Taravai
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| Taravai Taravai is the second largest island in the Gambier archipelago. The information about the island's size fluctuates between 5,7 and 8 km sq. At least one plant species, the Taravai Tree Aster (Fitchia mangarevensis), seems to be endemic to Taravai, but it is now extinct. |
| Flora of Taravai (incomplete) (fat = endemic, green = pictures) Barringtonia asiatica, Calophyllum inophyllum, Cardiospermum halicacabum (?), Chrysopogon aciculatus (?), Cocos nucifera, Cyperus javanicus, Davallia solida, Dicranopteris linearis, Ficus prolixa, Fitchia mangarevensis (ex), Glochidion tuamotuense, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Ipomoea pes-caprae ssp. brasiliensis, Lycium sandwicense, Microsorum grossum, Miscanthus floridulus, Nephrolepis hirsutula, Pandanus tectorius, Peperomia blanda var. floribunda, Portulaca lutea, Premna serratifolia, Pyrrosia serpens, Terminalia glabrata var. koariki, Thespesia populnea, Vigna marina |
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