Russelia

Ko e matavai kula (hingoa taʻefakalakanga) ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia, ʻomi ki Tongá, pea ʻoku manakoa ʻi he ngaahi ngoue Tonga.

ʻOua e maveu mo e teʻekosi sivilaise pe fuekulaʻahoʻaho. Ko hono ʻuhinga tatau: Russelia juncea. Ko e hingoa kāinga ʻo e Scrophulariaceae ʻoku ʻikai ke toe ngāueʻaki.

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe

• tamafine (lea fakaniuē)
• menemene (lea fakakuki)

Tataku

• http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=6614
• http://www.hear.org/pier/species/russelia_equisetiformis.htm
• Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959