Ngā Rauropi Whakaoranga

Kōareare, Paeangaanga, Pātai, Kakatarahaere, Tautaumahei, Kākātarahae, Mamatatiti, Upokotiketike, Takatakāpo, Kohuorangi

Taro cultivars grown in Hawkes Bay and on the East Coast.

Kōareare was a white-fleshed sort. Kākātarahaere was a dark-fleshed sort. See also Pongo, Turitaka, Waruaārangi, Kinakina (Colenso 1880).

In Williams 1971:

Kākātarahae - a large variety of taro, with red leaf-stalks.

Kohuorangi - a small red variety of taro

Kōareare - a variety of taro with running roots

Best 1925 lists Kaka-tarahae as a kūmara cultivar. Not recorded as such elsewhere (by Colenso, Hammond, Williams etc)