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Comparison

Pineapple Express vs Maui Wowie

Maui Wowie is the Hawaiian side of the comparison: Leafly calls it a classic sativa from a cross of Hawaiian and an unknown strain, while Pineapple Express is usually listed as Trainwreck × Hawaiian.1,2 Both are rated energizing and list pineapple, tropical and citrus flavors, and Maui Wowie tests lower in state labs: 18.18% median THC against 19.80%.1,2,3

Side by side

Pineapple ExpressMaui Wowie
TypeSativa-dominant hybrid (Leafly)2Sativa1
LineageTrainwreck × Hawaiian in most accounts2Hawaiian × an unknown strain1
Median THC (state lab tests)19.80% (461 tests)18.18% (190 tests)
Middle half of THC results17.54%–21.75%16.50%–19.65%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, α-Humulene, β-Myrcene (125 tests)Too few tests report individual terpenes (9)
Leafly’s top effectsHappy, giggly, energetic2Energetic, uplifted, happy1
FlavorPineapple, tropical, citrus2Tropical, pineapple, citrus1
Flowering7–9 weeks (Leafly)27–9 weeks (Leafly)1

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

Lab-tested THC: Pineapple Express vs Maui Wowie

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

Names and roots

Leafly says Maui Wowie comes from Hawaii’s volcanic soil and is also known as Maui Waui; its list of the 100 best strains files both Maui Wowie and Pineapple Express under feeling energetic.1,4 Maui Wowie has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at mauiwowiestrain.com.

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, 139 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Pineapple Express flower on Weedmaps, against 124 stores for Maui Wowie; around New York the counts were 76 and 75.5

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Maui Wowie (aka Maui Waui) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Pineapple Express (aka Pex) 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. Leafly, Leafly’s 100 best weed strains of all time (2026-07-14). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. 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.