ʻOvava

ʻOvava

Fakafaʻafaʻahinga fakasaienisi

Puleʻanga: ʻakau Vahe: ʻakau matala Haʻa: lautengaʻiua Holongā: urticales Kāinga: MORACEAE Kāinga ofi: Ficus Faʻahinga: macrophylla

Hingoa kakato lōua

Ficus macrophylla L. Hingoa lea fakapilitānia: Strangler fig, Banyan

Vakai ki he tala fakalahi: Commons

ʻOku noʻouʻa ʻa e koka ʻe he ʻovava

Ko e ʻovava ko ha fuʻu ʻakau lahi ʻaupito ia.

Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe

• ʻovava, Ficus prolixa, Ficus obliqua, [Polynesian banyan]
• ʻovava tonga, Ficus macrophylla, [Moreton Bay banyan]
• ʻovava fisi, Ficus benjamina, [Weeping banyan]
• ʻovava siaina, Ficus retusa, [Chinese banyan]
• fiki kai
• masi (masipā, masiʻata)
• fiki; ngaahi fiki kehe, Jatropha sp.

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe

• aoa, mati (lea fakahaʻamoa, Ficus prolixa)
• oraʻa (lea fakatahisi)
• ava, āoa (lea fakakuki)

Toe meʻa kehe

ʻI Tongá ni ʻoku ʻasi ko Hina ʻi heʻene tutu ʻi lalo ʻovava, ʻi he māhina kātoa.

Tataku

• Multipurpose trees for agroforestry in the Pacific islands; R.R. Thaman, C.R. Elevitch, K.M. Wilkinson
• 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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