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If you see this priority pest fill out the online report form, go to a walk-in reporting location, or call in your sighting.
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Flower and fruit
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Banana poka is noticeable when it hangs from roadside shrubs or powerlines
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Inside of fruit
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Identification:
Banana poka is an agressive semi-woody vine in the passionfruit family that smothers trees, fences, pastures,farm land, and forests. It covers thousands of acres on Hawaii and Kauai and has become a widespread pest on the island of Maui (upcountry East Maui, see map) It is not out of control yet in Molokai. This semi-woody vine in the passionfruit family has banana-yellow oblong fruits filled with orange pulp and black seeds. The pendant tublular pink flowers hang down from the vine and are very noticeable. Leaves have 3 deep lobes, and are hairy underneath and hairless on top.
Characteristics:
More information about this pest 
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Banana poka look-alikes:
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Passionfruit fruit (Passiflora edulis)
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Passionfruit species (Passiflora species):
A variety of passionfruit types grow in Hawaii. Bananana poka can be distinguished by its tubular pink flowers, and oblong yellow fruit.
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Passionfruit (Passiflora edulis) does not have the long, tubular flower shape
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Download this Banana poka priority pest identification flyer  and share with your neighbors, friends, and family. Help keep Maui County free from new pests!
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Last Updated: Wednesday May 03 2006. If you have any questions about the Maui County Early Detection Reporting Tool contact reportapest-maui@hawaii.edu.
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