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 Oceania ecozone.

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 (ta‘o) from which "poke", similar to poi, is made.
• Vanilla

Other plants

• Frangipani
• Hibiscus
• Mape
• Nono
• Tiara

See also

• Marquesan Nature Reserves

External links

• Flora of the Marquesas Islands website

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