Teʻelango

Ko e teʻelango (pe ko e faʻilafa ? mei Haʻamoa) ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia (kā ʻoku lava ʻo tupu mita ʻe 4 ʻi ʻolunga). Ko e ʻakau ʻomi mei Mekesiko ʻikai fuoloa, ʻoku manakao ʻi he ʻapi ngoue koeʻuhi hono matalaʻiʻakau engeenga. ʻOku ui foki ko e Cassia alata L.

Ko e ʻuhinga ko hono hingoa, teʻelango (kaniteli), ko hono ngaahi matalaʻiʻakau ʻoku nau meimei tatau ʻenau ʻasi mo e ulo ʻo e teʻelango.

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe
mulamula (lea fakaniuē)
faʻi lafa, laʻau faʻi lafa (lea fakahaʻamoa)
bai ni cagi (lea fakafisi)

Tataku
http://www.hear.org/pier/species/senna_alata.htm
Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959