ʻAkauveli

Ko e ʻakauveli ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia. Naʻe ʻomi ki Tongá ni mei ʻAmelika, mahalo pē ʻi he teautaʻu hono 19 ʻe he kau misi, pea hoko ki he vao kovi taha ʻo Tonga. ʻOku sai feʻunga hano matalaʻiʻakau, pea ʻoku fuʻu lahi ʻaupito ʻene ngeʻesi tenga.

ʻOku lava ke fai ha vali lanupulū fakapoʻupoʻuli mei he ʻakaú ni (ʻikai fai ʻi Tongá ni), ko e indigo.

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe
ʻinikō, inikoa, kolū (lea fakahauaiʻi)
laʻau mageso (lea fakahaʻamoa)
ʻinitiko (lea fakakuki)
vaivai (lea fakafisi)

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