Kuta

Kuta

Fakafaʻafaʻahinga fakasaienisi

Puleʻanga: ʻakau Vahe: ʻakau matala Haʻa: lautengaʻitaha Holongā: poales Kāinga: pako Kāinga ofi: Eleocharis Faʻahinga: dulcis

Hingoa kakato lōua

Eleocharis dulcis (Burm.f.) Trin. ex Hensch. Hingoa lea fakapilitānia: Water chestnut

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kuta fakafisi

ko e fohaʻikuta

Kuta ngofe

Fakafaʻafaʻahinga fakasaienisi

Puleʻanga: ʻakau Vahe: ʻakau matala Haʻa: lautengaʻitaha Holongā: poales Kāinga: pako Kāinga ofi: Lepironia Faʻahinga: mucronata

Hingoa kakato lōua

Lepironia mucronata Rich.

Ko e ongo kuta ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia, tupu ʻi he ano pe ofi ki ai, fakatātā ko e ano Ngofe pe Vailahi mo e toe ange. ʻOku sai maʻa fai ngaahi taʻovala ʻe he kakai ʻo Tuʻanuku, pe langa fihu. ʻOku tupu foki ʻa e ngaahi foha ʻi he aka, ʻoku sai ke kai.

Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe

• kuta (pe kuta fakafisi); lanu enga-mata (maama), ʻi Ngofe, ʻoku tupu ʻi he tapatakai ʻo e ano, ʻi he vai ʻikai loloto.
• kuta ngofe; lanu mata-pulū (poʻuli), tupu ʻi he lotomālie ʻo Ngofe pē, ʻoku mita ʻe taha hono loloto.

Ko e ongo feituʻu maama mo e poʻuli, ʻoku tupu ai ʻa e ongo kuta, ʻoku mataʻāʻā ʻi he ongo faitā ʻi mataʻu.

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe

• ʻutuʻutu (lea fakahaʻamoa)
• kuta, sasa, taria (lea fakafisi)

Tataku

• http://www.hear.org/pier/species/eleocharis_dulcis.htm
• Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
• Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
• Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959

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