Matavivi

Matavivi

Fakafaʻafaʻahinga fakasaienisi

Puleʻanga: ʻakau Vahe: ʻakau matala Haʻa: lautengaʻiua Holongā: malpighiales Kāinga: EUPHORBIACEAE Kāinga ofi: Euphorbia Faʻahinga: tithymaloides

Hingoa kakato lōua

Euphorbia tithymaloides L. Hingoa lea fakapilitānia: Redbird cactus, Devil's backbone, Zigzag plant

Vakai ki he tala fakalahi: Commons & Wikispecies

ʻOku ʻasi heni ʻa e fepiupiuaki

Ko e matavivi (hingoa taʻefakalakanga, mei he lea fakaniuē) ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia. Naʻa ne ʻomi ki Tongá ni ʻikai fuoloa, kā naʻe vave ʻene tupu ki he ʻakau vao.

Ko hono ʻuhinga tatau:

• fakasaienisi: Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poit., Pedilanthus carinatus
• mei he lea fakapilitānia: kakatisi manupunakula (koeʻuhi ʻa e fuo ʻo hono matalaʻiʻakau), huituʻa ʻo e tēvolo pe ʻakau fepiupiuaki

Ngaahi fakakeheʻi kehekehe

• matavivi lanutaha; ko e ngaahi lau lanumata (vakai ki he ongo ʻata)
• matavivi ʻingoʻingoʻi, var. variegatus; ko e ngaahi lau lanufiofio, mata mo e tea

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe

• matavivi (lea fakaniuē)

Toe meʻa kehe

Kapau ʻoku ʻikai matala pe ʻoku siʻisiʻi pē ʻa e matalaʻiheilala, ʻoku ngāueʻakiʻis ʻa e matalaʻimatavivi maʻa e fai kahoa. Meʻapango, ʻoku meimei tatau ʻena ʻasi, kā ʻoku ʻikai ha manongi ki he matavivi.

Tataku

• http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=6490
• http://www.hear.org/pier/species/pedilanthus_tithymaloides.htm

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