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Author:

Kepler, Angela Kay, 1943-

Title:

World of bananas in Hawai'i : then and now : traditional Pacific & global varieties, cultures, ornamentals, health & recipes / Angela Kay Kepler and Francis G. Rust.

Publisher:

Pali-o-waipi'o press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

xxiv, 586 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm.

Subject:

Bananas--Varieties--Hawaii.

Other Authors:

Rust, Francis G.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 559-560) and index.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introducing bananas and plantains in Hawai'i -- From far away they came -- Common bananas in Hawai'i -- Plant by the full moon -- Fruits without pollination? (A banana life history) -- pt. I Hawai'i's Mai'a: Traditional bananas & plantains -- ch. 2 Bananas in ancient Hawaiian cultures and landscapes -- Banana uses: clothes, cooking, medicines, and more -- What is---and what is not---a traditional Hawaiian banana? -- Journeys with gods, demigods and menehune -- Post-legendary groves -- Hawaiian agricultural wisdom -- Hawaiian mai'a: An overview -- ch. 3 Iholena Group -- What is the Iholena Group? -- Mai'a Iholena & Mai'a Ha'a -- Mai'a Kapua -- Mai'a Lele -- Mai'a Loha -- Mai'a `Ula'ula -- Mai'a `Upehupehu -- ch. 4 Maoli Group -- What is the Maoli Group? -- Mai'a `Ele'ele -- Mai'a Hai/Haikea -- Mai'a Honomanu -- Mai'a Ihu'u -- Mai'a Kaualau -- Mai'a Mahoe -- Mai'a Manai'ula -- Mai'a Manini/Koa'e/A'ea'e -- Mai'a Maoli --
Contents note continued: ch. 5 Maoli-Popoulu Group: Mai'a `Eke'ula -- ch. 6 Popoulu Group -- What is the Popoulu Group? -- Mai'a Huamoa/Moa -- Mai'a Ka'io -- Mai'a Lahi -- Mai'a Popo'ulu -- Mai'a Pulena -- ch. 7 Pacific bananas: Mai'a Hapai (AA) -- ch. 8 Pacific Fe'i: Mai'a He'i (Musa troglodytarum) -- ch. 9 Do they still survive? -- pt. II International bananas -- ch. 10 Bananas from beyond Hawai'i -- ch. 11 Tongan traditional bananas (AAB) -- Feta'u -- Putalinga Kula and Putalinga Hina -- ch. 12 Bluggoe Group (ABB) -- Introduction & Key to varieties -- `Ice Cream' -- `Kahiki Cream' -- `Largo' -- `Silver Bluggoe' -- ch. 13 Cavendish Group (AAA) -- Introduction & Key to varieties -- `Chinese' -- `Grande Naine' & `Valery' -- `Williams' -- ch. 14 Pome Group (AAB) "Apple bananas" -- Introduction & Key to Varieties -- `Dwarf Brazilian' -- `Hawaiian Apple' -- `Raja Puri' -- ch. 15 Red Group (AAA) -- Introduction & Key to varieties -- `Cuban Red' -- `Dwarf Red' -- `Green Red' --
Contents note continued: ch. 16 Saba Group (ABB) "Philippine Plantains" -- Introduction & Key to varieties -- `Dippig' -- `Praying Hands' -- `Saba #2'/`Opu'ulu -- ch. 17 Uncommon types of bananas -- FHIA experimental bananas (AAAA, AAAB, AABB) -- Gros Michel Group (AAA): `Bluefields' -- Ibota Group (AAA): `Yangambi km5' -- Mysore Group (AAB): `Mysore' -- Philippine Lakatan Group (AA/AAA): `Philippine Lakatan' -- Pisang Awak Group (ABB): `Pisang Awak' & `Dwarf Namwa' -- Pisang Jari Buaya Group (AA): `Monkey Fingers' -- Pisang Raja Group (AAB): `Pisang Raja' -- Pisang Seribu Group (AAB): `Thousand Fingers' -- Pitogo Group (ABB): `Pitogo' -- (True) Plantain Group:2 Introduction & Group Key -- Silk Group (AAB): `Manzano'/(true) `Apple'/`Silk Fig' -- Sucrier, Group (AA): `Sucrier'/`Pisang Mas' -- pt. III Inedible bananas -- ch. 18 Ornamental bananas -- Introduction & Key to species & varieties -- `Beccarii' (M. beccarii) -- `Fuzzy Pink' (M. velutina/dasycarpa) --
Contents note continued: `Laterita' (M. laterita) -- `Ornata' (M. ornata) -- `Red-flowering' banana/`Coccinea'(M. coccinea) -- `Rock' banana (Ensete superbum) -- `Zebrina' (M. acuminata ssp. Zebrina) -- ch. 19 Cordage bananas -- Introduction & Key to species & varieties -- Abaca/Manila Hemp (M. textilis) -- Balbisiana/Koana (M. balbisiana) -- pt. IV Pests, diseases & nutrients -- ch. 20 To worry or not to worry -- ch. 21 Nutrition & nutrient deficiencies -- ch. 22 Corm & root pests -- Banana Corm Weevil -- Nematodes -- ch. 23 Bunch & fruit pests -- Moths -- Thrips -- ch. 24 Leaf & whole plant pests -- Chinese Rose Beetle -- Coconut Scale -- Coconut Mealybug -- Spiraling Whitefly -- Giant African Snail -- Pigs & Cattle -- ch. 25 Fungal diseases -- Black Sigatoka -- Panama (Fusarium) Wilt -- Minor Fungi & Bacteria -- ch. 26 Viral diseases: Banana Bunchy Top & Cucumber Mosaic -- ch. 27 Who dunnit? (Troubleshooting unhealthy bananas) -- pt. V Recipes for dessert & cooking bananas --
Contents note continued: ch. 28 Introduction to banana foods -- Appendices -- I.Easy key to general banana groups in Hawai'i -- II.Genomes & subgroups of bananas in Hawai'i -- III.Hawaiian traditional bananas (mai'a): an annotated master list -- IV.Easy key to varieties & subvarieties of the Iholena Group in Hawai'i -- V.Easy key to varieties & subvarieties of the Maoli Group in Hawai'i -- VI.Easy key to varieties & subvarieties of the Popoulu Group in Hawai'i -- VII.Banana plant terms in English & Hawaiian -- VIII.Hawaiian traditional mai'a: measures of antiquity -- IX.Current threat status of Hawaiian traditional bananas -- X.Basic descriptors for traditional Hawaiian mai'a & fe'i -- XI.Ethnic banana groupings in Hawaiian gardens -- XII.Banana genomes & Simmonds' scoring system -- XIII.List of international banana cultivar names & synonyms in Hawai'i -- XIV.Glossary.

ISBN:

9780983726609
0983726604

OCLC:

(OCoLC)788047946

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)