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weed in villages and along roadsides, reported only
from near sea level to 300 m elevation. A modern
introduction, native to the Old World tropics.
Whistler 2760, 8440.
AIZOACEAE
"Scsuvium portulacastrum (L.) L.
Prostrate succulent herb with opposite leaves and
white to lavender flowers bearing numerous sta-
mens. Uncommon on coastal rocks, reported only
near sea level. Indigenous, widespread in the
Pacific. Whistler 8428.
"Achyranthes aspera L.
tamatama
AMARANTHACEAE
Subshrub with opposite leaves, tiny purple flowers,
and sharp, grass-like fruits in terminal spikes. Occa-
sional in coastal areas and sometimes weedy, report-
ed from near sea level to 125 m elevation. Indige-
nous or a Polynesian introduction, widespread in the
tropics. Setchell 146; Wilder 9; Garber 962; Wisner
62: Whistler 8427.
Altcrnanthera sessilis (L.) R. Br. ex DC.
Creeping herb with opposite leaves and inconspi-
cuous flowers in white, sessile, axillary, globose
clusters. Occasional to common in disturbed places,
particularly in wetland crops such as taro, reported
from near sea level to 1000 m elevation. A modern
introduction, possibly native to southern China.
Setchell 303; Wilder 26; Garber 862; Lamoureux
3085; Whistler 3954, 8601!.
"Amaranthus viridis L.
Red-stemmed herb with alternate leaves notched at
the tip, and terminal and axillary spikelike panicles
of tiny inconspicuous, green flowers. Uncommon in
croplands and waste places, reported only from the
lowlands. A Polynesian introduction, now pantropic
in distribution. Setchell 319; Garber 968.
"Cyathula prostrata (L.) BI.
Low, weak-stemmed herb with opposite leaves, tiny
grecn, inconspicuous flowers in narrow, long-
stalked terminal spikes, and bur-like fruits. Uncom-
mon in disturbed places including secondary forest,
reported from near sea level to 1100 m elevation. A
Polynesian introduction, native to the Old World
tropics. Setchell215, 326.
ANACARDIACEAE
Buchanania merrillii Christoph.
Large tree with simple, alternate, long-petioled
oblanceolate leaves, white flowers in axillary
panicles, and hard, purple, lens-shaped fruits.
Occasional in lowland to montane forest, reported
from 250 to 450 m elevation. Endemic. Setchell
430, 437; Garber 921; Christophersen 1010; tong
1971 ; Spence 474!; Whistler 2691 !, 2962, 85 16!.
Rhus taitensis Guillemin
tavai
Large tree with milky sap, alternate pinnately
compound leaves, tiny white flowers, and small,
purple, fleshy fruits. Common to abundant in
lowland and especially secondary forest, reported
from 10 to 700 m elevation. Indigenous, ranging
from Futuna to Tahiti. Setchell 65; Bayliss s.n.;
Yuncker 9332; Wisner 7; Spence 476!; Whistler
2734,3642.
ANNONACEAE
Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook. f. & Thoms.
[ilangilang] moso'oi
Straight, medium-sized tree with alternate leaves all
in one plane, large, fragrant, yellow apocarpus
flowers, and black subglobose fruits. Occasional to
common in disturbed forest, reported from 15 to 600
m elevation. A Polynesian introduction, or possibly
indigenous, widespread westward to South Asia.
Setchell 179; Diefenderfer 3; Whistler 3 1 19, 9108!.
APIACEAE
Centella asiatica (L.) Urb.
[Asiatic pennywort] tono
Low herb with creeping stems rooting at the nodes,
alternate, kidney-shaped leaves, and tiny green,
inconspicuous, axillary flowers. Occasional to
common in sunny disturbed places, reported from
near sea level to 700 m elevation. Probably a
Polynesian introduction, native to tropical Asia.
Reinecke 524; Garber 965; Whistler 1455,908 1 !.