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Current Name: Nāwao
Other Name: Ho'ole nāwao
Reference: Handy, 1940; MacCaughey & Emerson, 1913; MacCaughey & Emerson, 1914
Comments: “Wao” means in the wild, or near the forest; “hoole” means denial; the name refers to an ancient legend, where in certain natives denied that this kalo grew up in the forests, although it really did; usually wild, rarely cultivated in lo’i; corm is dark gray and of average size; wild corms are much larger than those of cultivated plants; roots are conspicuously reddish; sends out subterranean suckers or offshoots, so that it spreads out and thus perpetuates itself; foliage is green, with reddish or purplish venation, piko, and petioles; the lu’au is excellent; not considered suitable for medicine or for offering to the gods (MacCaughey & Emerson, 1913).
Current Name: Nāwao
Other Name: Nāwao
Reference: Whitney et al., 1939
Comments: Medicinal qualities (Wilder, 1923).
