This page lists common names of species profiled on PIER by common name in the Pukapukan language.
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| Common name(s) | Scientific name (+Family) | Often-used other Latin names | Habit |
Primarily a threat
at high elevations? |
| avaava | Nicotiana tabacum (Solanaceae) | herb | No | |
| kātalāpa | Annona squamosa (Annonaceae) | Annona asiatica L. | tree | No |
| kaute | Malvaviscus arboreus (Malvaceae) | shrub | No | |
| koe | Bambusa spp. (Poaceae) | tree-like grass | No | |
| kūmala | Ipomoea batatas (Convolvulaceae) | Convolvulus batatas L. | vine | No |
| lau pōue | Ipomoea violacea (Convolvulaceae) | Convolvulus tuba Schlechtend.; Ipomoea macrantha Roem. & Schult.; Ipomoea tuba (Schlechtend.) G. Don | vine | No |
| lēmene papā | Citrus limon (Rutaceae) | Citrus limonum Risso | tree | No |
| mili | Ocimum basilicum (Lamiaceae) | herb | No | |
| ongoongo | Euphorbia prostrata (Euphorbiaceae) | Chamaesyce prostrata (Aiton) Small | herb | No |
| ongoongo | Portulaca oleracea (Portulacaceae) | herb | No | |
| pilipili | Bidens pilosa (Asteraceae) | herb | No | |
| pōuwe | Ipomoea violacea (Convolvulaceae) | Convolvulus tuba Schlechtend.; Ipomoea macrantha Roem. & Schult.; Ipomoea tuba (Schlechtend.) G. Don | vine | No |
| pulūmu | Ludwigia octovalvis (Onagraceae) | Jussiaea erecta sensu various authors; Jussiaea suffruticosa L. | herb | No |
| tālona | Nerium oleander (Apocynaceae) | Nerium indicum Mill.; Nerium odorum Aiton | shrub | No |
| televete | Plectranthus scutellarioides (Lamiaceae) | Coleus blumei Benth.; Coleus scutellarioides (L.) Benth.; Ocimum scutellarioides (L.); Solenostemon scutellarioides (L.) Codd | herb | No |
| tīpolo | Citrus aurantiifolia (Rutaceae) | Citrus acida Roxb.; Citrus lima Lunan; Limonia aurantiifolia Christm. | tree | No |
| tuava | Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae) | tree | No | |
| vayavaya | Eleusine indica (Poaceae) | Cynosurus indicus L.; Eleusine japonica Steud. | grass | No |
| vayavaya | Kyllinga nemoralis (Cyperaceae) | Cyperus kyllingia Endl.; Kyllinga monocephala Rottb. | sedge | No |
| wāwā | Colocasia esculenta (Araceae) | Arum esculentum L.; Caladium esculentum (L.) Vent.; Colocasia antiquorum Schott | herb | No |