Lilevai

Ko e lile vai (mei he lea fakapilitānia) ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia, ʻoku maʻanu ʻi he vai melie, ʻomi ki Tongá ni. ʻOku lahi ʻa e ngaahi faʻahinga mo e ngaahi fakakeheʻi fakatupu.

Ko e faʻahinga ʻi he ʻata mahalo pē ko e Nymphaea pubescens ?? ʻOku nau tupu ʻi he ano ʻo ʻAtenisi.

ʻOku ʻikai ko e lile moʻoni ia, ko e ngaahi lile moʻoni ʻoku nau kau ki he haʻa lautengaʻitaha.

 Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe 
 riri vai, riri moevai (=lile mohe vai) (lea fakakuki) Nymphaea capensis cvs. (vakai foki ki he hainitevai)

 Tataku 
 http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=6445
 http://www.hear.org/pier/species/nymphaea_spp.htm
 Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward