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Boerhavia tetrandra

Runa (AT)

Boerhavia tetrandra

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Boerhavia tetrandra

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Runa (AT), Paikea (MK), Tiale Katuli (TS), Tiare Katuri (TW), Katuri (MH), Naunau? (RK), Momoe (PK NS)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Micronesia - Cooks - French Polynesia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Land

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food (former Root), Medicine

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: Present
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
+?
++
+
++++
P
++?
PW

Northern Group: Present
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
+++
P
P
++++
P
P

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Scientific Taxonomy

Boerhavia tetrandra G.Forster
SYNONYMS: Boerhavia diffusa var. tetrandra

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); CARYOPHYLLIDAE; Caryophyllales; NYCTAGINACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Boerhavia tetrandra.

References:
p.336 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.381a Whistler - Ethnobotany of the Cook Islands

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM03a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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