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 left:ISS002-E-10047 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Rakahanga In the south are the islets te Motu o Takaia as well as te Kainga, westerly of them is the so called boat passage, also in the west is the western offshoot of the largest island, named Tetaha Kiraro. In the north is the northeast part of the largest island, named Tetukono together with two smaller islands, Motutapu and Motu o Miritau. In the east, from north to south, Te Motu o Tati, Te Motu o Umurua, Akaro, Motu Ngangie, Hunanui, Motu Mahuta, Motu Okakara, Piraungoio as well as a part of the above-mentioned Tetukono. The flora of the Rakahanga atoll produces 31 native plant species. |
| Flora of Rakahanga (almost complete) (green = pictures) Asplenium nidus, Barringtonia asiatica, Boerhavia tetrandra, Calophyllum inophyllum, Cassytha filiformis, Cocos nucifera, Cordia subcordata, Cyperus javanicus, Eleocharis geniculata, Fimbristylis cymosa, Guettarda speciosa, Heliotropium foertherianum, Hernandia nymphaeifolia, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Ipomoea macrantha, Ipomoea pes-caprae ssp. brasiliensis, Laportea ruderalis, Lepidium bidentatum, Lepturus repens, Microsorum grossum, Morinda citrifolia (?), Pandanus tectorius, Pemphis acidula, Pisonia grandis, Psilotum nudum, Scaevola taccada, Solanum nodiflorum, Suriana maritima, Thespesia populnea, Triumfetta procumbens, Vigna marina |
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