Ko ngā kupu "mohokoi" (i te reo Tonga) me "mosokoi" (i te reo Hāmoa, takea mai i kupu reo i mua *mosokoi)[1] he ngā ingoa mōhiohia waenga i ngā tangata Ao-o-Kiwa mō tētahi momo tipu taka mai e Āhia-ki-te-tonga-mā-rāwhiti me whakatuputupu ki ngā whenua pārūrū.[2] Ko te ingoa pūtaiao o tēnei tipu he Cananga odorata.[2][3] Kāore he tipu i Aotearoa nei.

E toru ngā pua i te tipu mohokoi (Cananga odorata)

He renga me pūkakara ngā pua. He roa me korotuke ona raupua orite te pātangaroa.

Ngā tohutoro

takatā
  1. Malcolm Ross, Andrew Pawley & Meredith Osmond (2008). The Lexicon of Proto Oceanic: The culture and environment of ancestral Oceanic society. Pukapuka tua-3: Plants. Ng. wh. 191-3. ISBN 9780858835894.
  2. ��� 2.0 2.1 Craig R. Elevitch (2006). "Cananga odorata (ylang-ylang)". Traditional Trees of Pacific Islands: Their Culture, Environment and Use. Permanent Agricultural Resources. Ng. wh. 199-208. ISBN 0-9702-544-5-8.
  3. "Cananga odorata". Cook Islands Biodiversity. The Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust. 2007