Ko te kupu kahika (i te reo Tonga: fekika, i te reo Tahiti: ʻahiʻa, i te reo Hawaii: ʻōhiʻa)^[1][2] he ingoa o mua ō tētahi momo tipu whakatuputupu ki ngā whenua pārūrū ki paparahi Āhia me te Ao-o-Kiwa. Ko te ingoa pūtaiao o tēnei tipu he Syzygium malaccense.^[3][4]

Kāore he tipu Syzygium malaccense i Aotearoa nei, nō reira ko te ingoa o tipu "kahikatea" tūātia ka maumahara ki ngā hua reka ō tērā tipu.^[2]

1. ↑ Malcolm Ross, Andrew Pawley & Meredith Osmond (2008). The Lexicon of Proto Oceanic: The culture and environment of ancestral Oceanic society. Pukapuka tua-3: Plants. Ng. wh. 348-349. ISBN 9780858835894.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Proto-Polynesian Etymologies: *Kafika. Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden. Benton Family Trust. 2024.
3. ↑ Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry. Plants of the World Online. 2024.
4. ↑ Morton, Julia F. (1987). Fruits of warm climates. Echo Point Books & Media. Ng. wh. 378–381. ISBN 978-1-62654-976-0.