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 left:ISS002-E-9922 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Takutea Takutea is an uninhabited, only 1,2 km sq large makatea island. The island is a nature reserve and only rarely visitors get a permission to enter the island. The flora counts 32 species and consists of those plant species that can be found on atolls in most parts of Polynesia. |
| Flora of Takutea (almost complete) (green = pictures) Achyranthes velutina, Asplenium australasicum, Asplenium nidus, Barringtonia asiatica, Boerhavia tetrandra, Calophyllum inophyllum, Capparis cordifolia, Cassytha filiformis, Chamaesyce fosbergii, Cocos nucifera, Guettarda speciosa, Heliotropium anomalum, Heliotropium foertherianum, Hernandia nymphaeifolia, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Ipomoea macrantha, Kadua romanzoffiensis, Lepidium bidentatum, Lepturus repens, Microsorum grossum, Morinda citrifolia (?), Nephrolepis hirsutula, Pandanus tectorius, Pemphis acidula, Pipturus argenteus var. tuamotensis, Pisonia grandis, Scaevola taccada, Suriana maritima, Thuarea involuta, Timonius polygamus, Triumfetta procumbens, Vigna marina |
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