Psydrax odorata


 
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syn. Canthium beecheyi, Canthium lucidum, Canthium odoratum, Canthium tinianense, Chiococca odorata, Coffea odorata, Ixora odorata, Myonima umbellata, Phallaria lucida, Plectronia hookeriana, Plectronia odorata, Plectronia umbellata, Randia coffeoides, Stylocoryna coffeoides

 
distribution: (within Polynesia)

Fiji: Aiwa, Lakeba, Nayau, Vanua Levu, Yadua Taba
Hawai'i Islands: Hawai'i, Kaua'i, Lana'i, Maui, Moloka'i, O'ahu
Marquesas: Eiao, Fatu Hiva, Hatuta'a, Hiva Oa, Mohotani, Tahuata, Ua Huka
Pitcairn Islands: Henderson, Pitcairn
Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui (ex)
Society Islands: Bora Bora, Moorea, Tahaa, Tahiti
Tonga: 'Eua
Tuamotu Archipelago: Aukena, Mangareva (Gambier Islands)
Tubuai Islands: Raivavae, Rurutu

 
native name:

alahe'e - Hawai'i Islands
eua - Marquesas
hitoa - Society Islands
kofenua - Marquesas
kohenua - Marquesas
kotai - Marquesas
nioi - Marquesas; Gambier Islands / Tuamotu Archipelago; Tubuai Islands
'ohe'e - Hawai'i Islands
olamaka - 'Eua / Tonga
pakora - Tubuai Islands
pakoro - Tubuai Islands
toporo - Tubuai Islands
tutu - Gambier Islands / Tuamotu Archipelago
ua reka - Gambier Islands / Tuamotu Archipelago
walahe'e - Hawai'i Islands
yaduvu - Vanua Levu / Fiji

 
 
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Psydrax odorata


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

 
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