SEEDS PLANTS OF FIJI

Alyxia stellata (Apocyn.; Micronesia to eastern Polynesia) is a liane or scandent shrub which
often occurs on limestone, from sea cliffs to 350 m.
Hoya australis (Asclep.; NE Australia to Tonga and Samoa) is a vine of beach thickets, sea
cliffs, rocky shores, mangrove swamps and inland forest, sometimes on limestone.
Jasminum didymum (Olea.; Timor to eastern Polynesia) is a liane of dense or open forest
from sea level to 1150 m, sometimes on limestone.
Geophila repens (Rub.; pantropical) is a sprawling, repent herb usually found in shady sites
in forest, sometimes on limestone.
Psychotria macroserpens (Rub.; S Lau: Kabara) is one of the four liane species in Fijian
Psychotria; these comprise species group ‘Tephrosanthae’ (Smith & Darwin in Smith). It is
only known from forest on limestone, up to perhaps 100 m altitude.
Gynochtodes epiphytica (Rub.; Fiji, Tonga, Niue, Samoa) is a liane of dense or dry forest or
thickets, frequently on limestone.
Hedyotis foetida (Rub.; New Caledonia to eastern Polynesia) is a dwarf shrub found near sea
level on bare limestone on rocky islets.
H. biflora (Rub.; Mauritius, through tropical Asia and Malesia to Samoa) is a prostrate herb
occurring near sea level on limestone, in cliffs and crevices of arid rocks.
Solanum viride (Solan.; Fiji to Tuamotus and Hawaii) is an erect shrub, sometimes
subscandent or sprawling, and occurs from sea level to 100 m, possibly always on limestone,
cliffs and rock faces, at the edges of forest and in open places.
Ipomoea macrantha (Solan.; pantropical) is a perennial herb with twining or prostrate stems
on beaches, arid shores, lagoon cliffs and thickets, sometimes on limestone.
I. pes-caprae (Solan.; pantropical) has procumbent, not twining stems (often rooting), and
occurs on beaches or riverbanks, sometimes on limestone.
I. littoralis (Solan.; Madagascar to eastern Polynesia and Mexico) has twining or erect stems,
(usually not rooting). It occurs on sandy beaches and dunes, in open forest and thicket,
sometimes on limestone.
Clerodendrum inerme (Verben.; India to eastern Polynesia ) is a small tree or liane of beach
thickets, the inner edge of mangrove swamps, rocky shores, sea cliffs, and sometimes on
limestone.
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