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Current Name: ‘Apuwai
Other Name: 'Apowai
Reference: MacCaughey & Emerson, 1913; MacCaughey & Emerson, 1914
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Current Name: ‘Apuwai
Other Name: ‘Apuwai ke'oke'o
Reference: Handy, 1940; MacCaughey & Emerson, 1913; MacCaughey & Emerson, 1914
Comments: Cultivated, sometimes wild in wet places near the woods; raised exclusively in lo’i; corm is white, soft in consistency, easy to pound and make into poi. The leaf-blade and petiole is dark green; blade is cup-shaped, with a crinkled margin, entire surface somewhat wrinkled; piko darker than surrounding area; good steamed or as poi; leaves make good lu’au; requires about 12 months for maturity (MacCaughey & Emerson, 1913). Flesh is crumbly (puepuehu), poi is white; leaf is veined like a breaking wave (po‘i); petiole whitish; used to make medicinal apu (MacCaughey & Emerson, 1913).

Current Name: ‘Apuwai
Other Name: ‘Apuwai 'ula'ula
Reference: Handy, 1940; MacCaughey & Emerson, 1913; MacCaughey & Emerson, 1914
Comments: Similar to Apuwai keokeo but with the color of the corm and petiole being reddish or pink; upper portion of the corm is markedly suffused with pink; petioles are purplish at their bases; poi is pink, and is superior to that of the Apuwai keokeo, which is soft and mushy. The poi of this kalo was highly esteemed by the chiefs in ancient times (MacCaughey & Emerson, 1913).

Current Name: Apuwai?
Other Name: Mana wai
Reference: Handy, 1940; MacCaughey & Emerson, 1913; MacCaughey & Emerson, 1914
Comments: Resembles Apuwai; white corm (MacCaughey & Emerson, 1913).

Current Name: ‘Apuwai
Other Name: ‘Apuwai
Reference: Whitney et al., 1939
Comments: Matures rapidly (Wilder, 1923).

Current Name: ‘Apuwai
Other Name: 'A'apuwai
Reference: Pukui & Elbert, 1986
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Current Name: ‘Apuwai?
Other Name: ‘Apuwai 'ele'ele
Reference: MacCaughey & Emerson, 1914
Comments: Leaf-blade is convex, or cup-shaped, catching and retaining the rain water. Hence it is likened to a water-cup (apu-wai) (MacCaughey & Emerson, 1913).

Current Name: ‘Apuwai
Other Name: ‘Apuwai uliuli
Reference: Chun, 1994
Comments: =ulaula

Current Name: ‘Apuwai?
Other Name: ‘Apuwai lenalena
Reference: MacCaughey & Emerson, 1914
Comments: yellow apuwai?

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