Ponga

Ko e ponga pe hulufe vai ko e fuʻu ʻakau lahi ia, meimei tatau ʻene ʻasi mo e niu, kā fakafanau ngāueʻaki he tengaefuefu.
ʻI he tohitapu ko Tepola naʻe nofo ʻi lalo ponga. Kovi ʻaupito ko e liliu koʻeni. Naʻe nofo ia ʻi lalo niu, ʻoku na kehe ʻaupito.

Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe
ponga, ko ʻeni
ponga, Angiopteris commutata
ponga, Cyathea rugosula Copel. (CYATHEACEAE) pe Alsophila rugosula
ponga, Sphaeropteris lunulata (CYATHEACEAE)

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe
palatao (lea fakaniuē)
nahe (lea fakatahisi A. evecta)
nase, faʻagase (lea fakahaʻamoa)
olioli, Cyathea spp.
ʻānaʻe, naʻe, rau naʻe (lea fakakuki)
panga, Cyathea spp.
palapala (lea fakafutuna, Sphaeropteris lunulata)

Tataku
http://www.hear.org/Pier/species/angiopteris_evecta.htm
http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=5745
Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959
D.R. Drake, Rain forest vegetation of ʻEua Island, New Zealand Journal of Botany 34, 1996