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Rarotonga Homalium

Homalium acuminatum

Rarotonga Homalium
Photo: Akos Kokai, CC BY 2.0
Family
Salicaceae (Willow family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Cook Is.
Climate
wet tropical

About

Homalium acuminatum, the Cook Islands homalium, is a species of tree in the willow family, Salicaceae. It is endemic to the Cook Islands, growing on the islands of Rarotonga, where it is known as mato, and Mangaia, where it is known as moto. It grows to a height of up to 20 m (66 ft). On Rarotonga it dominates steep mountain slopes. The IUCN Red List calls it the Rarotonga homalium and considers it endemic to Rarotonga, though the Cook Islands Biodiversity Database lists it as also present, but "uncommon" on Mangaia.

Other Homalium plants

Homalium betulifolium · Homalium brevidens · Homalium buxifolium · Homalium ceylanicum · Homalium dalzielii · Homalium dasyanthum · Homalium foetidum · Homalium gracilipes · Homalium grandiflorum · Homalium henriquesii · Homalium hypolasium · Homalium jainii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Homalium acuminatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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