Rahmedel kava

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

Chemotype

• 463251 — Lebot et al. 1999 HPLC, in Johnston & Rogers, Hawaiian 'Awa

What has been published

• Reported locally as the stronger of Pohnpei's two cultivars — Lebot et al. 1999 HPLC, in Johnston & Rogers, Hawaiian 'Awa
• Reserved for the Nahnmwarki, the paramount chief. Slower growing and less hardy; the oldest plants are presented at feasts and funerals — Lebot et al. 1999 HPLC, in Johnston & Rogers, Hawaiian 'Awa