Sponsorship Pisonia

• Scientific name: Pisonia tahitensis

• Common name: Puruhi

• Family: Nyctaginaceae

• Biogeographic status: endemic to the Society Islands

Endemic shrub of the Society, only 2 individuals have been inventoried to date in our area. Geolocated, we follow their flowering period to collect as many seeds as possible and ensure their multiplication. It is important to multiply and reintroduce this shrub which is becoming rare in our valleys. We are currently multiplying them from collected seeds and in vitro culture trials will soon be carried out. They will densify the undergrowth.