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Momo: | R. sapida
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Binomial name | |
Rhopalostylis sapida |
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.[1] Ko te ingoa pūtaiao he Rhopalostylis sapida, ko te ingoa reo Pākehā he Nīkau palm.