Mahakea kava

Hawaii Island, Hawaii. Legal class: noble, per Codex CXS 336R-2020 and the FAO/WHO kava discussion paper.

Chemotype

• 461235 — Lebot et al. 1999 HPLC, in Johnston & Rogers, Hawaiian 'Awa (sample 1 of 5)
• 426315 — Lebot et al. 1999 HPLC, in Johnston & Rogers, Hawaiian 'Awa (sample 2 of 5)
• 462531 — Lebot et al. 1999 HPLC, in Johnston & Rogers, Hawaiian 'Awa (sample 3 of 5)
• 462351 — Lebot et al. 1999 HPLC, in Johnston & Rogers, Hawaiian 'Awa (sample 4 of 5)
• 461235 — Lebot et al. 1999 HPLC, in Johnston & Rogers, Hawaiian 'Awa (sample 5 of 5)
• 461235 — Kava Library (vendor-published single value)

What has been published

• Better than average potency with nicely balanced effects — Kava Library
• One of the more common cultivars in Hawaiian forests. Fast growing, erect, with a large stump within two years — Lebot et al. 1999 HPLC, in Johnston & Rogers, Hawaiian 'Awa
• A 2015 study measured the root beverage at 432615, a different ordering again from the five root samples Lebot reported — Wang et al. 2015, J Food Sci Technol