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Fakafaʻafaʻahinga fakasaienisi

Puleʻanga: ʻakau Vahe: ʻakau matala Haʻa: lautengaʻitaha Holongā: Asparagales Kāinga: Laxmanniaceae Kāinga ofi: Cordyline Faʻahinga: fruticosa

Hingoa kakato lōua

Cordyline fruticosa (L.) A. Chev. Hingoa lea fakapilitānia: Ti plant

Vakai ki he tala fakalahi: Commons

ko e sī tongotongo ʻi heʻene matala

Ko e sī ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi mo haʻane ngaahi foʻi lau lahi. Ko hono aka, kapau motuʻa ʻa e ʻakau, ʻoku mēlie ʻaupito.

ʻI onoʻaho naʻe vahavaheʻi ia ʻi he kāinga ʻo e Agavaceae pe Liliaceae, ʻoku teʻeki pau ʻa e kau saienisi. Pehē pē ʻoku toe lahi hano ʻuhinga tatau:

• Convallaria fruticosa L. (basionym)
• Asparagus terminalis L. (hingoa taʻefakalao)
• Cordyline terminalis (L.) Kunth (koeʻuhi haʻane ngāueʻaki he ʻā)
• Cordyline terminalis var. ferra Baker
• Dracaena terminalis L., Lam. (hingoa taʻefakalao)
• Dracaena terminalis Rich.
• Terminalis fruticosa (L.) Kuntze

Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe

• sī melo
• sī kula (lau kulokula, vakai ki he ʻata ʻi mataʻu)
• sī leʻa pe sī mataleʻa
• sī tongotongo (lau lanumata)
• sī kauvalu
• sī matani

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe

• kī (lea fakahauaiʻi)
• tī (lea fakamauli, lea fakahaʻamoa)
• ʻautī (lea fakatahisi, (ko e tī ko e aka pē)
• masawe (lea fakafisi)
• langue de femme (Réunion: ʻelelo ʻo e fefine)

Toe meʻa kehe

Ko e lau ʻoku ngāueʻaki he sisi, ko e teunga faiva.

Tataku

• 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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