Scaevola taccada
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Scaevola taccada, also known as beach cabbage, sea lettuce, or beach naupaka, is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae found in mangrove swamps and rocky or sandy coastal locations in the tropical areas of the Indo-Pacific. It is a common beach shrub throughout the Arabian Sea, the tropical Indian Ocean and the tropical islands of the Pacific Ocean.
Image: Starr 010209 0286 Scaevola taccada
Image: Scaevola sericea (5187929027)
Leaves and flowers
Closeup of a flower from Andhra Pradesh, India.
Indo-Pacific
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The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth.
Biogeographic regionalizations that were tested using model selection with analysis of molecular variance(AMOVA) by Crandall et al. 2019. Colours represent different regions within a scheme.