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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 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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