Boerhavia repens


 
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syn. Boerhavia diffusa, Boerhavia diffusa var. gymnocarpa, Boerhavia diffusa var. pseudotetrandra, Boerhavia diffusa var. pubescens, Boerhavia diffusa var. sandwicensis, Boerhavia mutabilis, Boerhavia tentrandra

 
distribution: (within Polynesia)

Fiji
Hawai'i Islands
: French Frigate Shoals, Hawai'i, Kaho'olawe, Kaua'i, Kure, Lana'i, Laysan, Lisianski, Maui, Midway, Moloka'i, Molokini, Ni'ihau, O'ahu, Pearl and Hermes Reef
Kiribati: Karoraina, Kiritimati, Malden, Vostok
Marquesas: Mohotani, Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka
Samoa: Ta'u, Tutuila

 
local name:

alena - Hawai'i Islands
anena - Hawai'i Islands
nena - Hawai'i Islands
te wao - Kiribati

 
 
above and left:

Boerhavia repens

Fotos: by courtesy of Forest & Kim Starr (USGS)

 
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