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Comparison

Maui Wowie vs Pineapple Express

Leafly gives both strains a Hawaiian parent: Pineapple Express is Trainwreck × Hawaiian, and Maui Wowie Hawaiian × an unknown strain.1,2 Both are rated energizing and list pineapple, tropical and citrus flavors, and Pineapple Express tests higher in state labs: 19.80% median THC against 18.18% for Maui Wowie.1,2,3

Side by side

Maui WowiePineapple Express
TypeSativa (Leafly)2Sativa-dominant hybrid (Leafly)1
LineageHawaiian × an unknown strain (Leafly)2Trainwreck × Hawaiian (Leafly)1
Median THC (state lab tests)18.18% (190 tests)19.80% (461 tests)
Middle half of THC results16.50%–19.65%17.54%–21.75%
Top terpenes (median)Too few tests report individual terpenesβ-Caryophyllene, α-Humulene, β-Myrcene (125 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsEnergetic, uplifted, happy2Happy, giggly, energetic1
FlavorTropical, pineapple, citrus2Pineapple, tropical, citrus1
California vape pens, Jan–Nov 2024$13.9 million4$29.1 million4

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.3

Lab-tested THC: Maui Wowie vs Pineapple Express

16% 18% 20% 22% Pineapple Express Pineapple Express: median 19.80%, middle half 17.54%–21.75%, 461 tests 19.8% n=461 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.3

A Hawaiian parent on both sides?

Weedmaps describes Hawaiian as a family of island landraces that includes Maui Wowie, and Leafly names Hawaiian as a parent of both strains without saying which line; a shared ancestor is possible but not documented.1,2,5 In California pre-rolls, January–November 2024, Pineapple Express sold $10.0 million to Maui Wowie’s $7.6 million.6 Pineapple Express has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at pineappleexpressstrain.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 139 stores for Pineapple Express; around New York the counts were 75 and 76.7

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Pineapple Express (aka Pex) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Maui Wowie (aka Maui Waui, Mowie Wowie) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Cannabis Business Times, Best-selling vapor pen strains in California: 2024 (chart in Cannabis Business Times; data from Headset) (2024-12-30). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. Weedmaps, Hawaiian strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Cannabis Business Times, Best-selling pre-roll strains in California: 2024 (chart in Cannabis Business Times; data from Headset) (2024-12-30). 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.