This page lists common names of species profiled on PIER by common name in the Rotuman 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? |
| ai pua e pogi | Cestrum nocturnum (Solanaceae) | shrub | No | |
| aifeaefarmori | Mimosa pudica (Fabaceae) | herb | No | |
| finak ne puak | Stachytarpheta cayennensis (Verbenaceae) | Stachytarpheta dichotoma (Ruiz & Pav.) Vahl.; Stachytarpheta urticaefolia (Salisb.) Sims; Stachytarpheta urticifolia (Salisb.) Sims | herb | No |
| firmoto | Flacourtia rukam (Salicaceae) | tree | No | |
| fuha niu kini | Derris elliptica (Fabaceae) | Paraderris elliptica (Wall.) F. Adema; Pongamia elliptica Wallich | vine | No |
| joan ne pija | Triumfetta rhomboidea (Malvaceae) | Triamfetta bartramia L. | shrub | No |
| joan ne pija | Urena lobata (Malvaceae) | Urena sinuata L. | shrub | No |
| kapui fisi | Hedychium coronarium (Zingiberaceae) | herb | No | |
| kapui perperi | Hedychium coronarium (Zingiberaceae) | herb | No | |
| kapui riri‘i | Alpinia purpurata (Zingiberaceae) | herb | No | |
| ku koko | Cenchrus echinatus (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| kuava | Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae) | tree | No | |
| lepolepo | Leucaena leucocephala (Fabaceae) | Leucaena glauca (L. ex Willd.) Benth. | tree | No |
| lipolipo | Leucaena leucocephala (Fabaceae) | Leucaena glauca (L. ex Willd.) Benth. | tree | No |
| luorovaka | Cuscuta campestris (Convolvulaceae) | vine | No | |
| mauspentotmafu | Urochloa subquadripara (Poaceae) | Brachiaria subquadripara (Trin.) Hitchc.; Panicum subquadriparum Trin.; Urochloa distachya (L.) T. Q. Nguyen | grass | No |
| mous sau rangi | Paspalum conjugatum (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| oi peul moumou | Passiflora maliformis (Passifloraceae) | vine | No | |
| pa Samoa | Heliconia spp. (Heliconiaceae) | herb | No | |
| paka | Ficus benghalensis (Moraceae) | tree | No | |
| pin | Senna tora (Fabaceae) | Cassia tora L. | herb | No |
| puketeraufasa | Merremia peltata (Convolvulaceae) | Ipomoea peltata (L.) Choisy; Merremia nymphaeifolia (Dietr.) Hall. fil.; Operculina peltata (L.) Hall. fil. | vine | No |
| saurangi | Commelina diffusa (Commelinaceae) | herb | No | |
| saurangi | Eleusine indica (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| sere | Stachytarpheta cayennensis (Verbenaceae) | Stachytarpheta dichotoma (Ruiz & Pav.) Vahl.; Stachytarpheta urticaefolia (Salisb.) Sims; Stachytarpheta urticifolia (Salisb.) Sims | herb | No |
| sipi | Ceiba pentandra (Malvaceae) | tree | No | |
| toa | Casuarina equisetifolia (Casuarinaceae) | Casuarina litorea L. var. litorea; Casuarina littorea Rumph. | tree | No |
| umasa | Elaeocarpus angustifolius (Elaeocarpaceae) | Elaeocarpus grandis F. Muell.; Elaeocarpus parkinsonii Warb. | tree | No |
| virvir | Jatropha curcas (Euphorbiaceae) | shrub | No | |
| virviri | Jatropha curcas (Euphorbiaceae) | shrub | No |