Ko te maika (reo Hawaii: mai‘a; Reo Tahiti: mei‘a o me‘a,[2] reo Tonga: fusi[3]) he hua roa me kiko reka mai ngā tipu ō puninga Musa.[4][5]

Tētahi kāhui hua me pua roa (moa[1]) maika i Hāpa, i te raki o te motu Poroneo.

Taketake te maika mai te motu Papua.[6] Heoi ana, ka whakatuputupu te tipu maika waenga i te ngā whenua pārūrū o Āhia-ki-te-tonga-mā-rāwhiti me te Ao-o-Kiwa.[4] Kāore tēnei tipu maho ki te āhuarangi makariri o Aotearoa.[7][8]

Ka whakamahi tana rau whārahi mō tākai o te kai.[5]

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  2. Proto-Polynesian Etymologies: *Maika. Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden. Benton Family Trust. 2024.
  3. Malcolm Ross, Andrew Pawley & Meredith Osmond (2008). The Lexicon of Proto Oceanic: The culture and environment of ancestral Oceanic society. Pukapuka tua-3: Plants. Ng. wh. 275-278. ISBN 9780858835894.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Musa L. Plants of the World Online. 2024.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Morton, Julia F. (2013). Fruits of warm climates. Echo Point Books & Media. Ng. wh. 29–46. ISBN 978-1-62654-976-0.
  6. Tim Denham (Oketopa 2011). "Early Agriculture and Plant Domestication in New Guinea and Island Southeast Asia". Current Anthropology. 52 (S4): S379–S395. doi:10.1086/658682
  7. Louise Furey (2006). Maori Gardening: An archaeological perspective. Wh. 10. Te Papa Atawhai. ISBN 047814122X. – "Ngā tupu mai i Hawaiki". Te Ara. 24 Noema 2008.
  8. E. Pawson & T. Brooking (2002). Environmental Histories of New Zealand. Wh. X-X. Oxford University Press.