Tiulipe

Ko e tiulipe (mei he tulip lea fakapilitānia) ko e fuʻu ʻakau lahi ia, ʻomi ki Tongá ni mei ʻAfilika loto. ʻOku ui foki pisse lʻeau (mimi vai) ʻi he lea fakafalanisē, pea ko e hingoa ofi ki ai ʻi he lea fakapolinisia ʻe niʻihi, koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻi ai ha vai ʻi hono moto. Kapau ʻoku tō ʻa e moto, e viviku koe ʻi lalo.

Ko e tulipe ko e fuʻu akau ʻia ʻoku ʻikai manakoa. ʻI ʻOkatopa 2024, naʻe fakahū mai ʻi Tongá ni ʻe he minisitā ʻo e vaotā ʻa e ngaahi mongamonga ʻoku ui lau kele, koeʻuhi ʻoku nau kele ʻi loto ʻa e lauʻakau pea mahalo pē tāmateʻi ʻa e ʻakau. Ko e ngaahi laukele Paradibolia coerulea ʻoku nau kai ʻa e tulipe.Laukele ʻi Tonga, []

Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe
tiulipe; koʻeni
tiulipe vao, Harpullia pendula (SAPINDACEAE)

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe
faʻapasi (lea fakahaʻamoa)
mata kōʻīʻī, (=mata pihi), pātītī vai, mimi, tiare akapisipisi (lea fakakuki)
taga mimi (lea fakafisi)

Tataku
http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=6668
Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
Multipurpose trees for agroforestry in the Pacific islands; R.R. Thaman, C.R. Elevitch, K.M. Wilkinson
Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959