Lehua Palaii (Palaii)
General characteristics: Short to medium in height, stiffly erect, slender, maturing within 12 to 18 months, producing from 5 to 10 oha; distinguished by lilac-purple corm flesh and dark green petioles.
Archive for the ‘Taro: Lehua’
Lehua Eleele (Wailana)
General characteristics: Medium in height to tall, slender, erect, maturing within 8 to 12 months, producing from 2 to 5 oha; distinguished by the dark green petioles which are shaded with purple, especially near and along the margins.
Lehua Maui (Maui Lehua, Maoli Maui)
General characteristics: Medium tall in height, well spreading, maturing within 9 to 14 months, producing 2 to 5 oha; identified by light green petioles with a pale purplish-lilac base, and by lilac-purple corm flesh with reddish-purple fibers.
Lehua Keokeo (Waiakea)
General characteristics: Medium in height, well spreading, maturing within 8 to 12 months, producing from 5 to 10 oha; identified by pale green petioles with broad, purplish-black edges.
Lehua Maoli (Lehua)
General characteristics: Medium in height, well spreading, slender, maturing within 8 to 12 months, producing from 5 to 10 oha; identified by yellowish-green, widely spreading petioles and light purplish-lilac corm flesh.