Kilisimasi (ʻakau)

Ko e kilisimasi ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia, aʻu ki he mita ʻe 6 ki ʻolunga. Ko e ʻakau ʻomi mei Siaina, mo e lahi hono matalaʻiʻakau lahi mo kulokula pe fekika, pea mo e engeenga ʻi loto. ʻOku manakoa ʻi he ngaahi ngoue. ʻOku ui ko e 'kilisimasi' ʻi Tongá ni, koeʻuhi ʻoku ne matala ʻi he taimi ko iá.

Kilisimasi

Fakafaʻafaʻahinga fakasaienisi

Puleʻanga: ʻakau Vahe: ʻakau matala Haʻa: lautengaʻiua Holongā: myrtales Kāinga: MYRTACEAE Kāinga ofi: Lagerstroemia Faʻahinga: indica

Hingoa kakato lōua

Lagerstroemia indica (L.) Pers. Hingoa lea fakapilitānia: Queen-of-flowers, Christmas bush, Crape myrtle

Commons Species Vakai ki he tala fakalahi: Commons & Wikispecies

matalaʻiʻakau ʻoku ofi

Lagerstroemia indica

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe

• tiare tūava (lea fakakuki)

Tataku

• http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=6308
• Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
• Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959

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