Moengārō
Ko ngā kupu "moengālō" (i te reo Tonga[1]) me "moegālō" (i te reo Hāmoa[2]) he ngā ingoa mōhiohia waenga i ngā tangata Ao-o-Kiwa mō tētahi momo tipu whakatuputupu ki ngā whenua pārūrū.[3] Ko te ingoa pūtaiao o tēnei tipu he Cymbopogon. He rongonui te momo tipu Cymbopogon citratus[4] nō tēnei puninga. He rapa me kōripi te raurau, he kakara ngā tā.
Ka mahi ngā tāngata Hāmoa me Tonga ki tona raurau mō te rongoā i te mate ā-waha.[2][1] Ka whakamahia tā moengārō pakaru ki ngā kai tunua i te Āhia-ki-te-Rāwhiti-mā-Tonga hei te namunamuā.[5]
Ngā tohutoro
takatā- ↑ 1.0 1.1 W. Arthur Whistler (1992). Tongan Herbal Medicine. ISBN 0-8248-1527-0. Wh. 86.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 (2001) Samoan Medicinal Plants and Their Usage. ADAP Project. ISBN 1-931435-27-8.
- ↑ Moshe Rapaport (1999). The Pacific Islands: Environment & Society. Bess Press. ISBN 9781573060424. Wh. 357.
- ↑ "Cymbopogon citratus - Lemon Grass ". Cook Islands Biodiversity Database.
- ↑ Rosemary Brissenden (2003). South East Asian Food. Wh. 50. ISBN 1742734715. Hardie Grant Books.