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Current Name: ‘Oene
Other Name: 'Owene 'ele'ele
Reference: Handy, 1940; MacCaughey & Emerson, 1913; MacCaughey & Emerson, 1914
Comments: Wild variety; dark kalo; the petiole, corm and poi being grayish or smoky (MacCaughey & Emerson, 1913).

Current Name: ‘Oene
Other Name: 'Owene ke'oke'o
Reference: Handy, 1940; MacCaughey & Emerson, 1913; MacCaughey & Emerson, 1914
Comments: Wild variety; corm white (MacCaughey & Emerson, 1913).

Current Name: ‘Oene
Other Name: 'Owene lenalena
Reference: Handy, 1940; MacCaughey & Emerson, 1913; MacCaughey & Emerson, 1914
Comments: Wild variety; corms and poi are yellow (MacCaughey & Emerson, 1913).

Current Name: ‘Oene
Other Name: 'Owene mana
Reference: MacCaughey & Emerson, 1913; Chun, 1994;
Comments: Wild variety. Branches (MacCaughey & Emerson, 1913).

Current Name: ‘Oene
Other Name: 'Owene melemele
Reference: Handy, 1940; MacCaughey & Emerson, 1913; MacCaughey & Emerson, 1914
Comments: Wild variety; corm small, the size of a turkey’s egg; the interior yellow, like the yolk of an egg; foliage dark green; poi is the same color as breadfruit poi (MacCaughey & Emerson, 1913).

Current Name: ‘Oene
Other Name: ‘Oene
Reference: Whitney et al., 1939
Comments:

Current Name: ‘Oene
Other Name: ‘Owene
Reference: Whitney et al., 1939
Comments: Wild variety; growing in open woodlands, and similar regions; smallest of all the kalo and was used only when other food supply failed; grows easily, requiring but little cultivation, and so is planted in places where thorough cultivation is difficult; leaf is striped with light and dark; petiole is not striped (MacCaughey & Emerson, 1913). Corm and poi yellowish (MacCaughey & Emerson, 1913).

Current Name: ‘Oene
Other Name: ‘Owene ‘ula‘ula
Reference: Whitney et al., 1939
Comments: Wild variety; Owene melemele except that the petioles are dark purple, and the corms and poi are reddish (MacCaughey & Emerson, 1913).

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