Vunga

Vunga

Fakafaʻafaʻahinga fakasaienisi

Puleʻanga: ʻakau Vahe: ʻakau matala Haʻa: lautengaʻiua Holongā: Myrtales Kāinga: Myrtaceae Kāinga ofi: Metrosideros Faʻahinga: collina

Hingoa kakato lōua

Metrosideros collina Banks ex Gaertn. Hingoa lea fakapilitānia: Heartwood (sp)

Vakai ki he tala fakalahi: Commons

Ko e vunga ko ha fuʻu ʻakau fakatuʻi ia, mo e ʻakau namu lelei ʻaupito. Ko e kakala ʻiloa ia.

ʻOku ʻauhamālie ʻi Tongá ni, kae kei tupu ʻi he kāungafonua. Mahalo pē ko e vunga ʻi Tongá ni naʻe tatau mo e fakakeheʻi ʻo Fisi: ʻoku ʻikai, pe siʻisiʻi pē hano matalaʻiʻakau, ʻoku ʻikai ha kākunga ki Tahisi pe Hauaiʻi pe ko e pōhutukawa ʻi Nuʻu Sila; pea ʻoku ʻikai fuopotopoto hono lau, ʻoku lōloa mo e lanu kopa maʻa e lau mui (tatau mo e heilala).

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe

• vuga (lea fakafisi, M. collina var. vitiensis)
• ʻanume (lea fakahaʻamoa, vakai foki ki he kānume)
• puarata (lea fakatahisi, M. collina var. villosa pe M. kermadecensis (Tahiti); matalaʻiʻakau lahi, vakai he faitaá)
• ʻōhiʻa lehua (lea fakahauaiʻi, M. collina var. polymorpha (Springfield); matalaʻiʻakau lahi)

Toe meʻa kehe

ʻOku toe pē hono hingoa ʻi he kupuʻilea heliaki: ahi mo e vunga.

Tataku

• http://www.redlandsnursery.com.au/infonotes/msfiji.htm faitā vunga moʻoni
• Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959

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