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Pouteria grayana

Karaka Ngāpūtoru*

Pouteria

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Pouteria, Planchonella

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Karaka / Karāka (MG), Karaka (AT MK MT)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Fiji - Cooks - Tuamotu (Makatea)

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group only (Rarotonga mountains; raised islands in makatea); Land, mountains (+++)

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Locally endangered

Cook Islands Distribution

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

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

Pouteria grayana (St.John 1934)
SYNONYMS: Planchonella grayana; Planchonella costata var. vitiensis; Sideroxylon sp. [sensu GW]; Brassia sp. [sensu TC]

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); DILLENIIDAE; Ebenales; SAPOTACEAE. COMMENT: Sapota vitiensis {A.Gray 1862} is original name but Planchonella vitiensis because Lucuma vitiensis was used for the same species by Gillespie 1930. St.John's new name and description of 1934 is accepted here. [G.McC 6/2005]

More Information

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
BIODIVERSITY: Locally endangered. Comment: Endangered and declining on Mangaia. No trees known, 5/2000 (Peter Ngatokorua, 5/2000).

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.2/754 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.286 I Cheeseman - Flora of Rarotonga
p.87 Wilder - Flora of Rarotonga
p.367b Whistler - Ethnobotany of the Cook Islands
p.107 McCormack/Kunzle - Rarotonga's Mountain Tracks and Plants

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM05a

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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