Whistler 1991b
Whistler, W. Arthur. 1991. The ethnobotany of Tonga: the plants, their Tongan names, and their uses. Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum.
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- 3.5 Wild plants of the coastal strand
- Cordia subcordata, kerosene wood, island walnut, sea trumpet, Pacific rosewood, P kerasin wud, B burao blong solwata (Boraginaceae)
- Hibiscus tiliaceus, beach hibiscus, TP mangas, P, B burao (Malvaceae)
- Pemphis acidula (Lythraceae)
- Scaevola taccada (syn. Scaevola koenigii, Scaevola sericea, Scaevola frutescens), B haf flaoa (Goodeniaceae)
- Thespesia populnea (syn. Thespesia macrophylla), B burao blong solwota (Malvaceae)
- 3.7 Wild plants of primary lowland tropical rain forest
- Dysoxylum spp., stinktree, stinkwood, B stingwud (Meliaceae)
- Intsia bijuga (syn. Intsia amboinensis, Afzelia bijuga), ironwood, island teak, TP kwila, B natora (Cisalpiniaceae)
- Bischofia javanica, Java cedar, B nakoka, redwud (Phyllanthaceae)
- Euodia spp. (Rutaceae)
- 3.8 Wild plants of secondary lowland rain forest and grassland
- 3.9 Staple foods: root crops, bananas, breadfruit and sago
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