Editing Teraina (section)

=== Flora ===
Over 30 species of flowering plants are known from the island, but most seem to be not originally native. ''[[Cocos nucifera]]'', the coconut palm, is the most conspicuous tree on Teraina. It is found planted, but also constitutes one of the dominant forest trees. The palms occur in wet forest around the bogs, mixed with ''[[Pandanus]]'' (screwpine), and an undergrowth dominated by the [[fern]]s ''[[Asplenium|Asplenium pacificum]]'' and ''[[Phymatosorus scolopendria]]''. In more elevated places near the beach, ''[[Pisonia]]'' (catchbird tree) atoll forest is found, though Teraina has not that much of this ubiquitous Pacific ecosystem for its size.<ref name = teebaki1993 />

The most conspicuous plants of the boglands are the [[Araceae|arum]] ''[[Cyrtosperma merkusii]]'' and the giant bulrush (''[[Schoenoplectus californicus]]'').<ref name = teebaki1993 />

Among the local crops, [[sugar-apple]] (''Annona squamosa''), [[breadfruit]] (''Artocarpus altilis''), [[papaya]] (''Carica papaya''), [[banana]]s (''Musa'' [[cultivar]]s, including [[Fe'i banana]]s<ref>[http://faculty.washington.edu/jsachs/lab/www/Research/Kiribati_Expedition_2005/Xmas134.jpg Image] washington.edu</ref>) and [[apple guava]] (''Psidium guajava'') are the most significant, apart from the coconuts. [[Frangipani]] (''Plumeria'') and [[hibiscus]] are popular as [[ornamental plant]]s.<ref name = resture2004 />