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 left:ISS008-E-14034 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Nu'utele Nu'utele (in the picture below in the middle) is the biggest of the four islands in the Aleipata group, it has an area of at least 1,08 km sq. Nu'utele is the only island, apart from Savai'i and 'Upolu, were Samoa's strangest bird, the Toth-billed Pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris), can be found. |
| Flora of Nu'utele (almost complete) (green = pictures) Abrus precatorius, Acrostichum aureum, Aidia racemosa, Allophylus timoriensis, Alphitonia zizyphoides, Allyxia stellata, Antidesma excavatum, Antirhea inconspicua, Antrophyum plantagineum, Asplenium nidus, Asplenium polyodon, Barringtonia asiatica, Caesalpinia bonduc, Calophyllum inophyllum, Calophyllum neo-ebudicum, Canarium vitiense, Canavalia cathartica, Canthium merrillii, Centella asiatica (?), Cerbera manghas, Chionanthus vitiensis, Clerodendrum inerme, Cocos nucifera, Colubrina asiatica, Crepidomanes humile, Cyclosorus harveyi, Cyperus javanicus, Cyperus seemannianus, Davallia denticulata var. elata, Davallia solida, Dendrobium biflorum, Dendrobium dactylodes, Derris trifolita, Desmodium umbellatum, Didymoplexis micradenia, Digitaria setigera, Diospyros elliptica, Diospyros samoensis, Dryopteris dissecta, Dysoxylum maota, Dysoxylum samoense, Elaeocarpus tonganus, Elattostachys apetala, Epipremnum pinnatum, Erythrina variegata, Fagraea berteroana, Faradaya amicorum, Ficus obliqua, Ficus prolixa, Ficus scabra, Ficus tinctoria, Fimbristylis cymosa, Flacourtia rukam, Flueggea flexuosa, Freycinetia storckii, Gardenia taitensis, Garuga floribunda, Genistoma rupestre, Geophila repens, Glochidion ramiflorum var. samoanum, Guettarda speciosa, Heliconia laufao, Heliotropium foertherianum, Hernandia nymphaeifolia, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Homalanthus nutans, Hoya australis ssp. tenuipes, Huperzia carinata, Huperzia phlegmaria, Inocarpus fagifer, Ipomoea littoralis, Ipomoea macrantha, Ipomoea pes-capraea ssp. brasiliensis, Ixora amplifolia, Jasminum betchei, Jasminum didymum, Kleinhovia hospita, Lepturus repens, Leucosyke corymbulosa, Macaranga harveyana, Manilkara dissecta, Maytenus vitiensis, Meryta macrophylla, Micromelum minutum, Microsorum grossum, Miscanthus floridulus, Morinda citrifolia, Morinda umbellata, Mucuna gigantea, Myristica fatua, Neonauclea forsteri, Nephrolepis biserrata, Nephrolepis hirsutula, Oberonia equitans, Oberonia heliophila, Ochrosia oppositifolia, Operculina turpethum, Ophioglossum pendulum, Oplismenus hirtellus (?), Pandanus tectorius, Peperomia blanda var. floribunda, Phaleria acuminata, Phaleria disperma, Phreatia stenostachya, Piper graeffei, Pipturus argenteus var. lanosus, Pisonia grandis, Planchonella chartacea, Polyscias samoensis, Premna serratifolia, Procris pedunculata, Psychotria insularum, Pteris ensiformis, Pteris pacifica, Pyrrosia lanceolata, Rhus taitensis, Rourea minor, Sapindus saponaria, Scaevola taccada, Schizaea dichotoma, Schizostachyum glaucifolium (?), Scleria lithosperma, Scleria polycarpa, Selaginella hochreutineri, Selaginella laxa, Solanum viride, Stenotaphrum micranthum, Stephania japonica var. timoriensis, Sterculia fanaiho, Syzygium clusiifolium, Tacca leontopetaloides, Taeniophyllum fasciola, Tectaria stearnsii, Terminalia catappa, Terminalia richii, Terminalia samoensis, Thespesia populnea, Thuarea involuta, Triumfetta procumbens, Vigna marina, Vitex trifolia, Wikstroemia coriacea, Wollastonia biflora, Zehneria grayana, Zehneria samoensis, Zeuxina plantaginea |
| References: - Whistler WA. 1983. Vegetation and flora of the Aleipata Islands, Western Samoa. Pac Sci 37(3): 227-249. |