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Macaranga harveyana

‘Enua

Macaranga

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Macaranga

TRADITIONAL NAMES: ‘Enua (RR MG); Other Polynesian - Fanua Mamala (SAM)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Fiji - Cooks

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group only (Rarotonga, Mangaia & Atiu only); Land, lowlands - mountains

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Material (Wood)

KEY FEATURES: Spreading tree to 10m. LEAVES in terminal clusters; alternate; large, inverted-teardrop, to 40x35cm; base round, tip sharp; stalk long, to 30cm, joining blade near centre (=peltate) with a short spine on upper surface; glossy green with yellow veins. FLOWERS sexes on different trees. MALE in small, widely-spaced clusters on long, slender branchlets; each cluster of several minute flowers in a semi-circular bract; each flower with 5-10 stamens. FEMALE spaced along fleshy branchlets; each a small sphere with 2-3 styles to 10mm; styles very papillose inside. FRUIT round, 10mmØ, with a few round processes to 10mm, and 2-3 styles to 10mm, green, with 2 seeds.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea: Present
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

Macaranga harveyana (Muell. Arg.)
SYNONYMS: Mappa harveyana; Tanarius harveyana

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ROSIDAE; Euphorbiales; EUPHORBIACEAE

More Information

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Material (Wood). Comments: MATERIAL: Timber lasting, red, soft, best not exposed to the elements.

GENERAL NOTE: Timber, occasionally for boats (AW90).

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.2/512 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.295 I Cheeseman - Flora of Rarotonga
p.67 Wilder - Flora of Rarotonga
p.361c Whistler - Ethnobotany of the Cook Islands
p.99 McCormack/Kunzle - Rarotonga's Mountain Tracks and Plants

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM03b, zupM04b

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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