Vaʻepaka
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| Fakafaʻafaʻahinga fakasaienisi | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 ?).
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.