Scaevola taccada

Family	Goodeniaceae
Scientific name	Scaevola taccada (Gaertner) Roxburgh
Synonyms	Lobelia frutescens Miller; Lobelia sericea (Vahl) Kuntze; Lobelia sericea (Vahl) Kuntze var. koenigii (Vahl) Kuntze; Lobelia sericea (Vahl) Kuntze var. typica Kuntze; Lobelia taccada Gaertner; Romeria lobelia Dennstedt; Scaevola bela-modagam Schultes; Scaevola billardieri D. Dietrich; Scaevola chlorantha de Vriese; Scaevola fauriei H. Leveille; Scaevola frutescens K. Krause; Scaevola frutescens K. Krause forma glabra (matsumura) Hatusima; Scaevola frutescens K. Krause forma moomoniana O. Degener & Greenwall; Scaevola frutescens K. Krause var. glabra (Matsumura) Masamune; Scaevola frutescens K. Krause var. koenigii (Vahl) Domin; Scaevola frutescens K. Krause var. sericea (Vahl) Merrill; Scaevola koenigii Vahl; Scaevola koenigii Vahl var. glabra Matsumura; Scaevola koenigii Vahl var. macrocalyx (Vriese) Miquel; Scaevola lambertiana de Vriese; Scaevola latevaga Hance ex Walp; Scaevola leschenaultii de Candolle; Scaevola macrocalyx de Vriese; Scaevola piliplena Miquel; Scaevola plumerioides Nuttall; Scaevola sericea Vahl; Scaevola sericea Vahl forma moomoniana (O. Degener & Greenwall) O. Degener & I. Degener; Scaevola sericea Vahl forma moomoniana (O. Degener & Greenwall) T. Yamazaki; Scaevola taccada (Gaertner) Roxburgh forma punicea H. St. John; Scaevola taccada (Gaertner) Roxburgh var. bryanii H. St. John; Scaevola taccada (Gaertner) Roxburgh var. fauriei (H. Leveille) H. St. John; Scaevola taccada (Gaertner) Roxburgh var. sericea (Vahl) H. St. John; Scaevola velutina C. Presl
Common name	(Japanese common name) kusa-tobera [herbal tobera (tobera = Pittosporum tobira (Thunberg ex Murray) W. T. Aiton)]
	(English common name) beach naupaka, half-flower
Distribution	(Japan) Kyushu (south of Tanegashima Island), Okinawa
	(Other nations) China, Taiwan, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Guam, Micronesia, Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, South Africa, USA
Chromosomal number	unknown.
Description	Plants 1-4m. Leaves 10-16cm long. Flowers white ca. 2cm, flowering in March to October. Fruits 8mm. Evergreen. Shrub.
Reference	Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb.
	Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb.
	Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb.
	Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb. var. sericea (Vahl) H. St.John
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