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Copper-leaf Acalypha Acalypha godseffiana Kāpaiē
Other Names: Lace Acalypha [for cv. "Heterophylla"]
Other Traditional Names: Kapaie (RR AK), Kapaie / Kavaie? (AT), Kaope Pa (MK)
Synonyms: Acalypha godseffiana 'Marginata', Acalypha godseffiana 'Heterophylla'
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Red-hot Cat's-tail Acalypha hispida ‘Iku Kiore-ngiao
Other Names: Chenille Plant [chenille (Eng.) = soft tufted cord; chenille (Fr.) = caterpillar, from L. canula for small dog]
Other Traditional Names: Iku Kiore-ngiao / Aere-Mimi (RR), Uku Kiore / Uku Kiao (MG), Mimi (AT), ero Mimi / Iku Ngiao (MK), Ara Mimi (MT), Iku Ngiao (AK), Monkey-tail (PL), Other Polynesian: Siisiu Pusi (SAM), Aero Mimi (TAH)
Other Names: German: Rauhe Nesselblatt, Katzenschwanz; French: Queue de chat, Chenille
Synonyms: -
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Copperleaf Acalypha wilkesiana Kāpaiē
Other Names: Beefsteak Plant, Jacob's Coat, Fijian Fire Bush
Other Traditional Names: Kapaie (RR MG MT AK TS TW MH RK), Kapaie / Kavaie? (AT), Kaope Pa (MK)
Other Names: German: Schillernde Nesselblatt
Synonyms: Acalypha tricolor
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Candlenut Aleurites moluccana Tuitui
Other Names: Varnish Tree
Other Traditional Names: Tuitui (RR MG AT MK MT AK), Other Polynesian: Lama (SAM)
Other Names: German: Lichtnussbaum
Synonyms: Acalypha triloba; Jatropha moluccana
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Bischofia Bischofia javanica Koka
Other Names: Toog
Other Traditional Names: Koka (RR), Other Polynesian: Koka / Tongotongo (FIJ), Koka (TON), Oa (SAM)
Synonyms: Bischoffia javanica; Allophyllus vitiensis
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Hairy Spurge Chamaesyce hirta Totototo Tītā (MK)
Other Names: Garden Spurge, Asthma Plant
Other Traditional Names: Totototo (RR), Totototo Tita (MK AK), Mauku (TS TW), Other Polynesian: Laau Fai Moti (SAM)
Synonyms: Euphorbia hirta; Euphorbia pilulifera
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Variegated Croton Codiaeum variegatum Kaitava
Other Names: Croton Shrub
Other Traditional Names: Kaitava (RR MG AT MK MT AK TS TW MH RK PK)
Other Names: German: Wunderstrauch
Synonyms: Codiaeum variegatum var. variegatum; Croton variegatum; Croton pictum
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