This page lists common names of species profiled on PIER by common name in the Tongarevan 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? |
| mauku | Chamaesyce hirta (Euphorbiaceae) | Euphorbia hirta L. | herb | No |
| mauku | Eleusine indica (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| pātai | Delonix regia (Fabaceae) | Poinciana regia Bojer ex Hook. | tree | No |
| pohue sina | Ipomoea violacea (Convolvulaceae) | Convolvulus tuba Schlechtend.; Ipomoea macrantha Roem. & Schult.; Ipomoea tuba (Schlechtend.) G. Don | vine | No |
| tūava | Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae) | tree | No | |
| venevene | Muntingia calabura (Muntinginaceae) | tree | No |