Solanum viride


 
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syn. Solanum anthropophagorum, Solanum patameense, Solanum polynesicum, Solanum savaiense, Solanum uporo

 
distribution: (within Polynesia)

Cook Islands (?): Pukapuka
Fiji: Fulaga
Niue
Pitcairn Islands: Oeno
Samoa: Swains Island, Tutuila
Society Islands (?): Manuae, Mopelia, Motu One, Tahiti
Tokelau: Fakaofo, Nukunonu
Tuamotu Archipelago (?): Raroia

 
native name:

bora dina - Fiji
boro - Fiji
boro dina - Fiji
lau polo - Nukunonu / Tokelau
polo - Swains Island / Samoa; Nukunonu / Tokelau
polo'isi - Niue
polo ite - Samoa
polo'ite - Samoa
polopuka - Pukapuka / Cook Islands
polo tonga - Tonga
porohiti - Tahiti / Society Islands
putamagomago - Raroia / Tuamotu Archipelago
soso ni bokola - Fiji
sou bokola - Fiji
vuani - Vanua Levu / Fiji

 
left:

Solanum viride, flower


Photo: Liloa Dunn

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

Solanum viride, fruit


Photo: David H. Lorence


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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