Entada phaseoloides


 
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syn. Entada formosana, Entada koshunensis, Entada rumphii, Entada scandens, Entada tonkinensis, Faba marina-major, Lens phaseoloides, Mimosa blancoana

 
distribution: (within Polynesia)

Cook Islands: Aitutaki, 'Atiu, Mangaia, Rarotonga
Fiji: Kabara, Lakeba, Leleuvia, Nasoata, Nayau, Nukulau, Vanua Levu, Vatulele, Viti Levu, Yanuca, Yanucalailai, Yanucalevu
Hawai'i Islands: Kaua'i
Marquesas: Tahuata
Samoa: Savai'i, Ta'u, Tutuila
Society Islands: Tahaa
Tonga: 'Eua
Tubuai Islands: Rurutu, Tubuai
Wallis and Futuna: Alofi, Futuna, Uvea

 
native name:

aka - Niue
aka fulufulu - Niue
cibicibi - Fiji
sipi
- 'Eua / Tonga
tupe - Samoa
wa giri - Waya / Fiji
wai kiri - Vanua Levu / Fiji
wakiri - Vanua Levu / Fiji
walai - Vanua Levu / Fiji
wa lai - Fiji
wa taqiri - Fiji
wa tikori
? - Fiji
wa tiqiri - Vanua Levu / Fiji

 
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Entada phaseoloides


Photo: Warren L. Wagner

National Tropical Botanical Garden
3530 Papalina Road, Kalaheo HI 96741 USA
http://www.ntbg.org
 
http://botany.si.edu/pacificislandbiodiversity/marquesasflora/index.htm

 
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