Hua

Ka whai hua te rākau i muri iho te whakatō o te puehu nō ona pua mai ona taihema toa ki ona taihema uwha.^[1] Ka mura te kiri hua (i te reo Pākehā: peel, exocarp) ana, ka kōpē me waiwai tona kiko (i te reo Pākehā: endocarp) ina maoa.^[2] He reka ētahi kiko hua, he kawa ētahi kiko hua. He kohura ngā hua me purapura.

E whakamanea, e kaingia ana ērā hua i ngā kararehe pērā i te manu me te tangata. E tikoa ana ngā purapura mai te hua kaingia, e tipu ana rākau hou mai ērā purapura.^[3]

Ngā tohutoro

↑ B. Rosie Lerner & Peter Hirst (2016). "Pollination of Fruits and Nuts". Purdue University Department of Horticulture.
↑ "Fruit, Pericarp, Endocarp, Exocarp, Mesocarp". Master Garderners of Northern Virginia Illustrated Glossary. 2024.
↑ M. Fenner (1992). Seeds: The Ecology of Regeneration in Plant Communities. Ng. wh. 112-3. ISBN 0851994326.

[1] B. Rosie Lerner & Peter Hirst (2016). "Pollination of Fruits and Nuts". Purdue University Department of Horticulture.

[:0-2] "Fruit, Pericarp, Endocarp, Exocarp, Mesocarp". Master Garderners of Northern Virginia Illustrated Glossary. 2024.

[3] M. Fenner (1992). Seeds: The Ecology of Regeneration in Plant Communities. Ng. wh. 112-3. ISBN 0851994326.

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