Nerium oleander: common name details from PIER

Common name/Language/Location

Common name	Language	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
adelfa	Chamorro	Guam Island	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 482)
adelfa	Spanish	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
balandre	Spanish	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
holiandah	Other	Pitcairn Island	St. John, H. (1987) (p. 47)
jia zhu tao	Chinese	?	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)
ky&233;chiku-t&233;	Japanese	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
laurel	Spanish	Galápagos Islands	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
laurel de jardín	Spanish	Galápagos Islands	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
laurel en flor	Spanish	?	Meyer, Jean-Yves (2008) (p. 48)
laurel rosa	Spanish	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
laurier blanc	French	?	Grant, Martin Lawrence;Fosberg, F. Raymond/Smith, Howard M. (1974) (p. 54)
laurier rose	French	?	Grant, Martin Lawrence;Fosberg, F. Raymond/Smith, Howard M. (1974) (p. 54)
lolie	Tongan	Tonga Islands	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 222)
mountain rose	English	Pitcairn Island	St. John, H. (1987) (p. 47)
‘oleana	Hawaiian	Hawaiian Islands	Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral R. (2005) (p. 122)
oleander	English	?	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 482)
oleandre	French	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
oliaanta	Marshallese	Marshall Islands	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 65)
‘oliana	Hawaiian	Hawaiian Islands	Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral R. (2005) (p. 122)
oliana	Samoan	American Samoa Islands	Whistler, W. A. (1984) (p. 479)
oliana	Samoan	Western Samoa Islands	Whistler, W. A. (1984) (p. 479)
oliana	Tokelauan	Tokelau Islands	Whistler, W. A. (2000) (p. 189)
olianta	Marshallese	Arno Atoll	Anderson, Donald (1951) (p. iv)
‘oliwa	Hawaiian	Hawaiian Islands	Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral R. (2005) (p. 122)
pascua	Spanish	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
rosa laurel	Chamorro	Guam Island	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 482)
rose-laurel	English	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
rosebay	English	?	Whistler, W. A. (2000) (p. 330)
rusi	Fijian	Fiji Islands	Smith, Albert C. (1988) (p. 103)
talona	Niuean	Niue Island	Sykes, W. R. (1970) (p. 45)
tālona	Pukapukan	Pukapuka Atoll	McCormack, Gerald (2013)
tārona	Maori (Cook Islands)	Cook Islands	McCormack, Gerald (2013)	Rarotonga, Mangaia, 'Atiu, Ma'uke, Miti'aro, Aitutaki, Manihiki, Rakahanga
tarona	Tahitian	Tahiti Island	Grant, Martin Lawrence;Fosberg, F. Raymond/Smith, Howard M. (1974) (p. 54)
tarona uouo	Tahitian	Tahiti Island	Grant, Martin Lawrence;Fosberg, F. Raymond/Smith, Howard M. (1974) (p. 54)	white form
te orian	I-Kiribati	Kiribati (Republic of)	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 18)
te orion	I-Kiribati	Onotoa Atoll	Moul, Edwin T. (1957) (p. 19)
tiare tālona	Tongarevan (spoken)	Penrhyn (Tongareva) Island	McCormack, Gerald (2013)
tiare tārona	Tongarevan (written)	Penrhyn (Tongareva) Island	McCormack, Gerald (2013)
vasa	Fijian	Fiji Islands	Smith, Albert C. (1988) (p. 103)
wiliancher	Chuukese	Puluwat (Pwonowót) Atoll	Manner, H. I./Mallon, E. (1989) (p. 55)

Language/Location/Common name

Language	Location	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
Chamorro	Guam Island	adelfa	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 482)
Chamorro	Guam Island	rosa laurel	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 482)
Chinese	?	jia zhu tao	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)
Chuukese	Puluwat (Pwonowót) Atoll	wiliancher	Manner, H. I./Mallon, E. (1989) (p. 55)
English	?	oleander	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 482)
English	?	rose-laurel	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
English	?	rosebay	Whistler, W. A. (2000) (p. 330)
English	Pitcairn Island	mountain rose	St. John, H. (1987) (p. 47)
Fijian	Fiji Islands	rusi	Smith, Albert C. (1988) (p. 103)
Fijian	Fiji Islands	vasa	Smith, Albert C. (1988) (p. 103)
French	?	laurier blanc	Grant, Martin Lawrence;Fosberg, F. Raymond/Smith, Howard M. (1974) (p. 54)
French	?	laurier rose	Grant, Martin Lawrence;Fosberg, F. Raymond/Smith, Howard M. (1974) (p. 54)
French	?	oleandre	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Hawaiian	Hawaiian Islands	‘oleana	Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral R. (2005) (p. 122)
Hawaiian	Hawaiian Islands	‘oliana	Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral R. (2005) (p. 122)
Hawaiian	Hawaiian Islands	‘oliwa	Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral R. (2005) (p. 122)
I-Kiribati	Kiribati (Republic of)	te orian	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 18)
I-Kiribati	Onotoa Atoll	te orion	Moul, Edwin T. (1957) (p. 19)
Japanese	?	ky&233;chiku-t&233;	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Maori (Cook Islands)	Cook Islands	tārona	McCormack, Gerald (2013)	Rarotonga, Mangaia, 'Atiu, Ma'uke, Miti'aro, Aitutaki, Manihiki, Rakahanga
Marshallese	Arno Atoll	olianta	Anderson, Donald (1951) (p. iv)
Marshallese	Marshall Islands	oliaanta	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 65)
Niuean	Niue Island	talona	Sykes, W. R. (1970) (p. 45)
Other	Pitcairn Island	holiandah	St. John, H. (1987) (p. 47)
Pukapukan	Pukapuka Atoll	tālona	McCormack, Gerald (2013)
Samoan	American Samoa Islands	oliana	Whistler, W. A. (1984) (p. 479)
Samoan	Western Samoa Islands	oliana	Whistler, W. A. (1984) (p. 479)
Spanish	?	adelfa	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Spanish	?	balandre	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Spanish	?	laurel en flor	Meyer, Jean-Yves (2008) (p. 48)
Spanish	?	laurel rosa	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Spanish	?	pascua	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Spanish	Galápagos Islands	laurel	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
Spanish	Galápagos Islands	laurel de jardín	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
Tahitian	Tahiti Island	tarona	Grant, Martin Lawrence;Fosberg, F. Raymond/Smith, Howard M. (1974) (p. 54)
Tahitian	Tahiti Island	tarona uouo	Grant, Martin Lawrence;Fosberg, F. Raymond/Smith, Howard M. (1974) (p. 54)	white form
Tokelauan	Tokelau Islands	oliana	Whistler, W. A. (2000) (p. 189)
Tongan	Tonga Islands	lolie	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 222)
Tongarevan (spoken)	Penrhyn (Tongareva) Island	tiare tālona	McCormack, Gerald (2013)
Tongarevan (written)	Penrhyn (Tongareva) Island	tiare tārona	McCormack, Gerald (2013)

Location/Language/Common name

Location	Language	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
?	Chinese	jia zhu tao	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)
?	English	oleander	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 482)
?	English	rose-laurel	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	English	rosebay	Whistler, W. A. (2000) (p. 330)
?	French	laurier blanc	Grant, Martin Lawrence;Fosberg, F. Raymond/Smith, Howard M. (1974) (p. 54)
?	French	laurier rose	Grant, Martin Lawrence;Fosberg, F. Raymond/Smith, Howard M. (1974) (p. 54)
?	French	oleandre	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	Japanese	ky&233;chiku-t&233;	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	Spanish	adelfa	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	Spanish	balandre	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	Spanish	laurel en flor	Meyer, Jean-Yves (2008) (p. 48)
?	Spanish	laurel rosa	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	Spanish	pascua	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
American Samoa Islands	Samoan	oliana	Whistler, W. A. (1984) (p. 479)
Arno Atoll	Marshallese	olianta	Anderson, Donald (1951) (p. iv)
Cook Islands	Maori (Cook Islands)	tārona	McCormack, Gerald (2013)	Rarotonga, Mangaia, 'Atiu, Ma'uke, Miti'aro, Aitutaki, Manihiki, Rakahanga
Fiji Islands	Fijian	rusi	Smith, Albert C. (1988) (p. 103)
Fiji Islands	Fijian	vasa	Smith, Albert C. (1988) (p. 103)
Galápagos Islands	Spanish	laurel	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
Galápagos Islands	Spanish	laurel de jardín	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
Guam Island	Chamorro	adelfa	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 482)
Guam Island	Chamorro	rosa laurel	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 482)
Hawaiian Islands	Hawaiian	‘oleana	Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral R. (2005) (p. 122)
Hawaiian Islands	Hawaiian	‘oliana	Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral R. (2005) (p. 122)
Hawaiian Islands	Hawaiian	‘oliwa	Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral R. (2005) (p. 122)
Kiribati (Republic of)	I-Kiribati	te orian	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 18)
Marshall Islands	Marshallese	oliaanta	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 65)
Niue Island	Niuean	talona	Sykes, W. R. (1970) (p. 45)
Onotoa Atoll	I-Kiribati	te orion	Moul, Edwin T. (1957) (p. 19)
Penrhyn (Tongareva) Island	Tongarevan (spoken)	tiare tālona	McCormack, Gerald (2013)
Penrhyn (Tongareva) Island	Tongarevan (written)	tiare tārona	McCormack, Gerald (2013)
Pitcairn Island	English	mountain rose	St. John, H. (1987) (p. 47)
Pitcairn Island	Other	holiandah	St. John, H. (1987) (p. 47)
Pukapuka Atoll	Pukapukan	tālona	McCormack, Gerald (2013)
Puluwat (Pwonowót) Atoll	Chuukese	wiliancher	Manner, H. I./Mallon, E. (1989) (p. 55)
Tahiti Island	Tahitian	tarona	Grant, Martin Lawrence;Fosberg, F. Raymond/Smith, Howard M. (1974) (p. 54)
Tahiti Island	Tahitian	tarona uouo	Grant, Martin Lawrence;Fosberg, F. Raymond/Smith, Howard M. (1974) (p. 54)	white form
Tokelau Islands	Tokelauan	oliana	Whistler, W. A. (2000) (p. 189)
Tonga Islands	Tongan	lolie	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 222)
Western Samoa Islands	Samoan	oliana	Whistler, W. A. (1984) (p. 479)

Language/Common name/Location

Language	Common name	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
Chamorro	adelfa	Guam Island	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 482)
Chamorro	rosa laurel	Guam Island	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 482)
Chinese	jia zhu tao	?	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)
Chuukese	wiliancher	Puluwat (Pwonowót) Atoll	Manner, H. I./Mallon, E. (1989) (p. 55)
English	mountain rose	Pitcairn Island	St. John, H. (1987) (p. 47)
English	oleander	?	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 482)
English	rose-laurel	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
English	rosebay	?	Whistler, W. A. (2000) (p. 330)
Fijian	rusi	Fiji Islands	Smith, Albert C. (1988) (p. 103)
Fijian	vasa	Fiji Islands	Smith, Albert C. (1988) (p. 103)
French	laurier blanc	?	Grant, Martin Lawrence;Fosberg, F. Raymond/Smith, Howard M. (1974) (p. 54)
French	laurier rose	?	Grant, Martin Lawrence;Fosberg, F. Raymond/Smith, Howard M. (1974) (p. 54)
French	oleandre	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Hawaiian	‘oleana	Hawaiian Islands	Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral R. (2005) (p. 122)
Hawaiian	‘oliana	Hawaiian Islands	Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral R. (2005) (p. 122)
Hawaiian	‘oliwa	Hawaiian Islands	Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral R. (2005) (p. 122)
I-Kiribati	te orian	Kiribati (Republic of)	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 18)
I-Kiribati	te orion	Onotoa Atoll	Moul, Edwin T. (1957) (p. 19)
Japanese	ky&233;chiku-t&233;	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Maori (Cook Islands)	tārona	Cook Islands	McCormack, Gerald (2013)	Rarotonga, Mangaia, 'Atiu, Ma'uke, Miti'aro, Aitutaki, Manihiki, Rakahanga
Marshallese	oliaanta	Marshall Islands	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 65)
Marshallese	olianta	Arno Atoll	Anderson, Donald (1951) (p. iv)
Niuean	talona	Niue Island	Sykes, W. R. (1970) (p. 45)
Other	holiandah	Pitcairn Island	St. John, H. (1987) (p. 47)
Pukapukan	tālona	Pukapuka Atoll	McCormack, Gerald (2013)
Samoan	oliana	American Samoa Islands	Whistler, W. A. (1984) (p. 479)
Samoan	oliana	Western Samoa Islands	Whistler, W. A. (1984) (p. 479)
Spanish	adelfa	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Spanish	balandre	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Spanish	laurel	Galápagos Islands	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
Spanish	laurel de jardín	Galápagos Islands	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
Spanish	laurel en flor	?	Meyer, Jean-Yves (2008) (p. 48)
Spanish	laurel rosa	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Spanish	pascua	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Tahitian	tarona	Tahiti Island	Grant, Martin Lawrence;Fosberg, F. Raymond/Smith, Howard M. (1974) (p. 54)
Tahitian	tarona uouo	Tahiti Island	Grant, Martin Lawrence;Fosberg, F. Raymond/Smith, Howard M. (1974) (p. 54)	white form
Tokelauan	oliana	Tokelau Islands	Whistler, W. A. (2000) (p. 189)
Tongan	lolie	Tonga Islands	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 222)
Tongarevan (spoken)	tiare tālona	Penrhyn (Tongareva) Island	McCormack, Gerald (2013)
Tongarevan (written)	tiare tārona	Penrhyn (Tongareva) Island	McCormack, Gerald (2013)

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