ʻOvava

Ko e ʻovava ko ha fuʻu ʻakau lahi ʻaupito ia.

Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe
ʻovava, Ficus prolixa, Ficus obliqua, [Polynesian banyan]
ʻovava tonga, Ficus macrophylla, [Moreton Bay banyan]
ʻovava fisi, Ficus benjamina, [Weeping banyan]
ʻovava siaina, Ficus retusa, [Chinese banyan]
fiki kai
masi (masipā, masiʻata)
fiki; ngaahi fiki kehe, Jatropha sp.

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe
aoa, mati (lea fakahaʻamoa, Ficus prolixa)
oraʻa (lea fakatahisi)
ava, āoa (lea fakakuki)

Toe meʻa kehe
ʻI Tongá ni ʻoku ʻasi ko Hina ʻi heʻene tutu ʻi lalo ʻovava, ʻi he māhina kātoa.

Tataku
Multipurpose trees for agroforestry in the Pacific islands; R.R. Thaman, C.R. Elevitch, K.M. Wilkinson
Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959