Apu (Oapu)
General characteristics: Short, moderately spreading, stocky, maturing within 6 to 9 months, producing from 10 to 15 oha; resembles Apuwai very closely, the latter having a more crinkled leaf blade and a deeper-set piko.
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Tahitian
General characteristics: Medium in height, moderately spreading, stocky, maturing within 9 to 12 months, producing from 2 to 5 oha; similar to Manapiko but with much lighter petioles and leaf blades.
Manapiko
General characteristics: Medium in height, erect, stocky, maturing within 12 to 15 months, producing from 2 to 5 oha; recognized by purplish blotching on piko extending along midrib and on primary veins of the lobes, forming a more or less distinct Y.
Piko Eleele (Haehae Eleele, Helemauna, Ipuolono, Makaopio)
General characteristics: Medium in height, erect, moderately stocky, maturing within 12 to 15 months, producing from 5 to 10 oha; distinguished from other Piko taros by dark purplish petioles.
Mana Kukuluhema (Manua)
General characteristics: Short medium in height, moderately spreading, maturing within 9 to 12 months, producing two or three branches; differentiated from Mana Keokeo by lighter petioles and whitish rather than light lilac-pink or purple leaf-scar rings on corms.
Mana keokeo (Mana Kea)
General characteristics: Medium in height, erect, maturing within 7 to 12 months, producing two or three branches; characterized by dark green petioles with distinct pinkish-red edges.
Mana Lauloa
General characteristics: Medium in height to tall, stiffly erect, maturing within 9 to 12 months, producing two or three branches; characterized by large, somewhat ovate leaf blades and dark green petioles with dark brownish-purple on lower portion.
Mana Ulaula (Mana Ha Ulaula)
General characteristics: Medium in height to tall, slender, erect, maturing within 9 to 12 months, producing two or three branches; readily identified by purplish-red flecking along the entire petiole, with almost complete absence of green coloration.
Mana Weo (Weo)
General characteristics: Medium in height to tall, slender, stiffly erect, maturing within 9 to 12 months, producing two or three branches; distinguished from other Mana by conspicuous, dark purplish petiole edges.
Mana Opelu (Ala Pipika)
General characteristics: Medium in height, erect, moderately stocky, maturing within 7 to 12 months, producing two or three branches; distinguished by the yellow corm flesh and heavy reddish-brown flecking on the lower portion of the petiole.