Meleni

Fakafaʻafaʻahinga fakasaienisi

Puleʻanga:	ʻakau
Vahe:	ʻakau matala
Haʻa:	lautengaʻiua
Holongā:	cucurbitales
Kāinga:	CUCURBITACEAE
Kāinga ofi:	Citrullus
Faʻahinga:	lanatus

Hingoa kakato lōua

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Hingoa lea fakapilitānia: Watermelon

Commons

Species

Vakai ki he tala fakalahi:

Commons & Wikispecies

Ko e meleni ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia mo e ngaahi foʻi fua lahi mo huʻohuʻa, manakoa ʻe he kakai Tonga kotoa pē. Ko e hingoa motuʻa ko e C. vulgaris.

Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe

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meleni maka, Cucumis melo
meleni ʻa e kumā, Cucumis callosus

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe

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merēni (lea fakatahisi, lea fakakuki)
meleni (lea fakahaʻamoa, lea fakatūvalu, lea fakaniuē)

Tataku

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Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959

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