Matataha

Matataha

Fakafaʻafaʻahinga fakasaienisi

Puleʻanga: ʻakau Vahe: ʻakau matala Haʻa: lautengaʻiua Holongā: piperales Kāinga: PIPERACEAE Kāinga ofi: Peperomia Faʻahinga: leptostachya

Hingoa kakato lōua

Peperomia leptostachya Hook. & Arn. Hingoa lea fakapilitānia: Hairy peperomia

Vakai ki he tala fakalahi: Commons

Ko e matataha pe matatane ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia. ʻOku lahi ʻene tupu ʻi Polinisia kotoa, kā ʻi Tongá ni, ʻoku (naʻe ?) tupu ʻi ʻEua pē. ʻOku ui foki ko e Peperomia blanda var. floribunda

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe

• ʻalaʻala wai nui (lea fakahauaiʻi)
• pikimato (lea fakakuki)

Tataku

• Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
• Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959

Ko e kupu ʻeni ko e potuʻi ia (stub). ʻIo, ko koe, kātaki tokoni mai ʻi hono ngāue fatu fakalahi.