Beside road. Growing on palm trees among ballon grass and Colubrina.
Notes:
Vine with long green stems. Leaves opposite, pale green. White clustered flowers, maturing and developing bristles for wind dispersal. Leaves larger than those growing in the rich volcanic soils. Not seen elsewhere at this locality.
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
Expedition: Oxford University Expedition to the Cook Islands 1991. (Botanical Survey Mitiaro, 23rd June - 15th August 1991).