Kaukura


 
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The Kaukura Atoll is about 50 km long and 14 km wide.

 
Flora of Kaukura
(incomplete)
(green = pictures)

Achyranthes velutina,

Cassytha filiformis, Chamaesyce fosbergii, Cocos nucifera,

Heliotropium foertherianum, Hibiscus tiliaceus,

Kadua romanzoffiensis,

Microsorum grossum,

Pemphis acidula, Pipturus argenteus var. tuamotensis, Pisonia grandis,

Sesbania coccinea ssp. atollensis var. tuamotensis, Suriana maritima,

Timonius polygamus, Triumfetta procumbens

 
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