Plants native to Marshall Is.

We document 95 of the 120 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to Marshall Is.. Native means native: introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where these plants are from, not everywhere they now grow.

Documented 95 Native, per Kew 120 Coverage 79% TDWG MRS

Best documented by photographic coverage

Every documented species 95 native to Marshall Is.

SpeciesAuthorityFamily Photographs
Achyranthes aspera L. Amaranthaceae 8
Aidia racemosa (Cav.) Tirveng. Rubiaceae 8
Aleurites moluccanus (L.) Willd. Euphorbiaceae 8
Asplenium australasicum Hook. Aspleniaceae 8
Barringtonia asiatica Kurz Lecythidaceae 8
Boerhavia repens L. Nyctaginaceae 8
Bruguiera gymnorhiza (L.) Lam. ex Savigny Rhizophoraceae 8
Calophyllum inophyllum L. Calophyllaceae 8
Canavalia cathartica Thouars Fabaceae 8
Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC. Fabaceae 8
Canavalia sericea A.Gray Fabaceae 8
Capparis spinosa L. Capparaceae 8
Cassytha filiformis L. Lauraceae 8
Casuarina equisetifolia L. Casuarinaceae 8
Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. Apiaceae 8
Centotheca lappacea (L.) Desv. Poaceae 8
Cerbera manghas L. Apocynaceae 8
Chrysopogon aciculatus (Retz.) Trin. Poaceae 8
Coleus graveolens (R.Br.) A.J.Paton Lamiaceae 8
Colubrina asiatica Brongn. Rhamnaceae 8
Cordia subcordata Lam. Cordiaceae 8
Cordyline fruticosa (L.) A.Chev. Asparagaceae 8
Cyanthillium cinereum (L.) H.Rob. Asteraceae 8
Cyclosorus interruptus (Willd.) H.Itô Thelypteridaceae 8
Cyperus compressus L. Cyperaceae 8
Cyperus javanicus Houtt. Cyperaceae 8
Cyperus mindorensis (Steud.) Huygh Cyperaceae 8
Cyperus odoratus L. Cyperaceae 8
Cyperus rotundus L. Cyperaceae 8
Cyrtosperma merkusii (Hassk.) Schott Araceae 8
Dentella repens (L.) J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Rubiaceae 8
Digitaria radicosa (J.Presl) Miq. Poaceae 8
Digitaria setigera Roth Poaceae 8
Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. Sapindaceae 8
Entada phaseoloides (L.) Merr. Fabaceae 8
Epipremnum pinnatum (L.) Engl. Araceae 8
Eragrostis ciliaris (L.) R.Br. Poaceae 8
Erythrina variegata L. Fabaceae 8
Ficus microcarpa L.f. Moraceae 8
Ficus tinctoria G.Forst. Moraceae 8
Fimbristylis cymosa R.Br. Cyperaceae 8
Guettarda speciosa L. Rubiaceae 8
Guilandina bonduc L. Fabaceae 8
Heliotropium arboreum (Blanco) Mabb. Heliotropiaceae 8
Hernandia nymphaeifolia (C.Presl) Kubitzki Hernandiaceae 8
Hibiscus tiliaceus L. Malvaceae 8
Intsia bijuga (Colebr.) Kuntze Fabaceae 8
Ipomoea littoralis Blume Convolvulaceae 8
Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R.Br. Convolvulaceae 8
Ipomoea violacea L. Convolvulaceae 8
Laportea interrupta (L.) Chew Urticaceae 8
Lepturus repens (G.Forst.) R.Br. Poaceae 8
Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacq.) P.H.Raven Onagraceae 8
Lumnitzera littorea (Jack) Voigt Combretaceae 8
Macaranga tanarius Müll.Arg. Euphorbiaceae 8
Microsorum scolopendria (Burm.f.) Copel. Polypodiaceae 8
Miscanthus floridulus (Labill.) Warb. ex K.Schum. & Lauterb. Poaceae 8
Nephrolepis biserrata (Sw.) Schott Nephrolepidaceae 8
Ocimum tenuiflorum L. Lamiaceae 8
Osteomeles anthyllidifolia (Sm.) Lindl. Rosaceae 8
Pandanus tectorius Parkinson ex Du Roi Pandanaceae 8
Pemphis acidula J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Lythraceae 8
Phragmites karka (Retz.) Trin. ex Steud. Poaceae 8
Pipturus argenteus (G.Forst.) Wedd. Urticaceae 8
Pisonia grandis R.Br. Nyctaginaceae 8
Premna serratifolia L. Lamiaceae 8
Psilotum nudum (L.) P.Beauv. Psilotaceae 8
Pteris tripartita Sw. Pteridaceae 8
Rhizophora mucronata Poir. Rhizophoraceae 8
Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb. Goodeniaceae 8
Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L. Aizoaceae 8
Sida fallax Walp. Malvaceae 8
Sonneratia alba Sm. Lythraceae 8
Sophora tomentosa L. Fabaceae 8
Strobilanthes reptans (G.Forst.) Moylan ex Y.F.Deng & J.R.I.Wood Acanthaceae 8
Suriana maritima L. Surianaceae 8
Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze Dioscoreaceae 8
Terminalia catappa L. Combretaceae 8
Thespesia populnea Sol. ex Corrêa Malvaceae 8
Thuarea involuta (G.Forst.) R.Br. ex Sm. Poaceae 8
Tribulus cistoides L. Zygophyllaceae 8
Urochloa reptans (L.) Stapf Poaceae 8
Vigna marina (Burm.) Merr. Fabaceae 8
Vitex trifolia L. Lamiaceae 8
Volkameria inermis L. Lamiaceae 8
Wollastonia biflora DC. Asteraceae 8
Ximenia americana L. Olacaceae 8
Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr. Poaceae 8
Cycas micronesica K.D.Hill Cycadaceae 6
Ochrosia oppositifolia K.Schum. Apocynaceae 6
Boerhavia albiflora Fosberg Nyctaginaceae 4
Laportea ruderalis (G.Forst.) Chew Urticaceae 4
Triumfetta procumbens G.Forst. Malvaceae 4
Haplopteris ensiformis (Sw.) E.H.Crane Pteridaceae 3
Leptopetalum biflorum (L.) Neupane & N.Wikstr. Rubiaceae 3

What this page does not tell you

Kew records 25 more species as native to Marshall Is. that we do not document. They are real, accepted plants. They have no page here because we could not find three photographs of them licensed for commercial use, and this site publishes no species it cannot show you. That gap is the honest measure of what we are missing, and it is why we print both numbers rather than the flattering one.

This is a checklist of what is native, not a guide to what will grow in your garden, and it carries no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not have those from a source we can cite.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). Native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country (MRS). Introduced, extinct and doubtful records excluded. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.
  2. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  3. iNaturalist. Photographs, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.