This page lists common names of species profiled on PIER by common name in the Solomon Pijin 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? |
| caru caru | Rubus moluccanus (Rosaceae) | shrub | No | |
| nodale | Adenanthera pavonina (Fabaceae) | tree | No | |
| nokolo | Licuala grandis (Arecaceae) | tree | No | |
| nondoobu | Licuala grandis (Arecaceae) | tree | No | |
| nonyo | Casuarina equisetifolia (Casuarinaceae) | Casuarina litorea L. var. litorea; Casuarina littorea Rumph. | tree | No |
| te rau paupau | Heliconia spp. (Heliconiaceae) | herb | No | |
| te vasivasiakarai | Abelmoschus moschatus (Malvaceae) | Abelmoschus sagittifolius (Kurz) Merr. [=Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosus]; Hibiscus abelmoschus L.; Hibiscus sagittifolius Kurz [=Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosus] | herb | No |