This page lists common names of species profiled on PIER by common name in the Rapa Nui 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? |
| haia | Syzygium jambos (Myrtaceae) | Caryophyllus jambos (L.) Stokes; Eugenia jambos L. | tree | No |
| haricot | Lablab purpureus (Fabaceae) | Dolichos lablab L.; Dolichos purpureus L.; Lablab vulgaris Savi | vine | No |
| kaiore | Cirsium vulgare (Asteraceae) | herb | No | |
| kete kete | Leucaena leucocephala (Fabaceae) | Leucaena glauca (L. ex Willd.) Benth. | tree | No |
| luna luna | Anredera cordifolia (Basellaceae) | Boussingaultia baselloides H.B.K.; Boussingaultia cordifolia Ten. | vine | No |
| mauku piro | Melinis minutiflora (Poaceae) | Panicum melinus Trin.; Panicum minutiflora (Beauv.) Rasp. | grass | No |
| tuaba | Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae) | tree | No | |
| tuava | Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae) | tree | No |