Meleni

Meleni

Fakafaʻafaʻahinga fakasaienisi

Puleʻanga: ʻakau Vahe: ʻakau matala Haʻa: lautengaʻiua Holongā: cucurbitales Kāinga: CUCURBITACEAE Kāinga ofi: Citrullus Faʻahinga: lanatus

Hingoa kakato lōua

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai Hingoa lea fakapilitānia: Watermelon

Vakai ki he tala fakalahi: Commons & Wikispecies

Ko e meleni ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia mo e ngaahi foʻi fua lahi mo huʻohuʻa, manakoa ʻe he kakai Tonga kotoa pē. Ko e hingoa motuʻa ko e C. vulgaris.

Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe

• meleni maka, Cucumis melo
• meleni ʻa e kumā, Cucumis callosus

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe

• merēni (lea fakatahisi, lea fakakuki)
• meleni (lea fakahaʻamoa, lea fakatūvalu, lea fakaniuē)

Tataku

• Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
• Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
• Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959

Ko e kupu ʻeni ko e potuʻi ia (stub). ʻIo, ko koe, kātaki tokoni mai ʻi hono ngāue fatu fakalahi.