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.

 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
http://www.hear.org/pier/species/ocimum_basilicum.htm