Cyperus mindorensis (Steud.) Huygh

Ko e tuise (hingoa foʻou) ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia, ʻoku ui foki ko e pakopako (hingoa motuʻa) pea ʻoku kau ki he kāinga ʻo e ngaahi pako. Ko hono ngaahi ʻuhinga tatau: Cyperus stoloniferus, C. cyperoides, Kyllinga monocephala.

Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe

vakai ki he ngaahi pakopako kehe

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe

• matie tahiti, matie upoʻo, moʻu upoʻonui (lea fakatahisi)
• kiliʻoʻopu, mauʻu mokae (lea fakahauaiʻi)
• mutia, tuise (lea fakahaʻamoa)
• neke ʻenua, tumu ʻenua, matie karanga (lea fakakuki)
• vayavaya (lea fakapukapuka (motu kuki))

(ko e upoʻo, upoko ko e ʻulu ia ʻi he lea fakatonga)

Tataku

• http://www.hear.org/pier/species/kyllinga_nemoralis.htm
• http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=6304
• Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959

Kyllinga nemoralis, the white water sedge or whitehead spikesedge, is a plant species in the sedge family, Cyperaceae.^[1] It is found in shaded meadows, rock crevices and road sides.^[2]

Description

Kyllinga nemoralis is a perennial creeping sedge spreading by means of a long-creeping rhizome, found in shaded meadows, rock crevices and road sides. Stems erect, up to 55 cm in height, 3-angled; single flower.

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