Keywords: Moorea Tautuapae AKK.jpg Mt Tautuapae 789 m seen from across the Opunohu Valley Moorea French Polynesia Original field note by the author Foreground shrubs are purau or wild hibiscus which is indigenous Usually a coastal plant in the rest of the Pacific on high islands of French Polynesia it creeps up the mountainsides and is very difficult to clear because of its numerous near-horizontal vine-like branches However its inner bark is still used extensively for fashioning dancing skirts http //www pbif org/WebGallery/Default aspx action View storedaction SearchFiles sortorder Ascending dirsortorder Ascending file 2444 search Tau Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum not specified Angela K Kepler Angela K Kepler Moorea Mountains of French Polynesia Talipariti tiliaceum Photographs by Angela K Kepler |