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 left:STS51B-41-22 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Nanumanga This island, which is also known under the name Nanumaga, is a closed atoll. The island has an area of only about 2,78 km sq. In the northern part of the island is the Vaiatoa lagoon, which is surrounded with mangrove stands. |
| Flora of Nanumanga (incomplete) (green = pictures) Cocos nucifera, Heliotropium foertherianum, Lumnitzera littoralis, Pandanus tectorius, Pemphis acidula, Pisonia grandis, Rhizophora stylosa, Scaevola taccada, Thespesia populnea, Ximenia americana |
| References: - C. D. Woodroffe: 'Vegetation and Flora of Nui Atoll, Tuvalu' |