ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻohe mea e pili ana i nā ʻuala, kēia mea kanu nani - aia ia no ka ʻohana nightshade. Akā nā pua, a ʻo nā lau e like me ka ʻuala. Pōlohelohe ka lāʻau, ʻano like ʻole, no laila ua manaʻo ʻo ia i kahi ʻano kūikawā.
ʻO kekahi kumulāʻau ʻokiʻoki, ʻo ia hoʻi i loko o kahi ʻano kūliuki ʻē aʻe ʻo Solanum rantonnetii) me nā pua ʻoniʻula-uliuli me kahi maka ʻōmole.
Aia kahi ʻanoʻokoʻa o ka kumulāʻau hua: piʻi ma luna a nui. Pahu aku nā pana i ʻelua mau mika. ʻO nā lau he liʻiliʻi, oval, "me ka fluff", nā pua pua a ʻeleʻele-violet a keʻokeʻo paha me ke kikowaena melemele. He nui a maikaʻi paha ka lāʻau o ka mea ʻuala a hiki i ka lā Mei a ʻOkakopa.
Keola Kai, a i ʻole Pelekona Solanacea (Blue Potato Bush)© ʻO Frank Vincentz
Hele mai kā mākou lāʻau kanu mai ʻAmelika Hema mai, no laila makemake nui ʻia i ka ʻoluʻolu. Inā makemake ʻoe e ulu i loko o ka ʻāina, e hoʻomanaʻo: ʻo ka pōpō palupalu e hoʻopau i ka mea kanu.
No ka hoʻokō i nā pua nani loa, e kau i kahi "ʻuala" i kahi wahi e waiho mau ai ia i ka lā, akā pale ʻia mai ka makani a me ka ua.
Pono ʻoe e inu i ka wai, ʻoi aku ka wela - ʻelua mau lā i ka lā, kakahiaka a i ke ahiahi. I ka wā uluʻana, e hoʻohui i ka wai pua pua wai i ka wai hoʻokahi i ka pule.
E nānā pono i nā lau: inā hoʻomaka lākou e huli i ka melemele, e hoʻoikaika koke i ka nui o ke kapa e kū pono ʻia, inā ʻaʻole e hāleo i lalo.
Keola Kai, a i ʻole Pelekona Solanacea (Blue Potato Bush)Kūleʻa pinepine ka "ʻuala", no laila hiki ke hōʻoki ʻia nā pihi o nā wana i kekahi mau manawa i kēlā me kēia kau. He aha e hana me ka hoʻoilo? E kau i kahi lumi maloʻo mālie, wai. ʻAʻole pono ka mahana o ka lewa i ka lumi ma mua o 7 mau kiʻekiʻe.
I mea e pale aku ai i nā pōpō a me nā limu mai ka pili ʻana i ka mea kanu, hōʻiliʻili pinepine i ka lumi, e makaʻala ʻaʻole e hopu i ka pua.
I ke kauwela, e kōkua i ka lāʻau ʻuala - hoʻopaʻa iā ia i ka trellis, a ua mākaukau ka paia o nā pua nani iā ʻoe. Eia kekahi, waho nā kala i waho. A i kāu poʻe hoalauna e kahaha nei, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻōlelo ʻo ia e pua ana i kahi ʻano pānaʻi hou,
Keola Kai, a i ʻole Pelekona Solanacea (Blue Potato Bush)Mea i hoʻohana ʻia:
- Daria Ermilova
