Tabernaemontana pandacaqui


 
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syn. Alstonia pacifica, Anartia recurva, Ervatamia angustisepala, Ervatamia benthamiana, Ervatamia biflora, Ervatamia brachybotrys, Ervatamia calcicola, Ervatamia capsicoides, Ervatamia cumingiana, Ervatamia daemeliana, Ervatamia decaisnei, Ervatamia ecarinata, Ervatamia eriophora, Ervatamia floribunda, Ervatamia floribunda var. villosiuscula, Ervatamia hexagona, Ervatamia lifuana, Ervatamia linearifolia, Ervatamia merrilliana, Ervatamia mindorensis, Ervatamia montensis, Ervatamia mucronata, Ervatamia obtusiuscula, Ervatamia oligantha, Ervatamia orientalis, Ervatamia pandacaqui, Ervatamia parviflora, Ervatamia polygama, Ervatamia puberula, Ervatamia pubescens, Ervatamia pubescens var. barbatocalyx, Ervatamia pubescens var. glaberrima, Ervatamia pubescens var. grandiflora, Ervatamia pubescens var. punctulata, Ervatamia pubescens var. superba, Ervatamia pubescens var. typica, Ervatamia pubescens subvar. lancifolia, Ervatamia punctulata, Ervatamia punctulata var. barbatocalyx, Ervatamia punctulata subvar. lancifolia, Ervatamia rotensis, Ervatamia subglobosa, Pagiantha oligantha, Pagiantha pandacaqui, Pagiantha subglobosa, Rejoua pacifica, Tabernaemontana arborescens, Tabernaemontana biflora, Tabernaemontana brachybotrys, Tabernaemontana capsicoides, Tabernaemontana caudata, Tabernaemontana cerniflora, Tabernaemontana citrifolia, Tabernaemontana congestiflora, Tabernaemontana cumingiana, Tabernaemontana decaisnei, Tabernaemontana decaisnei var. petiolata, Tabernaemontana diclinis, Tabernaemontana ebracteata, Tabernaemontana ecarinata, Tabernaemontana floribunda, Tabernaemontana guangdongensis, Tabernaemontana hexagona, Tabernaemontana indica, Tabernaemontana laurifolia, Tabernaemontana laxiflora, Tabernaemontana linearifolia, Tabernaemontana mindanaensis, Tabernaemontana mindorensis, Tabernaemontana mollis, Tabernaemontana mucronata, Tabernaemontana multiflora, Tabernaemontana oligantha, Tabernaemontana orientalis, Tabernaemontana orientalis var. angustifolia, Tabernaemontana orientalis var. angustisepala, Tabernaemontana orientalis var. grandifolia, Tabernaemontana pacifica, Tabernaemontana parviflora, Tabernaemontana polygama, Tabernaemontana puberula, Tabernaemontana pubescens, Tabernaemontana punctulata, Tabernaemontana riedeliana, Tabernaemontana rotensis, Tabernaemontana semperflorens, Tabernaemontana subglobosa, Tabernaemontana thailandensis, Tabernaemontana vitiensis

 
distribution: (within Polynesia)

Fiji: Aiwa, Beqa, Fulaga, Gau, Kadavu, Koro, Lakeba, Mago, Moala, Munia, Nayau, Oneata, Ovalau, Qalito (Malolo), Taveuni, Vanua Levu, Vatulele, Viti Levu, Waya, Yadua Taba, Yasawa
Niue
Samoa: Ofu, Olosega, Savai'i, Tutuila, 'Upolu
Society Islands: Maupiti, Tahiti
Tonga: 'Eua, Tongatapu, 'Uta Vava'u
Tuamotu Archipelago: Makatea

 
local name:

belolaqai - Vanua Levu / Fiji
drega - Vanua Levu / Fiji
drega kai lago - Vanua Levu / Fiji
drega talotalo - Lau Archipelago / Fiji
faiate - Society Islands; Makatea / Tuamotu Archipelago
kolovesi
- Kadavu / Fiji
laqaiqai - Vanua Levu / Fiji
meme - Vanua Levu / Fiji
naselelevu - Vanua Levu / Fiji
nasio - Vanua Levu / Fiji
porohiti matavai
- Society Islands
sorua
- Vanua Levu / Fiji
tabua ni kalavo - Lau Archipelago / Fiji
tasimini - Niue
te'ete'emanu
- Tonga
totoka - Yasawa Islands / Fiji
tutuqaiqai - Taveuni, Vanua Levu / Fiji

 
 
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Tabernaemontana pandacaqui


Photo: Alexander Lang

 
References:

- Harold St. John: A new Ervatamia (Apocynaceae) from Makatea Island, Tuamotu Archipelago. Pacific Plant Studies 23. Pac Sci 28(4): 463-465. 1974