Kaute
Ko ngā kupu "kaute" (i ngā reo Tonga me Māori Kuki Airani) me "‘aute" (i ngā reo Hāmoa me Tahiti)[1] he ngā ingoa mōhiohia waenga i ngā tangata Ao-o-Kiwa mō tētahi momo tipu taka mai e Āhia-ki-te-tonga-mā-rāwhiti me whakatuputupu ki ngā whenua pārūrū. Ko te ingoa pūtaiao o tēnei tipu he Hibiscus rosa-sinensis.[1][2] Kāore e tipu i Aotearoa nei. He mura me kura tona pua.
Kei te mahia te pua kaute ki te tae kura mō ngā kākahu,[3] i mahia hoki ona ngā raurau hei te rongoā ki te nganga o te kiri.[4]
Ngā tohutoro
[takatā | takatā pūtake]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Paul Alan Cox & Sandra Anne Banack (1991). Islands, Plants, and Polynesians: An Introduction to Polynesian Ethnobotany. Wh. 54. Institute for Polynesian Studies, Brigham Young University Hawaii Campus. ISBN 0931146186.
- ↑ "Hibiscus rosa-sinensis". Cook Islands Biodiversity. The Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust. 2007.
- ↑ Paul J. Kores (1989). A Precursory Study of Fijian Orchids. Wh. 368.
- ↑ W. Arthur Whistler (1992). Polynesian Herbal Medicine. Wh. 156. National Tropical Botanical Garden. ISBN 0-915809-16-8.