Tournesol Mexicain

Ko e siolaʻā siʻi ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia. ʻOku meimei tatau ʻa e ʻasi ʻa hono matala ki he siolaʻā ʻe taha, kā ʻoku siʻisiʻi ange, mahalo pe senitimita ʻe 5 pē, pea mo e kāinga ofi kehe.

ʻOku lahi ʻene tupu ʻi Vavaʻu pē, naʻe ʻomi mei ʻAmelika loto.

Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe

• siolaʻā
• siolaʻā mekesikō

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe

• matalā, matalaʻa (lea fakaniuē)
• pua renga (=pua engeenga), tiare rengarenga, kavakava (lea fakakuki)

Tataku

• http://www.hear.org/pier/species/tithonia_diversifolia.htm
• http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=6206