Loupata

Ko e loupata ko e fuʻu ʻakau lahi ia, ʻomi mei Fisi. ʻOku lahi ʻaupito ko hono lau, mahalo pē sm ʻe 40, moe fuo fakaloupata. ʻOku sai pē ʻa e ʻakau maʻa e tufunga.

Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe
loupata; koʻeni
loupata, M. stipulosa pe M. carolinensis; ʻoku tātātaha ange

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe
laupata (lea fakaʻuvea, lea fakafutuna)
pata, laupapata (lea fakahaʻamoa)
au fatu; putafatu, M. stipulosa
ʻenua (lea fakakuki)
saʻa (lea fakalotuma)

Toe meʻa kehe
ʻOku ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lau lahi maʻa e ʻufiʻufi ʻumu, ʻoku ui ko e lepo ia, pe lepolaupata (kā ko e ʻakau lepo ko e meʻa kehe ia).

Tataku
http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=6355
Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
Flowers of the Pacific island seashore; W.A. Whistler; ISBN 978-0-8248-1528-8
Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959
D.R. Drake et al., Rain forest vegetation of ʻEua Island, New Zealand