Misimisi

Misimisi

Fakafaʻafaʻahinga fakasaienisi

Puleʻanga: ʻakau Vahe: ʻakau matala Haʻa: lautengaʻitaha Holongā: zingiberales Kāinga: CANNACEAE Kāinga ofi: Canna Faʻahinga: indica

Hingoa kakato lōua

Canna indica L. Hingoa lea fakapilitānia: Canna, Indian shot

ʻū tenga

Ko e misimisi ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia mo e matalaʻiʻakau engeenga pe kulokula. Ko ʻene ʻū tenga ʻoku ʻuliʻuli mo e mamafa mo e fefeka, ʻenau ʻasi ʻoku tatau mo e ngaahi foʻi pulukōkō. ʻA ia ko e hingoa Polinisia ko e fana-manu, pe ʻa e hingoa fakapilitānia Indian shot.

Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe

• misimisi kokaʻanga, Maranta arundinacea (MARANTACEAE), arrowroot, obedience plant; lou lanu-ua
• misimisi ʻa e pulu = fanamanu; mahalo pē maʻa e ngaahi tenga pē ?
• misimisi papālangi; Iris sp. (IRIDACEAE)
• teuila; ʻoku kehe, kā meimei tatau ʻene ʻasi

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe

• pia-rarotoʻa, reʻa-puaʻaniho (lea fakatahisi)
• aliʻipoe, poloka (lea fakahauaiʻi)
• fagafaga (lea fakafutuna)
• fa‘i masoa, fagamanu, fanamanu (lea fakahaʻamoa)
• nūāenga, pia-renga, tiare-papaʻā (lea fakakuki)
• gasau ni ga (lea fakafisi)

Tataku

• http://www.hear.org/pier/species/canna_indica.htm
• Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
• Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
• Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959

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