ʻŌhai siʻi

Ko e ʻōhai (ʻōhai siʻi) ko e fuʻu ʻakau ia mo e ngaahi matalaʻiʻakau fakaʻofoʻofa. Vakai foki ki he ʻōhai lahi.

Ko e māhina hono matala ʻi Tongatapu, ko ʻEpeleli ia. Ko e ʻakau siʻi pē, kā taimi ʻe niʻhi ʻoku tupu ki he fuʻu ʻakau lahi.

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe
fisihetau, fitihetau (lea fakaniuē)
lau pā (lea fakahaʻamoa)
ʻōva‘i, ʻōvai, pī tiare (lea fakakuki)

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