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 left:ISS006-E-7192 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Apolima Apolima (in the picture left) is a collapsed volcanic tuff cone and lies virtually exactly between Savai'i and 'Upolu. The island reaches 1,4 kmē. Southeastwardly of Apolima lies the larger island of Manono. |
 left:Apolima, the collapsed part of the former cone can easily be seen. Photo: Angela K. Keppler http://www.pbif.org |
| Flora of Apolima (incomplete) (green = pictures) Caesalpinia bonduc, Cocos nucifera, Cyclosorus harveyi, Dendrobium dactylodes, Dendrobium goldfinchii, Diospyros elliptica, Diospyros samoensis, Eugenia reinwardtiana, Ficus obliqua, Gossypium hirsutum var. taitense, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Morinda myrtifolia, Oberonia heliophila, Pandanus tectorius, Peperomia blanda var. floribunda, Phaleria disperma (?), Phreatia matthewsii, Pisonia grandis, Sapindus saponaria, Solanum viride, Syzygium clusiifolium, Syzygium dealbatum, Tephrosia purpurea, Thespesia populnea |
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