Pakaka

Ko e pakaka ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi, ko e vao ia, ʻoku tupu ʻi he feituʻu kotoa pē. ʻOku ngāueʻaki ʻa e toʻi ʻi hono lou maʻa e faitoʻo ʻo e lavea. ʻOku siʻisiʻi pē ʻa hono matalaʻiʻakau, neongo ko e lauʻimatala ʻi tuʻa ʻoku fakalahi.

Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe
pakaka; koʻeni; kā ʻoku ʻoatu ʻa e hingoa ʻe Yuncker ki he Erigeron sumatrensis pe Conyza sumatrensis (Retz.) E. Walker pe Conyza albidus Willd. ex Sprengl. pe Conyza floribunda, ko e faʻahinga kehe ʻaupito ia, ʻoku meimei tatau ʻene ʻasi mo ha pakopako, ko e faʻahinga mei he kāinga ʻo e pako
pakopako; ko e hingoa ʻoku ngāueʻaki ʻe Yuncker maʻa ʻeni; mahalo naʻe fetongi ?
pakaka, Eleutheranthera ruderalis (Sw.) Sch. Bip., (ASTERACEAE); ʻoku meimei tatau mo e Synedrella nodiflora, kae ko hono matalaʻiʻakau ʻoku siʻisiʻi ange koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai fakalahi ʻa e ngaahi lauʻimatala, ko e lahi ʻe taha pē ʻo nautolu, pea ko e tuʻunga ʻo e ngaahi lou ʻoku taʻefuopotopoto ange.

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe
tauatini (=tahaafe) (lea fakatahisi)
lauʻotiʻoti, taeʻoti (=taʻeʻosi) (lea fakahaʻamoa)
ngaroiarui (lea fakakuki)

Tataku
http://www.hear.org/pier/species/synedrella_nodiflora.htm
http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=6694
http://www.hear.org/pier/species/eleutheranthera_ruderalis.htm
http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=6100
Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959