CIBED - - Pisonia - Pukatea RR

Pisonia grandis Pisonia Pukatea ^RR

f.NYCTAGINACEAE Bougainvilleas

Pisonia grandis Pisonia Pukatea ^RR

f.NYCTAGINACEAE Bougainvilleas

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Intl. NamesPisonia ^EN

Local NamesPukatea^{RR,AT,MK,MT,AK,PL,TNs,TNw} Puka Avarua^MG Puka^{TNs,TNw,MH,RK,PK,NS}

Pacific NamesPu‘avai ^SAM

Sci. NamesPisonia grandis (accepted name) , Ceodes umbraculifera

High Tax. Eng.k.Plants, p.Flowering Plants, f.Bougainvilleas - a tree

High Tax. Latink.PLANTAE, p.ANTHOPHYTA, c.MAGNOLIOPSIDA, sc.CARYOPHYLLIDAE, o.Caryophyllales, f.NYCTAGINACEAE

Natl. PresencePresent

Sth. PresenceRR⁺⁺MG⁺⁺⁺AT⁺⁺⁺⁺MK⁺⁺⁺⁺MT⁺⁺⁺⁺AK^PPL^++?MN^{+ L}TK^P

Nth. PresenceTN⁺⁺⁺MH^++?RK^PPK⁺⁺⁺NS^PSW^P

VouchersMN²⁰²⁴ PK²⁰⁰⁴ SW¹⁹⁸⁵

Local OriginNative; Resident

Global RangeNative: Madagascar - Taiwan - n.Australia - Tuamotus;

HabitatLand; Lowlands, Coastal

ThreatenedSub-nationally endangered - seriously

InvasivenessNo Content

BiosecurityNo Content

Medical StatusMedicine

Harmful StatusNo Content

UsesNo Content

IdentificationTree with pale bark to 20m. LEAVES opposite sometimes alternate, simple, wide-oval, to 30x15cm, topside without hairs; stalk short to 3cm. FLOWERS unisexual on same tree or different, in terminal clusters; MALE tube green, slightly flaring; petals (more...=lobes) small, spreading, cream; stamens 5-6 slightly protruding; FEMALE tube green ovoid, 5 rows of black glands; lobes tapering, not spreading; stigma protruding. FRUIT (=anthocarp) cylindrical, ripening brown with 5 spiny ribs, sticky, to 2cm long.

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Vernacular Names

English and International Names

Pisonia ^EN

Pacific Names

Pu‘avai ^SAM

Local Names

Pukatea^{RR,AT,MK,MT,AK,PL,TNs,TNw} Puka Avarua^MG Puka^{TNs,TNw,MH,RK,PK,NS}

National Name: Pukatea ^RR

Island	Status	Main name
National name	RR	Pukatea
Rarotonga	++	Pukatea
Mangaia	+++	Puka Avarua
Ātiu	++++	Pukatea
Ma‘uke	++++	Pukatea
Miti‘āro	++++	Pukatea
Aitutaki	P	Pukatea
Palmerston	++?	Pukatea
Tongareva-write	+++	Puka / Pukatea
Tongareva-speak	+++	Puka / Pukatea
Manihiki	++?	Puka
Rakahanga	P	Puka
Pukapuka	+++	Puka
Nassau	P	Puka

Scientific Names and Taxonomy

National Distribution & Vouchers

National Presence:

Present

Oceanic

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Island	Status
Rarotonga	++
Mangaia	+++
Ātiu	++++
Ma‘uke	++++
Miti‘āro	++++
Aitutaki	Present
Palmerston	++?
Manuae	+ L
Takūtea	Present
Tongareva	+++
Manihiki	++?
Rakahanga	Present
Pukapuka	+++
Nassau	Present
Suwarrow	Present

Vouchers for:
Pisonia grandis

Cook Islands

Southern

Northern

Oceanic

Rarotonga

Mangaia

Ātiu

Ma‘uke

Miti‘āro

Aitutaki

Palmerston

Manuae _____ 2024 2fs fieldspecimen 2024-10, filespecimen, Te Au O Tu only, in Steibl et al. 2025

Takūtea

Tongareva

Manihiki

Rakahanga

Pukapuka _____ 2004 2fs fieldspecimen fieldspecimen, 2/2004, near swamps and in reserves, ID G.McCormack.

Nassau

Suwarrow _____ 1985 2fs fieldspecimen 1985-09/10, fieldspecimen in 1986-02 report G.McCormack to Sec. Internal Affairs with ID Pisonia.

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McCormack, Gerald (2026) Cook Islands Biodiversity & Ethnobiology Database, Version 2026.03.23 - Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at https://naturalheritage.gov.ck/cibed
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