Limuvai

Limuvai

Fakafaʻafaʻahinga fakasaienisi

Puleʻanga: ʻakau Vahe: ʻakau matala Haʻa: lautengaʻitaha Haʻa siʻi: alismatidae Holongā: najadales Kāinga: RUPPIACEAE Kāinga ofi: Ruppia Faʻahinga: maritima

Hingoa kakato lōua

Ruppia maritima L. Hingoa lea fakapilitānia: Widgeongrass

Vakai ki he tala fakalahi: Commons

Ko e limuvai ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia. ʻOku tatau ʻene ʻasi mo e ngaahi mohuku, ka tupu ʻi he vai, vai melie pe tahi. ʻOku kehe ʻaupito mei he limutahi, ʻoku tupu ʻi he tahi pe ia foki, ʻi he maka fefeka. Kā ko e limuvai, ʻoku ʻi ai hono aka, ʻoku tupu pē ʻi he ʻoneʻone molu, ofi ke he fukahi tahi, ʻi he maama ʻo e laʻā. He onoʻaho naʻa ne fakafaʻahingaʻi ʻi he kāinga ʻo e Potamogetonaceae.

Ngaahi faʻahinga mohuku-tahi kehekehe ʻi Tongá ni

• Syringodium isoetifolium
• Diplanthera uninervis
• Halophila ovalis (Hydrocharitaceae)

Tataku

• http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=RUMA5
• 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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