Tavahi

Ko e tavahi ko e fuʻu ʻakau lahi ʻaupito ia, mo e ʻakau sai maʻa e kau tufunga. ʻOku ui foki ko e R. rufa pe R. retusa.

ʻOku ne matala ʻi Tongá ni ʻi Tisema.

 Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe 
 neleau (lea fakahauaiʻi, Rhus sandwicensis)
 tavai (lea fakahaʻamoa, lea fakaʻuvea, lea fakafutuna)

 Tataku 
 http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=13428
 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 et al., Rain forest vegetation of ʻEua Island, New Zealand Journal of Botany 34, 1996