Sita

Sita

Fakafaʻafaʻahinga fakasaienisi

Puleʻanga: ʻakau Vahe: ʻakau matala Haʻa: lautengaʻiua Holongā: sapindales Kāinga: MELIACEAE Kāinga ofi: Melia Faʻahinga: azedarach

Hingoa kakato lōua

Melia azedarach L. Hingoa lea fakapilitānia: Chinaberry

Vakai ki he tala fakalahi: Commons

ko e ngaahi matalaʻisita

sita kula

sita hina

Ko e sita (lea fakapilitānia: cedar) ko e fuʻu ʻakau lahi ʻe niʻihi ia, ko e ngaahi fuʻu ʻakau kotoa ʻoku tatauʻ enau asi mo e cedar.

Tokanga: ʻoku fakakona ke mate ko e meʻa kotoa pē ʻo e ʻakaú ni.

Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe

• sita; koʻeni, [chinaberry, bead tree, persian lilac, white cedar], M. australis, M. japonica, M. sempervivens
• sita hina, Cedrela odorata L., [westindian cedar]
• sita kula, Toona ciliata M.Roem., Cedrela australis, Cedrela toona, Toona australis, Cedrela sinensis, [Australian red cedar, Indian mahogany]
• nimi

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe

• sili, tili (lea fakaniuē)
• tīra (lea fakatahisi, lea fakakuki, mei he cedar, pe "tira" = ule)
• ʻilinia, ʻinia (lea fakahauaiʻi)
• tuna (lea fakahaʻamoa, Toona ciliata)
• miro tahiti (lea fakarapanui)
• bakain, dake (lea fakafisi)

Tataku

• http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=6383
• http://www.hear.org/pier/species/melia_azedarach.htm
• 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
• Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959
• D.R. Drake et al., Rain forest vegetation of ʻEua Island, New Zealand Journal of Botany 34, 1996

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