maiʻa Polapola / maiʻa Pola.pola /
n., A species of banana (Musa troglodytarum 🌐, syn. M. fehi) recently introduced to Hawaiʻi, known in the South Pacific from Mangareva west to the Moluccas. It has a tall, black trunk and upright fruiting stalk bearing large fruits with reddish-orange skin, yellow flesh, edible when cooked, sometimes made into poi maiʻa. Literally, Borabora [i.e., Tahitian] banana.
- References:
- HP 177.
- Neal 250.
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