Whistler 2000
Whistler, W. Arthur. 2000. Plants in Samoan culture: The ethnobotany of Samoa. Honolulu: Isle Botanica.
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- 3.7 Wild plants of primary lowland tropical rain forest
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- Samoan: fue
generic for vines and creepers
- Samoan: tamanu
Calophyllum neoebudicum
- Samoan: toŋo
taxon of mangrove species inc. Bruguiera gymnorrhiza and Rhizophora mangle
- Samoan: maota
Dysoxylum spp.
- Samoan: maŋaui
a large tree, Garuga floribunda
- Samoan: fasa
a pandanus species, the leaves of which are used to make mats
delirious
Pandanus tectorius
Pandanus textorius
- Samoan: suni
Phaleria disperma; taxon of flowering shrubs, inc. Phaleria spp., introduced Ixora spp. and Hoya australis
- Samoan: salato
Dendrocnide harveyi
- Samoan: fiso
a large reed, Erianthus maximus; stems contain sugar
- Samoan: soaʔa
mountain plantain, Musa troglodytarum
- Samoan: āoa
banyan tree, Ficus prolixa and Ficus obliqua
- Samoan: leŋa
yellow dye from turmeric