Misimisi

Ko e misimisi ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia mo e matalaʻiʻakau engeenga pe kulokula. Ko ʻene ʻū tenga ʻoku ʻuliʻuli mo e mamafa mo e fefeka, ʻenau ʻasi ʻoku tatau mo e ngaahi foʻi pulukōkō. ʻA ia ko e hingoa Polinisia ko e fana-manu, pe ʻa e hingoa fakapilitānia Indian shot.

 Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe 
 misimisi kokaʻanga, Maranta arundinacea (MARANTACEAE), arrowroot, obedience plant; lou lanu-ua
 misimisi ʻa e pulu = fanamanu; mahalo pē maʻa e ngaahi tenga pē ?
 misimisi papālangi; Iris sp. (IRIDACEAE)
 teuila; ʻoku kehe, kā meimei tatau ʻene ʻasi

 Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe 
 pia-rarotoʻa, reʻa-puaʻaniho (lea fakatahisi)
 aliʻipoe, poloka (lea fakahauaiʻi)
 fagafaga (lea fakafutuna)
 fa‘i masoa, fagamanu, fanamanu (lea fakahaʻamoa)
 nūāenga, pia-renga, tiare-papaʻā (lea fakakuki)
 gasau ni ga (lea fakafisi)

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