Tikei


 
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left:

STS108-702-30
Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center.
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov


Tikei

The Tikei Atoll (in the picture below right) together with the neighbouring atolls Takapoto (in the Picture above left) and Takaroa (in the picture above in the middle)
 
left:

ISS002-E-6370
Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center.
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov


Tikei

The Tikei Atoll is one of the few Makatea atolls in the Tuamotu Archipelago.

 
Flora of Tikei
(incomplete)
(green = pictures)

Achyranthes velutina,

Boerhavia tetrandra,

Cassytha filiformis, Chamaesyce fosbergii, Cocos nucifera,

Guettarda speciosa,

Laportea ruderalis,

Pandanus tectorius, Pipturus argenteus var. tuamotensis, Psionia grandis, Portulaca lutea,

Scaevola taccada,

Timonius polygamus

 
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