Tāupoʻou

Ko e tāupoʻou ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia, ko e ʻakau matala neongo ʻene ʻasi he kulutuma pe ko e hā.

ʻOku ʻikai te ne tatau mo e ʻuluʻitāupoʻou, ko e ʻakau tengaefuefu, kā mahalo pē naʻe hala ʻa e kakai.

Naʻa ne kau ki he LILIACEAE ʻi he taimi kuo hili. Naʻe ui foki ko e Protasparagus plumosus, Protasparagus setaceus. ʻOku tatau foki ʻene ʻasi mo hono hingoa ki he A. setaceus pe Asparagopsis setacea, ka ki he kau saienisi ko e faʻahinga kehe ia; ʻoku ʻikai ʻene talatala peku ʻi hono sino.

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe
remu (lea fakakuki, A. setaceus)
lau liliʻi (lea fakahaʻamoa, A. plumosus)

Tataku
http://www.hear.org/pier/species/asparagus_plumosus.htm
http://www.hear.org/pier/species/asparagus_setaceus.htm
Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959