles the sausage-like fruit ends more commonly associated with Maoli type cultivars. It was given the name Mai'a 'Ūpehupehu by the Hawaiian Lexicon Committee, translated into English as "banana with fullness at the tip."

Young plants have much black on the trunk. Male and Female flowers have long curly lavender stamens. The ripe fruit has a yellow skin, with salmon colored pulp. Like other varieties in the Iholena Subgroup, the undersides of the leaves are bronzy-yellow.

As of 2011, there were less than 30 plants known to exist. It was present on the Hawaiian islands of Maui, Kaua'i, and O'ahu.

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Origin

Hawaii

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First described in literature in 2003, after Kepler & Rust identified it as a distinct variety. Possibly much older in origin, with similar varieties existing in other Pacific Islands, but no indigenous knowledge on this particular Hawaiian variety was preserved.

Usage

Flowering

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Cultivation

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Known Afflictions

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Research Notes

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Members Growing This Banana

External

• Links

  (Links to other useful pages on the web that mention this banana. Example: International Banana Society)

• Sources

Kepler, A.K. and Rust, F.G. 2011. The world of bananas in Hawai'i: then and now. Pali-O-Waipi'o press, Hawaii. 586p. https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/the-world-of-bananas-in-hawaii-then-and-now/