american samoa - University of Hawaii at Manoa

RHAMNACEAE
Alphitonia zizyphoides (Spreng.) A. Gray
toi
Tall tree with alternate lanceolate leaves gray
beneath, clusters of small white flowers, and purple
globose fruits. Common in secondary forest and
lowland to montane forest, reported from near sea
level to 700 m elevation. Indigenous, ranging from
Southeast Asia to eastern Polynesia. Setchell 214,
456; Wilder 94; Wisner 10, 10a, 104; Spence 465!;
Whistler 2778,2938, 8603!, 9142.
Colubrina asiatica (L.) Brongn.
fisoa
Spreading shrub with glossy alternate leaves, small
white flowers, and green globose fruits. Occasional
to common on the seaward margins of littoral forest,
reported only near sea level. Indigenous, ranging
from tropical East Africa to the Marquesas. Setchell
3 10, 32 1; Wilder 22, 71, 75, 89; Mitchell 584;
Yuncker 9303; Wisner 83; Whistler 1469, 8559!.
RHIZOPHORACEAE
*Uruguiera gymnorrhiza (L.) Lam.
[Oriental mangrove] togo
Large tree with glossy opposite leaves, a calyx of
many linear lobes, orange petals, and a cigar-shaped
fruit. Locally abundant in mangrove swamps,
reported only near sea level. Indigenous, ranging
from tropical Asia to Samoa. Setchell 3 1 ; Garber
953; Yuncker 937 1; Bryan 963; Whistler 28 16.
Crossostylis biflora Forst.
saitamu
Medium-sized tree with stilt roots, opposite leaves,
and greenish flowers bearing many stamens. Occa-
sional in lowland to cloud forest, reported from 200
to 1300 m elevation. Indigenous, ranging from
Tahiti to the Marquesas. USEE s.n.; Setchell 554;
Bryan 93; Christophersen 1038, 1045, 3512; Mit-
chell 575; Yuncker 9407; Wisner 152; Long 1963,
1974; Spence 477!; Whistler 2700, 8520!, 9342!.
*Rhizophora mangle L.
[red mangrove] togo
Small to medium-sized tree with stilt roots, glossy
opposite leaves, small cream-colored flowers, and a
long pendulous fruit. Common in estuaries and
mangrove swamps, reported only near sea level.
Indigenous, native to the New World tropics, New
Caledonia, Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa. Setchell 98,
309, 532; Christophersen 3479; Yuncker 9370;
Whistler 2817, 3284.
RUBIACEAE
*Aidia cochinchinensis Lour.
ola mea
Shrub or small tree with opposite leaves, white
flowers in dense clusters, and small red fruits.
Occasional in coastal to lowland forest, reported
from near sea level to 400 m elevation. Indigenous,
ranging from tropical Asia to western Polynesia.
(Rechinger); Whistler 8459.
Calycosia sessilis A. Gray
Unbranched shrub with terminal, subsessile leaves,
white flowers in a dense, flattened, sessile terminal
head, and small red fruits. Occasional in montane to
cloud forest, reported from 300 to 1300 m elevation.
Endemic. Setchell 386; Christophersen 1 123 !;
Whistler 273 8.
Canthium merrillii (Setchell) Christoph.
ola sina
Medium-sized tree with opposite leaves, white
axillary flowers, and bluish, laterally compressed,
subglobose fruits in axillary clusters. Occasional in
coastal to montane forest, reported from 20 to 700 m
elevation. Indigenous, also found in Tonga (the
Niuas). Setchell 423, 442, 5 18; Diefenderfer 13;
Long 1989; Whistler 3672. This should be
transferred to the genus Psydrmc.
Cyclophyllum barbatum (Forst, f.) Hall6 &
Florence
ola?
Small tree with small opposite leaves, small white
flowers, and a red, irregularly subglobose pyrene.
Occasional to common in montane scrub and coastal
forest, reported from near sea level to 450 m elevation.
Indigenous, ranging from Fiji to the Marquesas.
Christophersen 1004, 3528; Whistler 2891,
3665, 8050, 8458, 8656!, 8678!.