Flora of the Marquesas Islands

The Marquesas Islands have a diverse flora, with a high rate of endemism. They are in the floristic Polynesian subkingdom of the Oceanian realm.

Food Plants

Most of the food plants are not endemic, and include:

• Avocados
• Bananas
• Breadfruit (mei) from which "mā" is made.
• Cashews
• Coconuts
• Jambul
• Grapefruits
• Guavas
• Lemons
• Mangos
• Pandanus
• Papayas
• Pineapples
• Plantains
• Soursops
• Sugar apples
• Taro (taʻo) from which "poke", similar to poi, is made.
• Vanilla

Other plants

• Frangipani
• Hibiscus
• Mape
• Nono
• Tiara

Pelagodoxa henryana, the only species in the genus Pelagodoxa, is a palm tree that is endemic to the Marquesas Islands.[1]

See also

• Marquesan Nature Reserves

References

1. Dransfield, John; Uhl, Natalie W.; Asmussen, Conny B.; Baker, William J.; Harley, Madeline M.; Lewis, Carl E. (2008). Genera Palmarum: The Evolution and Classification of Palms. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-182-2.

External links

• Botany.si.edu: Flora of the Marquesas Islands website