Cyrtandra rarotongensis
Rarotonga Cyrtandra
No Local Name
f.GESNERIACEAE
African-violets
Cyrtandra rarotongensis
Rarotonga Cyrtandra
No Local Name
f.GESNERIACEAE
African-violets
Cook Islands Status Summary
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Intl. NamesRarotonga Cyrtandra EN
Local NamesP,?NRR
Pacific NamesNo Content
Sci. NamesCyrtandra rarotongensis (accepted name)
, Cyrtandra rotumaensis
High Tax. Eng.k.Plants, p.Flowering Plants, f.African-violets - a shrub
High Tax. Latink.PLANTAE, p.ANTHOPHYTA, c.MAGNOLIOPSIDA, sc.ASTERIDAE, o.Scrophulariales, f.GESNERIACEAE
Natl. PresencePresent
Sth. PresenceRR++MG+AT-MK-MT-AK-PL-MN-TK-
Nth. PresenceTN-MH-RK-PK-NS-SW-
VouchersMG2016
Local OriginNative; Resident; Endemic of Cook Is
Global RangeNative: Cooks (Rarotonga);
HabitatLand - Uplands - Slope Zone, Cloud Zone
ThreatenedGlobally endangered - seriously; REDLIST Potential
InvasivenessNo Content
BiosecurityNo Content
Medical StatusNo Content
Harmful StatusNo Content
UsesNo Content
IdentificationFleshy shrub to 1.5m. LEAVES opposite, adjacent pairs at right angles; asymmetric, elliptic, to 20x10cm, glossy green, teeth small and round, tip sharp, base asymmetric; stalk 2cmL, thick. FLOWERS axillary clusters, stalk, to 5cm, stalklets to 1cm; cmore...alyx lobes 4, slender, to 1cm, soon lost; corolla white, tube with asymmetrical face 1.5cmØ with 5 round lobes. FRUIT ovoid, 2x1cm(LxØ), ripens pink. SEEDS minute.
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Citation Information
McCormack, Gerald (2026) Cook Islands Biodiversity & Ethnobiology Database, Version 2026.05.13 - Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at https://naturalheritage.gov.ck/cibed
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