Huni kula
Fakafaʻafaʻahinga fakasaienisi
Puleʻanga:ʻakau
Vahe:ʻakau matala
Haʻa:lautengaʻiua
Holongā:gentianales
Kāinga:RUBIACEAE
Kāinga ofi:Ixora
Faʻahinga:coccinea
Hingoa kakato lōua
Ixora coccinea L.
Hingoa lea fakapilitānia: Flame of the forest
Vakai ki he tala fakalahi:
Commons

Ko e huni kula ko e fuʻu ʻakau ia, mita ʻe 2 ʻi olunga, mo e matalaʻiʻakau iiki mo e kulokula. ʻOku meimei tatau ʻene ʻasi mo e huni, kā ko e faʻahinga ʻakau kehe ʻaupito. Ko e ʻakau foʻou mo e ʻomi ia, kā ʻoku manakoa ʻi he ngaahi ngoue ʻapi kolo. ʻOku lahi hono ngaahi fuo mo e matalaʻiʻakau lanu kehekehe.

huni kula enga
huni kula tea

Mahalo pē ʻoku tatau ia mo e Ixora chinensis pe Ixora casei.

Ko e fuʻu ʻakau mo hono matalaʻiʻakau hinehina, ko e huni tea, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e faʻahinga mo hono lauʻimatala loloa ange mo e lausiʻi ange, ko e Ixora finlaysoniana Wall. ex G. Don.

  • 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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