Matavivi

Ko e matavivi (hingoa taʻefakalakanga, mei he lea fakaniuē) ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia. Naʻa ne ʻomi ki Tongá ni ʻikai fuoloa, kā naʻe vave ʻene tupu ki he ʻakau vao.

Ko hono ʻuhinga tatau: 
fakasaienisi: Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poit., Pedilanthus carinatus
mei he lea fakapilitānia: kakatisi manupunakula (koeʻuhi ʻa e fuo ʻo hono matalaʻiʻakau), huituʻa ʻo e tēvolo pe ʻakau fepiupiuaki

Ngaahi fakakeheʻi kehekehe
matavivi lanutaha; ko e ngaahi lau lanumata (vakai ki he ongo ʻata)
matavivi ʻingoʻingoʻi, var. variegatus; ko e ngaahi lau lanufiofio, mata mo e tea

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe
matavivi (lea fakaniuē)

Toe meʻa kehe
Kapau ʻoku ʻikai matala pe ʻoku siʻisiʻi pē ʻa e matalaʻiheilala, ʻoku ngāueʻakiʻis ʻa e matalaʻimatavivi maʻa e fai kahoa. Meʻapango, ʻoku meimei tatau ʻena ʻasi, kā ʻoku ʻikai ha manongi ki he matavivi.

Tataku
http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=6490
http://www.hear.org/pier/species/pedilanthus_tithymaloides.htm