Ko e huni melanisia ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia, ʻoku manakoa ʻi he ngoue. Ko e hingoa taʻefakalakanga, koeʻuhi ʻoku tui ko e huni ia ʻe he kakai Tonga (meimei tatau ʻene ʻasi), pea naʻe ʻomi ki Tongá ni ʻikai fuoloa, mei hono feituʻu tupuʻanga, ko Niukaletonia mo Vanuatu. Ko e kāinga ofi ʻo e Pseuderanthemum naʻe ʻui foki ko e Eranthemum.

ʻOku ʻi ai haʻane fuo kehekehe:
huni melanisia kelo, ʻoku kelokelo ange (pe kulokula fio laupulū) hono lau mo hono matala (faitā toʻomataʻu). ʻOku ui foki ko e Pseuderanthemum atropurpureum (W. Bull) Radlk.
huni melanisia felo, ʻoku hinehina ange hono matala pea engeenga ange hono lau (faitā toʻohema). ʻOku ui foki ko e Pseuderanthemum reticulatum Radlk.
huni melanisia tea, ʻoku kulokulo mo e hinehina hono matala pea mo e tapa hinehina hono lau.

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe
tiare vaehau (lea fakakuki, fuo kelo)

Tataku
http://www.hear.org/pier/species/pseuderanthemum_carruthersii.htm
http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=6579