Iwi kava
Iwi is a kava cultivar from Madang, Papua New Guinea. Legal class: Two-day (tudei).
Not a noble cultivar. Two-day kava. Identified as a tudei chemotype by Lebot, Merlin and Lindstrom.
Origin
Island: Madang. Country: Papua New Guinea. Coordinates: -5.2167, 145.8. Madang on the kava map.
Legal standing
Two-day (tudei), per Lebot & Levesque 1989, in Johnston & Rogers, Hawaiian 'Awa.
Chemotype
A chemotype ranks the six kavalactones from most to least abundant. It says nothing about how much kava is in the root, only about the order.
| Code | Kavalactones, most to least abundant | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 256431 | Dihydrokavain > Dihydromethysticin > Methysticin > Kavain > Yangonin > Desmethoxyyangonin (Kavain ranks fourth or lower) | Lebot & Levesque 1989, in Johnston & Rogers, Hawaiian 'Awa; 29.62% total kavalactones |
How it is described
No published account of how Iwi is said to feel.
Taste and mouthfeel
No published tasting notes.
Background
No background published beyond its legal listing.
Availability
Rarely exported. Rarely leaves the islands.
Documentation
Corroborated. Sources cited on this page: