Catalogue entry · lab-tested · every claim cited
Maui Wowie, also known as Maui Waui and Mowie Wowie, is a cannabis strain from Hawaii: Leafly calls it a classic sativa bred from Hawaiian and an unknown second parent, and Weedmaps says it emerged from Maui’s outdoor growing scene in the 1970s.1,2 The name is also the title of a 2008 Kid Cudi song written as a tribute to the strain.3 It tests at a median total THC of 18.18% across 190 state lab tests of Maui Wowie flower, with the middle half of results between 16.50% and 19.65%; CBD is negligible: 1 of 180 tests that reported CBD reached 1%.4
Maui Wowie is a Hawaiian sativa: Leafly lists Hawaiian × unknown, Weedmaps a Jamaican landrace, seed banks a Maui landrace. Parents, seed lines, offspring.
Plate IIMaui Wowie flower tests at 18.18% median THC (16.50%–19.65%) across 190 state lab results, with too few terpene tests for a profile and almost no CBD.
Plate IIILeafly’s top effects for Maui Wowie are energetic, uplifted and happy; AllBud adds creative and euphoric. Downsides on Leafly: dry mouth, dry eyes, headache.
Plate IVMaui Wowie flowers in 7–9 weeks per Leafly and 9–11 weeks per Weedmaps; seed lines list 63 days to 15 weeks. Breeder specs for a tall, warm-climate sativa.
Plate VMaui Wowie flower was listed by 124 stores near Los Angeles on Weedmaps on Oct 4, 2026. Store counts and eighth prices for 27 US markets.
Plate VIFrom east Maui’s 1970s outdoor growers to a 2008 Kid Cudi song that charted in 2025: the history of Maui Wowie, its name and its disputed parents, with sources.
A strain of cannabis from Hawaii: Leafly describes Maui Wowie as a classic sativa with tropical, pineapple flavors, and Weedmaps says growers around Hāna, on Maui, produced it in the 1970s.1,2 It is also the title of Kid Cudi’s 2008 song “Maui Wowie”, a tribute to the strain, and Wikipedia’s list of cannabis slang records “Maui-wowie” as a nickname for cannabis in general.3,7
A sativa, or sativa-leaning, depending on the source: Leafly calls it a sativa and rates it mostly energizing, AllBud lists 80% sativa and 20% indica, and seed sellers describe their versions as mostly sativa.1,5,8,9 Weedmaps files it as a hybrid.2
Hawaii, in every account, and most often east Maui: Weedmaps places it with the 1970s outdoor growers around Hāna; Leafly’s history of surf culture says early growers named their strains after their regions and that Nāhiku Maui is “today known as Maui Wowie”, though the origin of the name is still debated; and the seed bank Pua Mana Pakalolo says its line comes from Lower Nāhiku.2,10,11 Weedmaps says its exact genetic origin has been lost.2
Lower in THC than most strains we track.4 The median total THC across 190 state lab tests was 18.18%, and 37 of the 42 other strains in our dataset with at least 100 tests have a higher median; only 1.1% of Maui Wowie tests reached 25% or more.4 Leafly lists 19%, Weedmaps 16–24% and AllBud 20–28%.1,2,5
Pineapple and tropical fruit: on Weedmaps, 39% of flavor reports say pineapple, 34% tropical and 27% sweet; Leafly lists tropical, pineapple and citrus, and AllBud lists citrus, fruity, pineapple and sweet, with a smell of pine, citrus and lavender.1,2,5
A different strain: Leafly lists Cherry Maui Wowie, or CMW, as a hybrid cross of Cherry Pie and Maui Wowie from the brand Rythm.12 In our lab data, results labelled “Cherry Maui Wowie” (11) and “Maui Wowie x Cherry Pie” (24) are excluded from Maui Wowie’s count.4
Full lab data: by year, by state, terpenes and the downloadable dataset →
Maui Wowie was the top-selling strain in Ohio in Leafly’s 2025 ranking, built from millions of dispensary orders; Leafly calls it a “legendary Hawaiian landrace”.13 The Marijuana Herald’s September 2026 list of top sellers in the 23 adult-use states, based on Headset, state and Leafly data, names Bananas for Ohio instead.14 In California, Headset figures published by Cannabis Business Times put Maui Wowie seventh on the vape-pen chart for January–November 2024, with $13.9 million in sales, and on the pre-roll chart with $7.6 million; in 2025 it dropped off the pre-roll top 10.15,16,17,18
Kid Cudi’s 2008 song “Maui Wowie”, a tribute to the strain, went viral on TikTok from September 2025 and reached No. 71 on the Billboard Hot 100.3 Leafly’s list of the 100 best strains files Maui Wowie under feeling energetic, and its Leafly page shows 1,879 ratings averaging 4.3.1,19
| Market | Stores | Menu items | Median eighth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles, CA | 124 | 223 | $14.23 (n=100) |
| New York, NY | 75 | 136 | $35.70 (n=66) |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 18 | 26 | $14.50 (n=10) |
| Detroit, MI | 17 | 19 | $35.00 (n=1) |
| Boston, MA | 16 | 19 | $30.50 (n=10) |
| Seattle, WA | 14 | 15 | $30.00 (n=7) |
Stores within 50 miles listing Maui Wowie flower on Weedmaps, Oct 4, 2026.20
In Germany, where it is a prescription medicine, weed.de lists 1 pharmacy product made from Maui Wowie; in-stock flower starts at €4.95 a gram.26
Maui Wowie
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