Lekakula (Lekakula 'akau) kava

Lekakula, also written Lekakula 'akau, is a kava cultivar from Ha'apai, Tonga. Legal class: Noble.

Origin

Island: Ha'apai. Country: Tonga. Coordinates: -19.75, -174.3667. Ha'apai on the kava map.

Legal standing

Noble, per Codex CXS 336R-2020 and the FAO/WHO kava discussion paper.

Chemotype

No chemotype has been published for Lekakula by any source we could read. That is a gap in the record, not a measurement of zero.

How it is described

No published account of how Lekakula is said to feel.

Taste and mouthfeel

No published tasting notes.

Background

• “Leka means short or dwarf and kula means red”, Lebot & Levesque 1989, in Johnston & Rogers, Hawaiian 'Awa

Availability

Rarely exported. Rarely leaves the islands.

Documentation

Corroborated. Sources cited on this page:

• Codex CXS 336R-2020 and the FAO/WHO kava discussion paper
• Lebot & Levesque 1989, in Johnston & Rogers, Hawaiian 'Awa