Etlingera elatior: common name details from PIER

Common name/Language/Location

Common name Language Location PIER bibliographic reference Comments

‘awapuhi Tahitian French Polynesia Islands ? (0)

‘awapuhi ko‘oko‘o Hawaiian Hawaiian Islands Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1622)

eka Marquesan Marquesas Islands ? (0)

huo ju jiang Chinese ? Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2011)

opuhi Marquesan Marquesas Islands ? (0)

opuhi Tahitian French Polynesia Islands ? (0)

pua vao Marquesan Marquesas Islands ? (0)

torch ginger English ? Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 199)

wax flower English ? Herrera, Katherine/Lorence, David H./Flynn, Timothy/Balick, Michael J. (2010) (p. 63)

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Language Location Common name PIER bibliographic reference Comments

Chinese ? huo ju jiang Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2011)

English ? torch ginger Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 199)

English ? wax flower Herrera, Katherine/Lorence, David H./Flynn, Timothy/Balick, Michael J. (2010) (p. 63)

Hawaiian Hawaiian Islands ‘awapuhi ko‘oko‘o Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1622)

Marquesan Marquesas Islands eka ? (0)

Marquesan Marquesas Islands opuhi ? (0)

Marquesan Marquesas Islands pua vao ? (0)

Tahitian French Polynesia Islands ‘awapuhi ? (0)

Tahitian French Polynesia Islands opuhi ? (0)

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Location Language Common name PIER bibliographic reference Comments

? Chinese huo ju jiang Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2011)

? English torch ginger Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 199)

? English wax flower Herrera, Katherine/Lorence, David H./Flynn, Timothy/Balick, Michael J. (2010) (p. 63)

French Polynesia Islands Tahitian ‘awapuhi ? (0)

French Polynesia Islands Tahitian opuhi ? (0)

Hawaiian Islands Hawaiian ‘awapuhi ko‘oko‘o Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1622)

Marquesas Islands Marquesan eka ? (0)

Marquesas Islands Marquesan opuhi ? (0)

Marquesas Islands Marquesan pua vao ? (0)

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Language Common name Location PIER bibliographic reference Comments

Chinese huo ju jiang ? Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2011)

English torch ginger ? Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 199)

English wax flower ? Herrera, Katherine/Lorence, David H./Flynn, Timothy/Balick, Michael J. (2010) (p. 63)

Hawaiian ‘awapuhi ko‘oko‘o Hawaiian Islands Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1622)

Marquesan eka Marquesas Islands ? (0)

Marquesan opuhi Marquesas Islands ? (0)

Marquesan pua vao Marquesas Islands ? (0)

Tahitian ‘awapuhi French Polynesia Islands ? (0)

Tahitian opuhi French Polynesia Islands ? (0)

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This page was created on 30 SEP 2005 by PT for PIER, and was last updated on 24 Aug 2011 by PIER.

Common name	Language	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
‘awapuhi	Tahitian	French Polynesia Islands	? (0)
‘awapuhi ko‘oko‘o	Hawaiian	Hawaiian Islands	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 1622)
eka	Marquesan	Marquesas Islands	? (0)
huo ju jiang	Chinese	?	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2011)
opuhi	Marquesan	Marquesas Islands	? (0)
opuhi	Tahitian	French Polynesia Islands	? (0)
pua vao	Marquesan	Marquesas Islands	? (0)
torch ginger	English	?	Smith, Albert C. (1979) (p. 199)
wax flower	English	?	Herrera, Katherine/Lorence, David H./Flynn, Timothy/Balick, Michael J. (2010) (p. 63)