Puko
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| Fakafaʻafaʻahinga fakasaienisi | ||||||||||||||
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| Hingoa kakato lōua | ||||||||||||||
| Pisonia grandis Hingoa lea fakapilitānia: Lettuce tree | ||||||||||||||
 Vakai ki he tala fakalahi: Commons |
Ko e puko ko e fuʻu ʻakau lahi ʻaupito ia, mahalo pē mita ʻe 20 ʻi ʻolunga, kā ʻoku ʻikai ha meʻa ʻoku ke lava ngāueʻaki. Neongo, taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻoku tupu pē ki he mita ʻe 2 ʻi ʻolunga pe ofi ki ai. ʻOku lahi ngaahi fuʻu ʻi he matātahi.
ʻOku ui ko e fotulona ʻe Yuncker, kā naʻa ne fakafetongi kinaua. Ko e fotulona ʻoku tupu foki ʻi he matātahi, kā ʻoku kehe ʻaupito. Ko e meʻa fakangalingalikehe ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e fetongi tatau ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe.
ʻOua ʻe fakapuputuʻu mo e touhuni, ʻoku tatau ʻa e ʻasi ʻo hona lou, kae ʻoku kehe ko e toenga. Ko e fuʻu lahi ʻa e ʻakaú ni.
Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe
fatuʻi vaheHingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe
fatuʻi vahe- pukasea (lea fakaniuē)
- pukotala (lea fakaʻuvea, Hernandia peitata) ko e puko ʻoku tala?
- puka (lea fakafutuna, Hernandia peitata)
- puka, puatea (lea fakahauaiʻi)
- puʻavai (lea fakahaʻamoa)
- puka, pukatea, puka Avarua (lea fakakuki)
- puʻatea (lea fakatahisi)
- pukavai (lea fakatūvalu)
- buka (lea fakafisi)
Toe meʻa kehe
fatuʻi vaheʻI he taimi tukufakaholo naʻe lava lea ʻa e ngaahi fuʻu puko. Vakai ki he folau ʻa Kae.
| Lea heliaki fakatonga |
| tala poʻuli ʻa puko |
Tataku
fatuʻi vahe- Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
- Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
- Multipurpose trees for agroforestry in the Pacific islands; R.R. Thaman, C.R. Elevitch, K.M. Wilkinson
- Flowers of the Pacific island seashore; W.A. Whistler; ISBN 978-0-8248-1528-8
- Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959
- D.R. Drake, Rain forest vegetation of ʻEua Island, New Zealand Journal of Botany 34, 1996
