TABLE 1 



Plants reported from Caroline Atoll, but considered to be 

 transient or extinct members of the flora.' 



Scientific Name 



English and 

 Gilbertese Names 



Date Last 

 Reported 



Comments 



CLASS ANGIOSPERMAE 

 Family Graminae 



Eleusine indica (L. ) Gaertn. 



Eragrostis amabilis 



(L.)H.&A. 

 Family Cyperaceae 

 °Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb. 



Family Bromeliaceae 

 Ananas comosa L. 

 Family Liliaceae 



goosegrass. te uteute 1 884 



lovegrass, te uteute 1884 



kyllinga 



pineapple, te bainaboro 1884 



Family Caricaceae 

 Carica papaya 



Family Cucurbitaceae 

 Cucurbita pepo L. 



lpomoea batatas L. 



I.pes-caprae brasiliensis 

 (L.) v. Ooststr. 



Family Scrophulariaceae 

 Russelia equisetiformis 

 Schlecht. 



tamanu (Tahiti), te itai 



Papaya, pawpaw, 



te babaia, te mwemwera 



Pumpkin, te baukin. 



te bamakin 



Sweet potato, te kumara 



beach morning glory, 

 pohuehue (Hawaii), 

 te ruku 



Coral plant, te kaihaun 

 ("golden plant") 



Presently 

 cultivated 



Presently 

 cultivated 

 Presently 

 cultivated 



1884 



Introduced weed 

 Introduced weed 



One clump by cistern. South Is., 

 on recently disturbed ground 



Introduced for cultivated fruit 



Introduced ornamental. One 

 small specimen found on South 

 Is. by Anne Falconer, 1990. 

 Collection no. K-90-14 



Not yet established, 2 trees on 

 South and Ana-Ana 

 Introduced for cultivated fruit 



Introduced "vine climbing over 

 portico" (Trelease 1 884) 



Unsuccessful introduction in 

 1834. Food plant 



Introduced weed, unsuccessful 



In the 1940's. a "few taller 

 Calophyllum and Pisonia" 

 (N.I.D. 1943). No other 

 reference; did observer confuse 

 Calophyllum with Cordial 



Cultivated for fruit in 1884. 

 not seen in 1965. In garden on 

 Ana-Ana, one on South Is. by 

 cistern 



Cultivated in 1884, not found 



in 1965 



Introduced in 1840, not reported 



again until this expedition (tubers 



brought in 1988). Collection 



nos. K-159, 160 



Found in 1965 by copra shed; 



extensive searching on 3 



expeditions in 1988 and 1990 



failed to find it 



Unsuccessful introduction in 19th 

 century 



'Since 1988, the Falconers have added more vegetables and ornamentals to their ever-expanding garden: green 

 beans, lemon grass, peppermint, okra, banana, Tahitian gardenia (tiare), tomato, breadfruit, red hibiscus, etc. 

 °Not previously reported from Caroline Atoll. 



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