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Homalium acuminatum Cook Islands Homalium Mato RR
f.FLACOURTIACEAE Flacourtias
Homalium acuminatum Cook Islands Homalium Mato RR
f.FLACOURTIACEAE Flacourtias
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    Intl. NamesCook Islands Homalium EN
    Local NamesMatoRR  MotoMG 
    Pacific NamesNo Content
    Sci. NamesHomalium acuminatum (accepted name) [Original name, 1901, specimen Rarotonga]
    High Tax. Eng.k.Plants, p.Flowering Plants, f.Flacourtias - a tree
    High Tax. Latink.PLANTAE, p.ANTHOPHYTA, c.MAGNOLIOPSIDA, sc.DILLENIIDAE, o.Violales, f.FLACOURTIACEAE
    Natl. PresencePresent
    Sth. PresenceRR++++MG++AT-MK-MT-AK-PL-MN-TK-
    Nth. PresenceTN-MH-RK-PK-NS-SW-
    VouchersNo Content
    Local OriginNative; Resident; Endemic of Cook Is [Endemic of 2 islands]
    Global RangeNative: Cooks (Rarotonga, Mangaia); 
    HabitatLand; Lowlands, Horticultural Zone; Uplands [Uplands (++++)]
    ThreatenedNo Content
    InvasivenessNo Content
    BiosecurityNo Content
    Medical StatusNo Content
    Harmful StatusNo Content
    UsesMaterial - for timber [formerly]
    IdentificationTree to 20m. TRUNK one to a few, with narrow (2-5mm) horizontal ridges (lenticels). LEAVES alternate, oval, to 18x9cm, edge with a few rounded teeth, tip obtuse to sharp, base obtuse, green usually with black spots (dead tissue). FLOWERS terminal or more...along branches mainly after storm damage; dense cluster of spikes ~10cm each with a few to 50 flowers; each 8mmØ, cream, with several hairy sepals and petals. SEED in base of shed flower, ovoid, 3x2mm, brown.
    Similar SpeciesNo Content
    Interest NoteThere are several species of Homalium in the South Pacific. more...Fiji has four and all are endemic (Homalium laurifolium, Homalium niten, Homalium pallidum (Lau group only) and Homalium vitiense. Homalium whitmeeanum is in Samoa and Tonga, if Homalium tongaense is not a different species. There are other species in French Polynesia and one in Pitcairn. [from various sources, G.McCormack 4/2005]

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    Tree-top on mountainside after storm
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    Tree-trunks in the forest interior
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Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2026) Cook Islands Biodiversity & Ethnobiology Database, Version 2026.03.16 - Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at https://naturalheritage.gov.ck/cibed
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Leaves, flowers and multi-trunk - Cook Islands, Rarotonga - Gerald McCormack

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Flowers - overview and detail - Cook Islands, Rarotonga - Gerald McCormack 2005


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Homalium acuminatum
Cook Islands Homalium
Mato RR
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