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 left:ISS009-E-21724 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Takaroa The atoll is about 26 km long and 7 km wide, The central lagoon reaches a size of 90 km sq. |
 left:The typically atoll vegetation, built by miki-miki (Pemphis acidula) together with 'u'u (Suriana maritima) (in the foreground), kahia (Guettarda speciosa) (behind it) and coconut palms (Cocos nucifera), which were mostly planted by people. Photo: Angela K. Keppler http://www.pbif.org |
| Flora of Takaroa (incomplete) (green = pictures) Boerhavia tetrandra, Cassytha filiformis, Chamaesyce fosbergii, Cocos nucifera, Guettarda speciosa, Heliotropium foertherianum, Laportea ruderalis, Lepidium bidentatum, Microsorum grossum, Nesogenes euphrasioides, Pandanus tectorius, Pemphis acidula, Pisonia grandis, Portulaca lutea, Psilotum nudum, Scaevola taccada, Suriana maritima, Timonius polygamus |
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