Hairy Beggarticks

Ko e fisiʻuli ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia. ʻOku engeenga hono matala (hinehina maʻa e B. pilosa minor), pea ʻoku nau liliu ki he ʻuliʻuli ʻi he taimi tupu tenga. ʻOku matoʻo faingofua ʻaupito ʻa ʻene tenga, ʻoku pipiki ki he fulufulu pe ki he ngaahi vala ʻo e kakai. Pea ʻoku faingataʻa ʻa ʻenau huʻi. Tatau mo ha kutufisi, ʻa ia hono hingoa ʻi he lea fakapilitānia ko e kutu ʻo e kolepaʻanga.

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe

• kofetoga (lea fakaniuē)
• tae puaka (lea fakafutuna)
• piripiri (lea fakatahisi)
• kī, nehe, kī nehe, kīpipili (lea fakahauaiʻi)
• piripiri, piripiri kerekere, piripiri nīroa (lea fakakuki)
• batimadramadra, batikalawau, matakaro, matua kamate (lea fakafisi)

Tataku

• http://www.hear.org/pier/species/bidens_pilosa.htm
• Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
• Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
• Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959
• D.R. Drake et al., Rain forest vegetation of ʻEua Island, New Zealand Journal of Botany 34, 1996