Nīkau
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Rhopalostylis sapida H.Wendl. & Drude |

Ka puta ngā pua i te kōhiwi o te Nīkau; hei kai mā te Kererū ngā hua whero nei
Ko te Nīkau he rākau whakauru, he rākau taketake o Aotearoa. Ka whakamahia ngā rau hei rauwhare. Ki ētahi, he ingoa reo Māori anō mō te mea pakeke rawa, arā he Kaihuia. Ka kohia te rito o te nīkau, hei kai. Kei ngā moutere mahana o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, ko nīkau he ingoa mō ngā rau o te niu, arā o te kokonati. Ko te ingoa pūtaiao he Rhopalostylis sapida, ko te ingoa reo Pākehā he Nīkau palm.
Hoto ki waho[edit | edit source]
- New Zealand Plant Conservation Network, URL: Rhopalostylis sapida, he mea kite i te 21 o ngā rā o Haratua, 2007.
He whakaahua, he konae mō te Nīkau kei te Wikimedia Commons.
Tohutoro[edit | edit source]
- Metcalf, Laurie, 2002. A Photographic Guide to Trees of New Zealand. Tāmaki-makau-rau: New Holland.
- Salmon, J.T., 1986. The Native Trees of New Zealand. Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara: Heinneman Reed.