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Comparison

Maui Wowie vs Durban Poison

Both are sativas tied to one place: Durban Poison is a pure sativa from the South African port city of Durban, and Maui Wowie comes from Hawaii.1,2 Leafly’s list of the 100 best strains files both under feeling energetic, and Durban Poison tests higher in state labs: 19.45% median THC against 18.18%, with terpinolene as its leading terpene.3,4

Side by side

Maui WowieDurban Poison
TypeSativa (Leafly)2Pure sativa (Leafly)1
OriginHawaii; Maui’s outdoor growers in the 1970s, per Weedmaps5Durban, South Africa1
Median THC (state lab tests)18.18% (190 tests)19.45% (528 tests)
Middle half of THC results16.50%–19.65%17.33%–21.99%
Top terpenes (median)Too few tests report individual terpenesTerpinolene, β-Myrcene, β-Caryophyllene (235 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsEnergetic, uplifted, happy2Focused, energetic, uplifted1
FlavorTropical, pineapple, citrus2Pine, earthy, sage1
Flowering7–9 weeks (Leafly)27–9 weeks (Leafly)1

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.4

Lab-tested THC: Maui Wowie vs Durban Poison

16% 18% 20% 22% Durban Poison Durban Poison: median 19.45%, middle half 17.33%–21.99%, 528 tests 19.4% n=528 Maui Wowie Maui Wowie: median 18.18%, middle half 16.50%–19.65%, 190 tests 18.2% n=190 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests.4

Landrace or not

Leafly lists Durban Poison’s parent as an African landrace.1 For Maui Wowie the label is disputed even within Leafly: its strain page describes a cross of Hawaiian and an unknown strain, while its 2025 best-seller list calls Maui Wowie a Hawaiian landrace (see genetics).1,2,6 Durban Poison has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at durbanpoisonstrain.com.

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, 124 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Maui Wowie flower on Weedmaps, against 174 stores for Durban Poison; around New York the counts were 75 and 79.7

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Durban Poison strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Maui Wowie (aka Maui Waui, Mowie Wowie) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Leafly, Leafly’s 100 best weed strains of all time (2026-07-14). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. Weedmaps, Maui Wowie strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Leafly, The best-selling weed strains of 2025 (Morgan Rosendale) (2026-02-02). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 4, 2026. Accessed Oct 4, 2026. Latest capture Oct 4, 2026.