Tribulus cistoides


 
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syn. Kalstroemia cistoides

 
distribution: (within Polynesia)

Hawai'i Islands: French Frigate Shoals, Hawai'i, Kaho'olawe, Kaua'i, Ka'ula, Kure, Lana'i, Laysan, Lehua, Lisianski, Maui, Midway, Moloka'i, Nihoa, Ni'ihau, O'ahu
Kiribati: Abariringa, Baker, Enderbury, Howland, Jarvis, Karoraina, Kiritimati, Malden, Manra, McKean, Nikumaroro, Orona, Starbuck
Marquesas: Eiao, Hatuta'a, Hiva Oa, Ua Huka, Ua Pou

 
local name:

nohu - Hawai'i Islands
nohunohu - Hawai'i Islands
te maukinkin - Kiribati
tuna - Ua Pou / Marquesas

 
 
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Tribulus cistoides


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

 
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