Freycinetia arborea


 
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syn. Freycinetia arnottii, Freycinetia hivaoaensis, Freycinetia longispicata, Freycinetia monticola, Freycinetia scandens

 
distribution: (within Polynesia)

Cook Islands: Rarotonga
Hawai'i Islands: Hawai'i, Kaua'i, Lana'i, Maui, Moloka'i, O'ahu
Marquesas: Hiva Oa, Nuku Hiva
Samoa: Savai'i
Tubuai Islands: Rapa

 
local name:

'ie - Hawai'i Islands
'ie'ie - Hawai'i-Islands; Samoa; Tahiti / Society Islands
mangu - Tubuai Islands
kiekie - Rarotonga / Cook Islands; Marquesas; Tubuai Islands

 
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Freycinetia arborea


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

 
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