Kalakalaʻāpusi

Ko e kalakalaʻāpusi ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia mei he kāinga Acalypha (lau kopa). Ko e ʻakau ʻomi mei Fisi, kā ʻoku ʻikai tuʻufonua ʻi hē. Mahalo pē naʻa ne fakatupu mei Maleisia.

ʻOku ʻikai pau ʻa e tupuʻanga ʻo hono hingoa. Ko e kalakala ʻa e pusi ia, pe ko e foʻi lea kehe ʻomi mei Fisi: kalabuci?

Ko e ʻuhinga tatau: Acalypha tricolor (koeʻuhi ko e tapa engeenga).

ʻOku kehe foki mo e ikuʻipusi kulaʻahoʻaho, neongo ko e kāinga tatau pē.

Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe
kalakalaʻāpusi, A. wilkesiana forma circinata; lau lanumata mo e fāʻū
kalakalaʻāpusi; lau lanukopa

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe
kāpaiē, kaope pā (=pā kopa) (lea fakakuki)
kalabuci, damu (lea fakafisi, Acalypha virgata)
kalaapuhi (lea fakaʻuvea, Acalypha grandis)
kalaapusi (lea fakafutuna, Acalypha grandis)

Tataku
http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=5694
Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959