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Gomphrena globosa

Pōkai Kura

Globe Amaranth

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Globe Amaranth, Bachelor's Button, Bozu Flower

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Pōkai Kura (RR MG AT MK MT AK TW), Pōkai Kula (TS); Other Polynesian - Malila (TON), Malila (SAM)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE tropical America

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; Land, lowlands

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Ornamental flowers

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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
-
-

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

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Scientific Taxonomy

Gomphrena globosa Linnaeus
TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); CARYOPHYLLIDAE; Caryophyllales; AMARANTHACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.192 Wagner et al.- Flowering Plants of Hawaii
p.334 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.52 Tropica
p.2/293 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.392c Whistler - Ethnobotany of the Cook Islands

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

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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