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Grewia crenata

Au‘ere

Grewia

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Grewia

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Au‘ere (RR); Other Polynesian - Fo ‘Ui (TON), Fau Ui (SAM)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Micronesia - Melanesia - Societies

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Groups only (RR only - uncommon but widespread); Land, mountains (100-450m elevation)

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Nationally endangered (moderately)

KEY FEATURES: Small tree to 6m. LEAVES alternate, simple, wide-oval, to 15x9cm, glossy green, base round, tip sharp, edge numerous small teeth. FLOWERS axillary, small clusters; each 3cmØ; sepals 5, spreading, oval, to 15x5mm, tip sharp, white above, green below; stamens many; style with tip green and 2-lobed. FRUIT 8mmØ, subspherical to 3-lobed, maturing black.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea: -
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Northern Group: -
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Grewia crenata (J.R.Forster & G.Forster)
SYNONYMS: Grewia malococca [incl. TC]; Grewia persicaefolia; Grewia prunifolia; Mallococca crenata [O]

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); DILLENIIDAE; Malvales; TILIACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: fieldspecimen+photo, 1/2004, Avana 3-crossings below water intake, GMcC with ID as Grewia crenata.

References:
p.2/374 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.274 I Cheeseman - Flora of Rarotonga
p.71 Wilder - Flora of Rarotonga
p.359a Whistler - Ethnobotany of the Cook Islands

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM04b, zupM05a, zD02, zupD04a

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.
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