Teuila

Teuila

Fakafaʻafaʻahinga fakasaienisi

Puleʻanga: ʻakau Vahe: ʻakau matala Haʻa: lautengaʻitaha Holongā: zingiberales Kāinga: ZINGIBERACEAE Kāinga ofi: Hedychium Faʻahinga: coronarium

Hingoa kakato lōua

Hedychium coronarium J.König Hingoa lea fakapilitānia: White ginger, Butterfly ginger

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Ko e teuila pe tēvunga, ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia. ʻI he ngaahi fonua lahi taha ʻo Polinisia ʻoku pehē ʻe he kakai ʻoku tatau ko e teuila mo e tēvunga. Kā ʻosi he fakakaukau, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e teuila tea mo e teuila kula.

Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe

• teuila = teuila tea; koʻeni
• tēvunga = teuila kula
• misimisi; meimei tatau ʻene ʻasi, matalaʻiʻakau kulokula pe engeenga

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe

• ʻōpuhi, ʻōpuhi tea (lea fakatahisi, Amomum cevuga(?))
• ʻawapuhi keʻokeʻo (lea fakahauaiʻi)
• teuila, teuila paepae (lea fakahaʻamoa)
• kōpī, kōpī teatea, kaopui teatea, reʻa, reʻa teatea (lea fakakuki)
• cevuga, cevuga vula, dalasika, drove (lea fakafisi)

Tataku

• http://www.hear.org/pier/species/hedychium_coronarium.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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