Family Name Listing

Class: Dicotyledonae, Family: Fabaceae
Pea family

Scientific Name	Samoan Name	Common Name	Photo	TSN	Park Status	Abundance	Residency	Nativity
Abrus precatorius	matamoso	rosary pea		26416	Probably Present	Uncommon		Native
Adenanthera pavonina	lopa	coral bean tree, false wiliwili, red bead tree, red sandlewood		26447	Present in Park	Occasional		Non-Native
Alysicarpus vaginalis		white moneywort		26456	Present in Park	Common		Non-Native
Caesalpinia major	'anoso	yellow nickers		26506	Probably Present	Occasional		Native
Calopogonium mucunoides		calopo		501155	Present in Park	Common		Non-Native
Canavalia cathartica		maunaloa		501178	Present in Park	Occasional		Native
Canavalia rosea	fue fai va'a	baybean		501188	Probably Present	Occasional		Native
Crotalaria pallida		smooth rattlebox , rattlepod		26574	Probably Present	Common		Unknown
Crotalaria retusa		rattleweed		26577	Probably Present	Uncommon		Non-Native
Dendrolobium umbellatum	lala			-504300	Present in Park	Common		Native
Derris malaccensis				-9748758	Present in Park	Uncommon		Non-Native
Derris trifoliata	fue o'ona	threeleaf derris		506335	Present in Park	Occasional		Native
Desmanthus virgatus		wild tantan		26666	Probably Present	Uncommon		Non-Native
Desmodium heterocarpon		Asian ticktrefoil		502017	Probably Present	Occasional		Native
Desmodium incanum		Spanish clover, tickclover		25804	Present in Park	Occasional		Non-Native
Desmodium tortuosum		Dixie tick trefoil, dixie ticktrefoil		25830	Present in Park	Occasional		Non-Native
Desmodium triflorum		threeflower ticktrefoil		25831	Present in Park	Occasional		Non-Native
Desmodium umbellatum				-9749134	Present in Park	Common		Native
Dioclea wilsonii		Wilson's clusterpea		502070	Present in Park	Rare		Native
Entada phaseoloides	tifa	St. Thomas bean		502304	Probably Present	Uncommon		Native
Erythrina fusca	gatae palagi	swamp coral tree		502437	Probably Present	Occasional		Native
Erythrina subumbrans	gatae palagi	erythrina, dadap		506327	Present in Park	Occasional		Non-Native
Erythrina variegata	gatae	coral tree, tiger's claw		502440	Present in Park	Occasional		Native
Indigofera hirsuta		roughhairy indigo		26741	Probably Present	Rare		Non-Native
Indigofera suffruticosa		indigo		26749	Present in Park	Occasional		Non-Native
Inocarpus fagifer	ifi	Tahitian chestnut		507340	Present in Park	Occasional		Non-Native
Intsia bijuga	ifilele			-504371	Present in Park	Uncommon		Native
Leucaena leucocephala	fuapepe, lusina	koa haole, lead tree, white leadtree, wild tamarind		26766	Present in Park	Occasional		Non-Native
Macroptilium lathyroides		wild bushbean		503647	Present in Park	Occasional		Non-Native
Mimosa invisa	vao fefe palagi	giant false sensitive plant, giant sensitive plant		517136	Present in Park	Common		Non-Native
Mimosa pudica var. unijuga	fue inu, vao fefe	sensitive plant, shameplant		529189	Probably Present	Uncommon		Non-Native
Mucuna gigantea	tupe	sea bean		503879	Present in Park	Occasional		Native
Mucuna glabra				-9732422	Present in Park	Occasional		Native
Paraserianthes falcataria = Albizia moluccana	tamalini	peacocksplume, albizia		504116	Present in Park	Occasional		Non-Native
Pongamia pinnata				26877	Present in Park	Rare		Native
Pueraria lobata	a'a	kudzu, kudzu vine		26936	Probably Present	Uncommon		Non-Native
Pueraria montana var. lobata		Japanese arrowroot		529930	Present in Park	Occasional		Non-Native
Senna alata	la'au fai lafa	emperor's candlesticks, candelabra plant		505141	Probably Present	Uncommon		Non-Native
Senna sophera		algarrobilla		505178	Probably Present	Rare		Non-Native
Senna tora	vao pinati	sickle senna, peanut weed		505182	Probably Present	Common		Non-Native
Sophora tomentosa		yellow necklacepod, yellow sophora, (silverbush)		26965	Present in Park	Rare		Native
Tephrosia purpurea	'avasa	fishpoison		565564	Present in Park	Rare		Native
Uraria lagopodioides				-504578	Probably Present	Uncommon		Non-Native
Vigna adenantha		wild pea		505690	Present in Park	Rare		Native
Vigna marina	fue sina	notched cowpea, beach pea		27017	Present in Park	Common		Native

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From: Park Species List   -   NPSpecies Summary Report
Generated: 10 March 2007 Kalaupapa Nat'l Historical Park  (Invert)

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