Cenchrus echinatus is a species of grass known by the common names southern sandbur, spiny sandbur, southern sandspur, and in Australia, Mossman River grass. It is native to North and South America. I
Tahiti is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France. It is a tropical island located in the central part of the Pacific Oc
Cenchrus echinatus
…In Australia it forms an invasive weed in coastal situations. The species is invasive in New Caledonia, Tahiti, and Rarotonga…
Tahiti from space
View of Raʻiātea Mountain. The mummies of Tahitian rulers were formerly deposited on this mountain, which is considered sacred (tapu).
An 1827 representation of human sacrifice in Tahiti, based on the account of Captain Cook c. 1773.