HE KUPU HUAOTA

Muka, Volume 5, Issue 3, 1 June 1992, Page 4

HE KUPU HUAOTA

ROOTS AND BRANCHES NGA PAKIAKA ME NGA ROHA root (of a tree) - pakiaka J root (long, slender); - toi rhizome - toi .v; ’ stem, stalk - tata ‘ trunk - tiwai large branch - ruha branch ; (smaller) - peka J branchlets/twigs - rara LEAVES NGA RAU leaf . : . " - rau ;;x:C compound leaf - tawhera leaflet - —tawheraiti^ trifoliate - tawheratoru 5-foliate - tawherarima 7-foliate - tawherawhitu midrib - karawha vein (of leaf) "V • - : iarau > heart-shaped - ; .;; matakawa pinnate -1- - matahuru finely divided - hungahunga smooth-edged ; - v rauene toothed : - niniho ; ; : ; wavy ' :: > x’:;; : ’" - pungarungaru recurved - kokeu tomentum - nehurau oil gland - repenoni domatia - marua glaucous bloom - hanama of leaf tendril - kawekawe* petiole - tatarau phylloclade - > tatapapa succulent ‘ - tuawhiti thick - matotoru leathery - kiriuka scale-like leaf - rau inohi frond - rauhuru thallus - rau tuawhiti FLOWERS NGA PUA flower - pua peduncle - tatapua flower head - puhui pua raceme, spike - puhui roa umbel - puhui pirara panicle - >: V - puhui ttrepa ; ' anther - ;-r. . - ; ketehae . • petal , - raupua y. catkin . - huahae

FRUIT NGA HUA fruit - hua cone - hua inohi seed head - puhui hua seed, spore, pip - pata stone (of a fruit) - karihi drupe (stone fruit) - kakano berry (fleshy fruit with several pips) - kakano patatini flesh - kiko HABIT AHUATANGA erect - takotako tufted - wekuweku prostrate - tukupapa creeping (mat plant) - rarapiri much branched - raratini finely divided - hungahunga perforated - tuwatawata unbranched - hahore drooping - kupakupa compact, tight - kiato spreading, lax - turaha straggling - tutarere juvenile form - puhouhou divaricating, interlaced - rirapa