Entries from Whistler 1991 in Pollex-Online

Whistler, W. A. (1991). The ethnobotany of Tonga: the plants, their Tongan names, and their uses. Honolulu, Bishop Museum Press.

Language Item Description
Tongan ʔAi Canarium harveyi
Tongan Salato Stinging-nettle tree sp. (Dendrocnide harveyi) Phonologically Irregular
Tongan Fue General name for vines, incl. Ipomoea, Piper, Merremia, Canavalia spp.
Tongan Huni Shrub sp. (Phaleria disperma)
Tongan Tamole Weed sp. (Portulaca oleracea)
East Uvea Halu (Epipremnum pinnatum) Borrowed
East Uvea Valai Liana sp.
Tongan Siale vao Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)
Tongan Tongo Mangroves (Rhizophora spp.)
Tongan Volovalo A tree. (Premna serratifolia) (Whr).
Tongan Tutuna Tree sp.; (Diospyros samoensis)
Tongan Maʔamaʔalava Tree sp. (Elaeocarpus tonganus)
East Uvea Kutu (Eleocharis dulcis)
Tongan Puko/vili (Gyrocarpus americanus)
Tongan Siale tonga (Gardenia taitensis)
Tongan Mahame (Glochidion ramiflorum) (Niuas)
East Uvea Mahame (Glochidion ramiflorum)
Tongan Vavae tonga (Gossypium barbadense)
Tongan Fukofuka (Kleinhovia hospita)
Tongan Tolotalo Spider Lily (Crinum asiaticum)
Tongan Ajiu Cucumis melo, an aboriginal melon, rare or now lost from Tonga (Rabone, 1845, Baker, 1897)
Tongan Mamangi Shrub sp.; variety of yam (Rabone)
Tongan Heilala (Garcinia sessilis) Small tree, flowers highly esteemed and strung into leis
Tongan Mafaʔi Creeper sp. (Luffa cylindrica)
Tongan Loupata Tree sp. (Macaranga harveyana)
Tongan Kulukulu/fa Small tree sp. (Meryta macrophylla). Called kulukulu on 'Eua.
Tongan Lata Shrub sp. (Sophora tomentosa) ["Nowadays few people know this name."]
Tongan Takafalu Small tree sp. (Micromelum minutum)
Tongan Kotone Tree sp. (Myristica hypargyraea)
Tongan Toa vao (also toa tahi) (Psilotum nudum)
Tongan Tongo lei Giant mangrove (Bruguiera gymnorrhiza)
Tongan Takataka (ʔa leala) Goosefoot grass (Eleusine indica)
Tongan Moli tahi Niuatoputapu and Tafahi name for vii tahi (Ximenia americana)
Niue Fanaiho Tree sp. (Sterculia fanaiho)
Tongan Moʔosipo (hina) Triumfetta rhomboidea
Tongan Moʔosipo tonga, moʔosipo kula Urena lobata