Myoporum
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Myoporum sandwicense
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Myoporum is a genus of plants of the family Scrophulariaceae (formerly placed in Myoporaceae). There are about 32 species within the genus which is spread from Mauritius, across Australia to the Pacific Islands and up to China.
Species include:
- Myoporum insulare, or boobiala
- Myoporum kermadecense, or Kermadec ngaio, endemic to the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
- Myoporum laetum, or ngaio, endemic to New Zealand
- Myoporum parvifolium, or creeping boobiala
- Myoporum rapense
- Myoporum rimatarense
- Myoporum sandwicense, or naio, endemic to Hawaii
- Myoporum stokesii
- Myoporum viscosum, or sticky boobiala