Mauritius Hemp

Ko e faumalila ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia. ʻOku faʻu ʻa e maea mei ai, tatau mo e fau. ʻOku ui foki ʻa e ʻakau ko e Furcraea gigantea pe Agave gigantea, pea ʻoku ne haʻu mei he kāinga, ʻoku haʻu mei ai ʻa e faʻahinga maea ʻe taha, ʻoku ui ko e sisal ʻi he lea fakapilitānia.

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe

• toua (lea fakaniuē)
• malina (lea fakahaʻamoa)
• rōpiāni, piāni (lea fakakuki)

Tataku

• http://www.hear.org/pier/species/furcraea_foetida.htm
• Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
• Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
• Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959
• D.R. Drake et al., Rain forest vegetation of ʻEua Island, New Zealand Journal of Botany 34, 1996