This page lists common names of species profiled on PIER by common name in the Tokelauan language.
Browse this list or use the "find" function on your web browser to search by common name, then use the link provided to access the species information via its scientific name. If we have omitted or misspelled a common name, please contact us at pier@hear.org.
| Common name(s) | Scientific name (+Family) | Often-used other Latin names | Habit |
Primarily a threat
at high elevations? |
| kumala | Ipomoea batatas (Convolvulaceae) | vine | No | |
| lau talotalo | Crinum asiaticum (Amaryllidaceae) | Crinum amabile Donn ex Ker Gawl. | herb | No |
| lau tamatama | Achyranthes aspera (Amaranthaceae) | Achyranthes canescens R. Br. | herb | No |
| masikutoga | Eleusine indica (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| mumuta | Cyperus rotundus (Cyperaceae) | Chlorocyperus rotundus (L.) Palla; Cyperus purpuro-variegatus Boeckeler; Cyperus stoloniferum pallidus Boeckeler; Cyperus tetrastachyos Desf.; Cyperus tuberosus Roxb | sedge | No |
| oliana | Nerium oleander (Apocynaceae) | Nerium indicum Mill. | shrub | No |
| pate | Solenostemon scutellarioides (Lamiaceae) | Coleus blumei Benth.; Coleus scutellarioides (L.) Benth.; Ocimum scutellarioides (L.); Plectranthus scutellarioides(L.) R. Br. | herb | No |
| polo feć | Capsicum frutescens (Solanaceae) | herb | No | |
| sasalapa | Annona muricata (Annonaceae) | tree | No | |
| suipi | Pseuderanthemum carruthersii (Acanthaceae) | Pseuderanthemum atropurpureum (W. Bull) Radlk.; Pseuderanthemum reticulatum Radlk. | shrub | No |
| talo | Colocasia esculenta (Araceae) | herb | No | |
| tamole | Portulaca oleracea (Portulacaceae) | herb | No | |
| tāmu | Alocasia macrorrhizos (Araceae) | Alocasia indica Schott; Alocasia plumbea Van Houtte; Arum indicum Lour.; Arum macrorrhizon L.; Colocasia indica (Lour.) Kunth | herb | No |
| teuila | Alpinia purpurata (Zingiberaceae) | herb | No | |
| tīpolo | Citrus aurantiifolia (Rutaceae) | tree | No | |
| vao tuitui | Cenchrus echinatus (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| vaolima | Paspalum conjugatum (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| vau | Eleusine indica (Poaceae) | grass | No |