Flora of Samoa

Clinostigma samoense is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is a palm tree endemic to the island of 'Upolu in Samoa. It is native to foothill and montane rain forest from 510 to 1000 metres elevation, most abundantly around Lake Lanoto‘o from 510 to 750 m elevation, and less commonly on Mt. Fito around 1000 metres elevation. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Cyperus whitmeei is a species of sedge that is native to parts of Samoa.

Cryptocarya elegans is a species of trees in the family Lauraceae. The species native range is the Samoa. This evergreen species can grow up to 20 meters tall, thriving in wet tropical forests at elevations reaching 700 meters. Its conservation status is endangered, primarily due to habitat loss.

Syzygium brevifolium is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. It is a tree endemic to the Samoan Islands.

Balaka tahitensis is a palm, a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is endemic to Samoa.

Balaka samoensis is a small palm tree in the Balaka genus that is endemic to two islands in Samoa. It grows in the mountainous interior of its island homes and the species does not have a common name specific to it in Samoan.

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. 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).

Bulbophyllum distichobulbum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.

Syzygium samoense is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. It is a tree native to the Samoan Islands and Wallis and Futuna. Syzygium samoense is an evergreen tree growing up to 17 meter tall. It flowers in June and July, and fruits in February and July to September and possibly year-round. It grows in lowland and cloud forests on all the main Samoan islands from 100 to 1200 meters elevation.

Terminalia richii, with the common name malili, is an upright forest tree species native to the central South Pacific in Oceania. The wood grown on this tree can be used mainly for construction and timber, and for other numerous purposes.

Drymophloeus is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is native to New Guinea and nearby islands in Samoa and Maluku. It contains the following species: Drymophloeus litigiosus (Becc.) H.E.Moore - New Guinea, Maluku Drymophloeus oliviformis (Giseke) Mart. - New Guinea, Maluku Drymophloeus whitmeeanus Becc. - Samoa formerly included Drymophloeus lepidotus H.E.Moore = Veitchia lepidota (H.E.Moore) C.Lewis & Zona - Solomon Islands Drymophloeus subdistichus (H.E.Moore) H.E.Moore = Veitchia subdisticha (H.E.Moore) C.Lewis & Zona - Solomon Islands

Musa banksii is a species of wild banana (genus Musa), native to New Guinea and Australia (Queensland), and most likely introduced to Samoa. It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1863 from plants collected in Queensland, Australia. Thereafter, taxonomists have variously treated it as a unique species or as a subspecies of Musa acuminata. The first one to note an affinity with Musa acuminata was Ernest E. Cheesman in 1948. In 1957, Norman Simmonds reclassified it as a subspecies of Musa acuminata based on extensive field observations in New Guinea, Australia, and Samoa. In 1976,

Pterophylla affinis, formerly known as Weinmannia affinis, is a species of plant in the family Cunoniaceae. It is native to Fiji and the Samoan Islands.

Gahnia vitiensis is a tussock-forming perennial in the family Cyperaceae, that is native to Fiji, the Samoan Islands, and the Hawaiian Islands. Two subspecies are accepted. Gahnia vitiensis subsp. kauaiensis (Benl) T.Koyama (synonym Gahnia kauaiensis Benl) – Hawaiian Islands (Kauai) Gahnia vitiensis subsp. vitiensis – Fiji and the Samoan Islands

Etlingera cevuga is a monocotyledonous plant species that was first described by Berthold Carl Seemann, and given its current name by Rosemary Margaret Smith. Etlingera cevuga is part of the genus Etlingera and the family Zingiberaceae. No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.

Metrosideros vitiensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is a shrub or tree native to Vanuatu, Fiji, and the Samoan Islands.

Bulbophyllum aphanopetalum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum from New Guinea and New Caladonia.

Calycosia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Asa Gray in 1860. The genus is found in New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Samoa, and the Society Islands.

Tacca maculata is a plant in the Dioscoreaceae family, native to Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Fiji and Samoa It was first described by Berthold Carl Seemann in 1866.

Syzygium inophylloides is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. It is a tree native to Niue, the Samoan Islands, Tonga, and Wallis and Futuna.

Syzygium dealbatum is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. It is a tree native to Niue, the Samoan Islands, Tonga, and Wallis and Futuna. It is a small tree native to lowland forest. In Tonga it grows in forests over thinner, drier soils on coastal dunes and relatively recent lava and ash deposits, where the tree Casuarina equisetifolia is predominant, along with Pandanus tectorius, Hibiscus tiliaceus, and Scaevola taccada.

Decaspermum fruticosum is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. It is a tree or shrub native to the Samoan Islands, Society Islands, Tonga, and Wallis and Futuna.

Myristica hypargyraea is a species of flowering plant in the nutmeg family, Myristicaceae. It is a tree native to the Caroline Islands, Samoan Islands, Tonga, and Wallis and Futuna. It grows up to 25 meters tall. Two subspecies are accepted: Myristica hypargyraea subsp. hypargyraea – Samoan Islands, Tonga, and Wallis and Futuna Myristica hypargyraea subsp. insularis (Kaneh.) W.J.de Wilde – Caroline Islands The Pacific imperial pigeon (Ducula pacifica) plays a significant role in the reproduction of the species by dispersing seeds.

Diospyros major, or the Fiji persimmon, is a tree in the family Ebenaceae that is native to Fiji, Tonga, Uvea, and Futuna. It is called 'mapa in the Tongan language.

Epiblastus sciadanthus is a species of epiphytic orchid in the genus Epiblastus and is found in the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Samoa and Vanuatu.

Psychotria insularum is a rainforest understory shrub from the coffee family, Rubiaceae. Its native range is the South Pacific. It has traditional uses in herbal medicine. In 2021, the potent anti-inflammatory rutin was isolated from P. insularum (known in Samoa as "matalafi").

Bulbophyllum trachyanthum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.

Bulbophyllum samoanum, also known as the Samoan bulbophyllum, is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.

Bulbophyllum pachyanthum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.

Syzygium clusiifolium is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. It is a tree native to Niue, the Samoan Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna. In Vanuatu it is found on Malakula, Paama, Pentecost, Espiritu Santo, Efate, Aneityum, Aniwa, Tanna, and Hiu. It is a small to medium-sized tree growing up to 20 meters tall. It has red fruits. It grows mostly in littoral coastal forest and lowland rainforests, in primary forest, secondary forest, and disturbed areas, up to 300 meters elevation. In the Samoan Islands it also grows on offshore tuff cone volcanic islets.