Globe Amaranth

Ko e malila pe laumalila ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia. ʻOku fuolahi hono matalaʻi ʻakau, ko e meʻa fuopotopoto mo e kulokula (pe hinehina), pea ʻoku tuai pē ʻenau mae ʻosi he toli. Ko e ʻakau ʻomi mei ʻAmelika loto.

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe

• malila kura, malila tea (lea fakaniuē)
• poʻe ʻura (lea fakatahisi)
• lehua, lehua mau loa, lehua moa loa, lehua pepa (lea fakahauaiʻi)
• malila (lea fakahaʻamoa)
• pōkai kura (lea fakakuki)
• poʻai ʻura (lea fakamangareva)

Toe meʻa kehe

Ko e hingoa ʻo e Tuʻimalila (ko e fonu mei he ʻeikivaka Sēmisi Kuki), ʻoku haʻu mei heni ?

Tataku

• http://www.hear.org/pier/species/gomphrena_globosa.htm
• http://www.hear.org/starr/plants/images/species/?q=gomphrena+globosa
• Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
• Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959