Kūmara cultivar names recorded from East Coast and Hawkes Bay by Colenso.
Māori names
Māori names
Hāwere, Kairorowhare, Kawakawatawhiti, Kāwau, Kiokiorangi, Kurararangi, Māori, Ngakomoa, Paihaukākā, Pātea, Pehu, Raumataki, Taputini, Tokoū, Tutaetara, Tūtanga (Colenso writes "Tutaanga")
Description
Kūmara cultivars cultivated on the East Coast and in Hawkes Bay.
"I do not consider the forgoing lists [Northern districts and East Coast/Hawkes Bay] as anything like exhaustive ... many of them I have both seen and eaten, 40 years ago and more. My two lists I have obtained from six sources, three north and three east coast, extending over 35 years, and I have been surprised at their great general uniformity. In all, the sort called parakaraka is said to be 'the eldest variety'; the lists from the East Coast did not clearly specify the differences" (Colenso 1880).
The following varieties listed elsewhere were also grown in the East - Toroamahoe, Monenehu, Parakaraka, Pokerekahu, Anurangi (ibid.)
All listed by Best 1925, except for Hāwere
