kalo
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kalo
taro (Colocasia esculenta)
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A contemporary Hawaiian diet consists of many tuberous plants, particularly sweet potato and kalo.
A nonnative apple snail (Pomacea canaliculata) is a major culprit along with a plant rot disease traced to a newly identified species of Fungus in the genus Phytophthora that now affects kalo crops throughout Hawaii.
An "open" poi bowl is connected to this concept because Hāloa (kalo) is the name of the firstborn son of the parents who begat the entire human race under Hawaiian legend.
Compare: :lamazi kali "beautiful woman" (nominative case) :lamazo kalo!
Hawaiians have traditionally used water irrigation systems to produce kalo.
A viewer who saw the story on ABC Action News on Friday contacted Whittington about seeing Kalo cross the busy State Road 60.