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Rorippa nasturtium-aquatica

Toatoa

Watercress

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Watercress

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Toatoa (RR MG AT), Toatoa Kai (MK AK); Other Polynesian - Kapisi Vai (SAM)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Europe - w.Asia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; Land, Swamplands including inland pondfields

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food (Leaf 2+)

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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:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
-
-
-
-
-
-

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Scientific Taxonomy

Rorippa nasturtium-aquatica Linnaeus
SYNONYMS: Nasturtium nasturtium-aquatica; Nasturtium officinale; Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquatica

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); DILLENIIDAE; Capparales; BRASSICACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.2/709 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.405e Whistler - Ethnobotany of the Cook Islands

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

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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