american samoa - University of Hawaii at Manoa

SAPOTACEAE
Manilkara dissecta (L. f.) Dubard
pan i
Medium-sized tree with glossy, alternate, obovate
leaves and solitary axillary 6-merous flowers. Rare
in coastal forest, reported from near sea level to 200
m elevation. Indigenous, ranging from Vanuatu to
Samoa. Guest sen.; Whistler 8466, 8679!.
Palaquium stehlinii Christoph.
nasu (Western Samoa)
Large tree with ovate leaves, milky sap, small
flowers with at least twice as many stamens as
petals, and a large, single-seeded, curved-oblong
fruit. Occasional in lowland to montane forest,
reported from 150 to 750 m elevation. Endemic.
Whistler 8655!, 8747!, 9339!.
Ylanchonella garberi Christoph.
'ala'a
Medium-sized to large tree with milky sap, lanceo-
late leaves, small axillary flowers, and a subglobose
fruit red to black at maturity and containing one or
more shiny black seeds. Occasional in coastal to
foothill forest, reported from near sea level to 500 m
elevation. Indigenous, ranging from Fiji to Niue.
Setchell 291; Wisner 46, 47, 48; Whistler 2690!,
2864,3298,3302,3349,3537,8504,8673!, 8718!.
Planchonella grayana St. John
'ala'a
Large tree with milky sap, elliptic leaves, small
axillary flowers, and a flesh-colored, globose fruit
containing several shiny black seeds. Uncommon in
littoral and coastal forest, reported from near sea
level to 185 m elevation. Indigenous, ranging from
Fiji to the Tuamotu Islands (Makatea). Whistler
2945. 8430.
Planchonella samoensis H. J. Lam ex Christoph.
mamalava
Large tree with milky sap, large alternate leaves,
small axillary flowers, and an ellipsoid, red to
yellow fruit containing a single shiny black, com-
pressed-fusiform seed. Common to abundant in
lowland to montane forest, reported from 20 to 900
m elevation. Indigenous, also found in Tonga (the
Niuas) and Niue. Setchell 259; Wisner 80; Whistler
1442,2875,2963,3627.
SCROPHULARIACEAE
"Limnophila fragrans (Forst, f.) Seem.
tamole vai
Prostrate herb with fragrant, opposite leaves and
small sympetalous, white to pale-blue flowers. Rare
in wet places such as taro patches, streambeds, and
crater lake margins, reported from near sea level to
650 m elevation. Indigenous, ranging from Austra-
lia and Melanesia to the Society Islands. USEE s.n.
(n.s.); Setchell370; Whistler 8044, 9034.
"Limnophila rugosa (Roth) Merr.
Erect herb with opposite, oblong leaves, axillary,
sessile flowers, and a lavender and yellow campa-
nulate corolla. Uncommon in wet disturbed areas,
reported only from the lowlands. A modem intro-
duction, native to tropical Asia. Whistler 3228.
*Lindernia antipoda (L.) Alston in Trimen
Small prostrate herb with opposite sessile leaves,
small lavender flowers oppositely arranged in
terminal racemes, and linear capsules. Uncommon
or rare in disturbed places, reported only from the
lowlands. A modem introduction, native to tropical
Asia. Whistler 8934.
Lindernia crustacea (L.) F. Muell.
Small herb with opposite leaves, purple-blue
flowers, and a tiny, many-seeded capsule. Occa-
sional in wet places such as streambeds, reported
from near sea level to 600 m elevation. Indigenous,
pantropic in distribution. Setchell 76, 327; Whistler
277O!, 8640!.
SOLANACEAE
*Capsicum frutescens L.
[chili pepper] polo feu
Subshrub with alternate leaves, cream-colored,
rotate flowers reflexed at anthesis, and a bright red,
cylindrical berry. Occasional in disturbed places,
reported only from the lowlands. A modem introduction,
native to tropical America. Setchell 5;
Garber 802; Diefenderfer 19; Christophersen 10 14;
Whistler 9 162.