Vaʻepaka

Vaʻepaka

Fakafaʻafaʻahinga fakasaienisi

Puleʻanga: ʻakau Vahe: ʻakau matala Haʻa: lautengaʻitaha Holongā: zingiberales Kāinga: HELIOCONIACEAE Kāinga ofi: Heliconia Faʻahinga: psittacorum

Hingoa kakato lōua

Heliconia psittacorum L. Hingoa lea fakapilitānia: Crabclaw heliconia, Parrotbeak heliconia

Vakai ki he tala fakalahi: Commons

Ko e vaʻepaka pe ngutukakā pe helikonia ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia. Ko e ʻakau ʻomi mei ʻAmelika-loto ia. Ko e H. psittacorum ʻoku faʻafai ʻi he ngaahi ngoue kakala ʻi Tongá ni, neongo ʻoku tupu ʻi ai foki ko e H. caribaea pea mo e H. stricta pea mo e H. rostrata pea mo e H. collinsiana var. collinsiana (manu ʻo e palataisi kulokula ?).

Heliconia rostrata

Heliconia collinsiana var. collinsiana

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe

• vae paʻa (lea fakahaʻamoa, vaʻe paka)
• tiare pārata‘ito (lea fakakuki, siale ngutukakā)

Tataku

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070929090203/http://www.hear.org/pier/species/heliconia_spp.htm
• http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=6215

Ko e kupu ʻeni ko e potuʻi ia (stub). ʻIo, ko koe, kātaki tokoni mai ʻi hono ngāue fatu fakalahi.