Bauhinia

Ko e fehi muli (hingoa taʻefakalakanga) ko e fuʻu ʻakau lahi ia, ʻomi ki Tongá ni mei Matakasikali, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ai hano hingoa tuʻufonua. ʻOku ʻikai tatau mo e fehi moʻoni, kā ʻoku ui ko e fehi ʻe he kakai Tongan, mahalo pē koeʻuhi ʻoku tātātaha ʻa e fehi moʻoni.

ʻOku lahi ʻaupito ʻa e matalaʻifehimuli, meimei tatau mo e ʻōhai lahi pe ha ʻoketi, pea ʻoku ʻi ai hano matalaʻiʻakau iiki pē ki he fehi moʻoni. Kā ʻoku lahi ʻaupito (sm ʻe 20) ʻa hona ngeʻesi tenga, pea ʻoku fefeka hona ʻakau, sai maʻa e tufunga.

ʻOku mohe ʻa e ngaahi lau lolotonga he pō.

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe

• pinē fua loloa (piini fua lōloa (lea fakaniuē)
• pine (lea fakatahisi)
• vae povi (lea fakahaʻamoa)
• pī, pine, ʻīpena (lea fakakuki)

Tataku

• Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959