american samoa - University of Hawaii at Manoa

*Gardenia taitensis DC. "Hedyotis corymbosa (L.) Lam.
[Tahitian gardenia] pua Samoa
Small herb with opposite, narrowly elliptic leaves
and thin, axillary peduncles bearing 2 or 3 tiny white
flowers. Uncommon in disturbed places, reported
only from the lowlands. A modern introduction,
native to Africa. Sykes 17; Whistler 5817.
Shrub with glossy opposite leaves, large showy
white flowers, and a green, ribbed capsule. Uncom-
mon in coaslal forest and on coastal rocks, reported
only ncar sca level but lormerly commonly culti-
vated. I'robably a Polynesian introduction, ranging
from Vanuatu to Hawai'i. USEE s.n.; Graeffe 227;
Setchell 13 1, 236; Garber 95, 11 17; Amerson s.n.;
Whistler 3855, 842 1 .
Ceophila repens (L.) I. M. Johnston
tono
Prostrate herb with kidney-shaped leaves, small
white flowers, and a red globose fruit. Occasional in
coastal to montane forest, reported from near sea
level to 700 m elevation. Indigenous, pantropic in
distribution. Setchell 41, 81; Garber 894; Wisner 1;
Long 1957; Whistler 2943, 8639!.
Cuettarda speciosa L.
puapua
Medium-si~ed tree with opposite obovate leaves,
showy white, long-tubed, fragrant flowers, and a
hrown, globose fruit. Common in littoral to lowland
forest, reported from near sea level to 250 m
elevation. Indigenous, ranging from east Africa to
the Marquesas. Whistler 9Ol 5!.
Ixora samoensis A. Gray
filofiloa
Shrub with opposite leaves, long, tubular, white to
pink flowers in 3s, and a small globose fruit. Occa-
sional in coastal to cloud forest, reported from near
sea level to 1200 m elevation. Endemic. Wilder &
Swezey 58; Garber 835, 925; Christophersen 1005,
1132!, 3481, 3535, 3549, 3554; Spence 509!;
Whistler 2885, 3297,ii 3621, 3663, 8053, 8460,
8633!, 8682!.
Morinda citrifolia L.
[Indian mulberry] nonu
Shrub or small tree with large, glossy dark green,
opposite leaves, small white flowers, and a large
yellowish, irregularly shaped, fleshy, compound
fruit. Common in coastal forest and disturbed
places, reported from near sea level to 500 m
elevation. Probably a Polynesian introduction,
ranging from India to Hawai'i. Setchell 34, 572;
Whistler 1440,3 120,9024!, 9144.
Gynochtodes epiphytica (Rechinger) A. C. Smith Morinda myrtifolia A. Gray
& S. Darwin
Woody climbing vine with opposite, round-tipped
Woody climber with opposite leaves, small axillary leaves, small white flowers, and a subglobose,
flowers, and greenish, marble-like fruits. ccasional compound fruit. Occasional in coastal to lowland
to common in coastal to lowland forest, reported forest, reported from near sea level to 200 m elevafrom
20 to 400 m elevation. Indigenous, also found tion. Indigenous, ranging from New Caledonia to
in Fiji, Niue, and Tonga. Whistler 2874, 3618, the Marquesas. Whistler 3670,8541!.
8482.9 150.
Mussaenda raiateensis J. W. Moore
Hedyotis biflora (L.) Lam.
aloalo vao
Small herb with opposite leaves, tiny white flowers, Terrestrial or epiphytic shrub with opposite leaves,
and a papery, subglobose capsule. Occasional on yellow flowers subtended by a white, leaf-like bract,
coastal rocks, rarely inland and weedy, reported and a brown, ovoid hit. Occasional in lowland to
from near sea level to 350 m elevation. Indigenous, montane forest, reported from near sea level to 700
ranging from Mauritius to the Cook Islands. Lister m elevation. Indigenous, ranging from Vanuatu to
s.n.; Setchell 120, 320; Garber 969; Diefenderfer 4; the Society Islands. Veitch s.n.; Reinecke 475;
Whistler 2922, 8399, 8692!. Wilder s.n.; Garber 791; Bryan 981!; Yuncker 9355;
Long 2601; Whistler 8536!.