Taʻetaʻe

Ko e taʻetaʻe ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia, tupu ʻi māmani kotoa, ngāueʻaki ʻi he tī pe ʻaonga ʻi he kai. Naʻe ako ia ʻe he kau pālangi, ʻa ia hono hingoa ʻe taha: ʻakau papālangi. Ko hono hingoa fika tolu, ko e sanga māhalo pē ko e sipelahalaʻi ia mei he foʻi lea sauga, ko hono hingoa ʻi he lea fakahaʻamoa. Ko e hingoa mili, ʻoku ngāueʻaki ʻi he kāungafonua ʻe niʻihi, ʻoku ne haʻu mei he mint, ko e hingoa ʻe taha ʻi he lea fakapilitānia.

Taʻetaʻe

Fakafaʻafaʻahinga fakasaienisi

Puleʻanga: ʻakau Vahe: ʻakau matala Haʻa: lautengaʻiua Holongā: lamiales Kāinga: LAMIACEAE Kāinga ofi: Ocimum Faʻahinga: basilicum

Hingoa kakato lōua

Ocimum basilicum L. Hingoa lea fakapilitānia: Basil

Commons Species Vakai ki he tala fakalahi: Commons & Wikispecies

Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe

• meimei tatau, kae ʻoku lahi ange: Ocimum gratissimum L.

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe

• (lāʻau) sauga (lea fakahaʻamoa)
• momili, momili elo, momili manogi (lea fakaniuē)
• miri (kura) (lea fakakuki)
• miri (lea fakatahisi)
• mili (lea fakatūvalu)
• kī ‘aʻala, kī paoa (lea fakahauaiʻi)

Tataku

• Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100909231101/http://www.hear.org/pier/species/ocimum_basilicum.htm

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