CULTIVAR PROFILE

Rapoza

Hawaii

University of Hawaii horticulturists selected Rapoza at Poamoho Experiment Farm in 1985 as FR6T6. Its name honors farm employee Herbert Rapoza. Parentage record: Selected from open-pollinated Irwin seedlings; the pollen parent is undocumented. This is a historical breeding record, not genetic verification.

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Identification noteFruit color, size and season vary with climate and ripeness. Compare several clues, not one photograph.

Rapoza mango — Rapoza flowers - Maui reference — **Rapoza flowers - Maui reference**Named Rapoza reference (flowers).
Photo: Forest & Kim StarrSource ↗CC BY 3.0 US ↗

ORIGIN

Regional context

Hawaii

Oceania & Hawaii

FLAVOR

Taste profile

Low-fibre flesh

University of Hawaii selection from Poamoho, recorded as an open-pollinated Irwin seedling.

IDENTITY

Rapoza

University of Hawaii horticulturists selected Rapoza at Poamoho Experiment Farm in 1985 as FR6T6. Its name honors farm employee Herbert Rapoza.

Recorded parentage: Selected from open-pollinated Irwin seedlings; the pollen parent is undocumented. This is a historical breeding record, not genetic verification. ↗

FRUIT

Ripeness and aroma

Bally's 2006 Pacific profile describes yellow-orange skin with a red-orange blush, low-fibre flesh and a monoembryonic seed. The gallery's spotted fruit illustrates bacterial black spot, not normal ripe appearance or a cultivar resistance rating.

R. A. Hamilton and P. J. Ito / University of Hawaii: Rapoza fact sheet (1993) ↗

I. S. E. Bally: Mangifera indica, Pacific Island Agroforestry profile (2006), hosted by UH/CTAHR ↗

Rapoza

Regional context

Taste profile

Rapoza

Ripeness and aroma

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