Offer Young Taro Leaves To Hawaii Five-0 Episode E'ao Lu'au A Kualima

Summary: The Hawaii Five-0 episode E'ao Luau A Kualima Feb. 22, 2019, arises from ancient abilities to always offer young taro leaves to lu'aus.

Hawaiians traditionally dedicate small pondfields (lo'i) to taro (kalo) cultivation; (on left) a ditch ('auwai) diverts stream water to the lo'i; Maunawili Valley, windward O'ahu: Hawaiians traditionally dedicate small pondfields (lo'i) to taro (kalo) cultivation; (on left) a ditch ('auwai) diverts stream water to the lo'i; Maunawili Valley, windward O'ahu; Saturday, Sep. 7, 2002, 12:24: Eric Guinther (Marshman at en.wikipedia), CC BY SA 3.0 Unported, via Wikimedia Commons

Hawaii Five-0 2010 active police procedural series episode E'ao Lu'au A Kualima Feb. 22, 2019, alludes to ancient agriculture allowing even wave-slapped, weather-soaked Keawalua beach to offer young taro leaves to familial, friendly lu'aus.

Director Alex O'Loughlin and writers Matt Wheeler and David Wolkove brandish Season 9's 17th episode as second part of the season's first, series' third double episode. The series' 210th episode overall commences with one of the 'ōlelo no'eau (proverbs) that commemorate the ancient Hawaiian language and its ancient comportment, culture and customs. Ancient Hawaiian culture delegated distinct daily and ritual duties to such taro plant body parts as edible, large, starchy underground stems and fresh young taro leaves.

Taro emerged from the grave of Hāloanakalaukapalili (Breath long quivering), elder brother of the first Hawaiian, Hāloa, and Ho'ohokukalani's (Starmaker) and Wākea's (Sky Father) stillborn son.

The life cycles of perennial taro, fêted as Hawaiian kalo, fit leafing, fruiting and seeding around flowering from February through April and from August through September.

Cuttings, offshoots and stems vegetatively and rare seeds sexually generate the Araceae (from Greek άρον, áron, "arum" and Latin -āceae, "resembling") family subtropical and tropical member. Green-yellow or orange-red, one- to 50-seeded, rare berries have brown-yellow, elliptical or oval, lengthwise-ribbed, rare, 0.039- to 0.059-inch- (1- to 1.5-millimeter-) high, 0.032-inch- (0.8-millimeter-) wide seeds. Taro, identified by Carl Linneaus (May 23, 1707-Jan. 10, 1778) and Heinrich Schott (Jan. 7, 1794-March 5, 1865), includes 0.12- to 0.19-inch- (3- to 5-millimeter-) fruits.

Pollinating flies journey within 9.84- to 101.6-inch (25- to 40-centimeter-) long, 6-inch- (15.24-centimeter-) wide spathes (from Greek σπάθη, spáthē, "blade") for female, male and sterile flowers.

Two- to 6.49-inch- (5.08- to 16.5-centimeter-) long spadixes (from Greek σπᾱ́δῑξ, spádīx, "palm branch") keep fetid-smelling, 0.019- to 0.32-inch- (0.5- to 0.8-millimeter) diameter female flowers bottom-most.

Heart-shaped, 3.94- to 39.37- (10- to 100-centimeter-) long and wide leaves lie atop 9.84- to 78.74-inch- (25- to 200-centimeter-) high petioles (from Latin petiolus, "little foot"). Mature taro maintains 3- to 6-foot- (0.91- to 1.83-meter-) high and wide, 1- to 3-plus-foot- (0.31- to 0.91-plus-meter-) wide growth habits at 5.91-foot- (1.8-meter-) planting intervals. Taro, named Colocasia esculenta (from Greek κολοκασία, kolokasía, "sacred lotus" and Latin ēsculenta, "edible"), nestles atop rounded corms (from Greek κορμός, kormós, "trunk stripped of boughs").

Black-brown, root-threaded, scale-leafed, 2.21- to 8.82-pound (1- to 4-kilogram), 11.81-inch- (30-centimeter-) long, 1.18- to 5.91-inch- (3- to 15-centimeter-) wide corms offer internodes with axillary corm-reproducing buds.

Taro perhaps proliferated from wild Bangladesh, East India and Nepal into cultivated Southeast and East Asia; the Pacific Islands; West Asia; Africa; the Caribbean and America.

Cool, flowing 5.91-inch (15-centimeter-) deep floodwaters and 70.87 to 106.29-inch (1,800- to 2,700-millimeter) rainfall versus dry-land-cultivation respectively queue up mature taro within six and 12 months. Taro requires sea-level through 3,280.84- to 8,858.27-foot (1,000- to 2,700-meter) altitudes; moisture-retentive, rich, semi-shaded, well-drained soil pHs between 5.5 and 6.5; and 200-plus frost-free, warm days. Temperatures between 69.8 and 95 degrees Fahrenheit (21 to 35 degrees Celsius) and United States Department of Agriculture hardiness zones 9 through 11 support taro sustainability.

Aphids, leaf blight, root rot, soft rot, spider mites and whiteflies threaten taro sustainability far more traumatically than Hawaiian kalo turned into food wraps for lu'aus.

Hawaii Five-0 Task Force's Captain Lou Grover (Chi McBride), Detective Sergeant Danny "Danno" Williams (Scott Caan) and Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin) investigate a heist at the Bank of O'ahu in CBS TV's Hawaii Five-0 season 9, episode 17, E'ao Lu'au A Kualima: CBS Hawaii Five-0 episode 9.17 promotional photo, via SpoilerTV Feb. 6, 2019

Acknowledgment

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Hawaiians traditionally dedicate small pondfields (lo'i) to taro (kalo) cultivation; (on left) a ditch ('auwai) diverts stream water to the lo'i; Maunawili Valley, windward O'ahu; Saturday, Sep. 7, 2002, 12:24: Eric Guinther (Marshman at en.wikipedia), CC BY SA 3.0 Unported, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalo_Loi_Harvest.jpg

Hawaii Five-0 Task Force's Captain Lou Grover (Chi McBride), Detective Sergeant Danny "Danno" Williams (Scott Caan) and Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin) investigate a heist at the Bank of O'ahu in CBS TV's Hawaii Five-0 season 9, episode 17, E'ao Lu'au A Kualima: CBS Hawaii Five-0 episode 9.17 promotional photo, via SpoilerTV Feb. 6, 2019, @ https://www.spoilertv.com/2019/02/hawaii-five-0-episode-916-917-press.html

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