Moengārō

Ko ngā kupu "moengālō" (i te reo Tonga) me "moegālō" (i te reo Hāmoa) he ngā ingoa mōhiohia waenga i ngā tangata Ao-o-Kiwa mō tētahi momo tipu whakatuputupu ki ngā whenua pārūrū.^[1] Ko te ingoa pūtaiao o tēnei tipu he Cymbopogon. He rongonui te momo tipu Cymbopogon citratus^[2] 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.^[3]^[4] Ka whakamahia tā moengārō pakaru ki ngā kai tunua i te Āhia-ki-te-Rāwhiti-mā-Tonga mō te namunamuā.^[5]

Ngā tohutoro

↑ Moshe Rapaport (1999). The Pacific Islands: Environment & Society. Bess Press. ISBN 9781573060424. Wh. 357.
↑ "Cymbopogon citratus - Lemon Grass ". Cook Islands Biodiversity Database.
↑ (2001) Samoan Medicinal Plants and Their Usage. ADAP Project. ISBN 1-931435-27-8.
↑ W. Arthur Whistler (1992). Tongan Herbal Medicine. ISBN 0-8248-1527-0. Wh. 86.
↑ Rosemary Brissenden (2003). South East Asian Food. Wh. 50. ISBN 1742734715. Hardie Grant Books.

[1] Moshe Rapaport (1999). The Pacific Islands: Environment & Society. Bess Press. ISBN 9781573060424. Wh. 357.

[:1-2] "Cymbopogon citratus - Lemon Grass ". Cook Islands Biodiversity Database.

[3] (2001) Samoan Medicinal Plants and Their Usage. ADAP Project. ISBN 1-931435-27-8.

[4] W. Arthur Whistler (1992). Tongan Herbal Medicine. ISBN 0-8248-1527-0. Wh. 86.

[5] Rosemary Brissenden (2003). South East Asian Food. Wh. 50. ISBN 1742734715. Hardie Grant Books.

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