Tou

Ko e tou pe ʻolongā ko e fuʻu ʻakau ia.

Mahalo pē ko hono hingoa ko Melochia odorata (Sterculiaceae) mei he Malvales.

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe
fausogā (lea fakahaʻamoa)

Toe meʻa kehe
Ko e tamapua ko Tuʻitonganui Tamatou naʻe fai mei he ʻakau tou.

Ko ʻakau ʻo e tou ʻoku sai maʻa e pate kilikiti (foʻi tou).

ʻE lava fai ha maea mei he kili ʻo e tou, pe ha sisi vāloa.

Tataku
Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959