Balaka (plant)

Balaka is a genus of 11 known species in the palm family, Arecaceae or Palmae. Seven species are native to the islands of Fiji and four to Samoa.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families The genus was first proposed and published in Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 2: 91. 1885, from two species originally in the genus Ptychosperma (P. perbrevis and P. seemannii).Original text, archived at the Biodiversity Heritage Library, by genus author

Species Accepted species:

Balaka diffusa Hodel - Fiji Balaka insularis Zona & W.J.Baker - Samoa Balaka longirostris Becc. - Fiji Balaka macrocarpa Burret - Fiji Balaka microcarpa Burret - Fiji Balaka pauciflora (H.Wendl.) H.E.Moore - Fiji Balaka samoensis Becc. - Samoa Balaka seemannii (H.Wendl.) Becc. - Fiji Balaka siliensis Christoph. - Samoa Balaka streptostachys D.Fuller & Dowe - Fiji Balaka tahitensis Christoph. - Samoa

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