Fau

Ko e fau ko e ʻakau lahi mo e ngaahi matalaʻiʻakau engeenga, kae ʻoku ʻikai haʻane namu. ʻOku sai ʻene tupu ofi ki he matātahi, ʻa ia hono ongo hingoa ʻi he lea fakapilitānia. ʻOku ui foki ko e Hawaiʻian hibiscus pe Giant hibiscus.

Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe
fauhina
faukula
faumalila
fauʻolongā
fauʻingo, loa (Hibiscus abelmoschus L.)
fauʻakio
kaute
kaute mohe

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe
fau tagaloa (lea fakahaʻamoa)
fau (lea fakaʻuvea, lea fakafutuna)
vau (lea fakafisi)
pūrau (lea fakatahisi, hau ʻi he ISV)
hau (lea fakahauaiʻi)
fou (lea fakaniuē)
ʻau (lea fakakuki)

Toe meʻa kehe
ʻOku ngāueʻaki ʻene kiliʻiʻakau maʻa e fau (maea) mo e manafau mo e taʻovala mo e hā fua.

Tataku
Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
Flowers of the Pacific island seashore; W.A. Whistler; ISBN 978-0-8248-1528-8
Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959