Balaka tahitensis
{{Short description|Species of palm}}
{{Speciesbox
|image =
|genus = Balaka
|species = tahitensis
|authority = Becc.
|synonyms = Balaka brachychlamys (Burret)
Balaka reineckei (Warb.) (Burret)
Drymophloeus reineckei (Warb.)
Ptychosperma tahitensis (H.Wendl.)
Saguaster tahitensis (H.Wendl.) (Kuntze)
Vitiphoenix minuta (Rech.) (Burret)
Vitiphoenix polyclada (Burret)
}}
Balaka tahitensis is a palm, a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is endemic to Samoa.{{cite web|url=http://zoo-bclark05.zoo.ox.ac.uk/taxon/urn:kew.org:wcs:taxon:19428 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130720124249/http://zoo-bclark05.zoo.ox.ac.uk/taxon/urn:kew.org:wcs:taxon:19428 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 20, 2013 |title=Balaka tahitensis |publisher=eMonocot |access-date=July 20, 2013 }}
Distribution
Balaka tahitensis is found on Upolu and Savai'i, in understory forest to about 800m elevation {{Cite journal|last=Hodel|first=Donald R|date=2010|title=A Synopsis of the Genus Balaka|url=http://www.palms.org/palmsjournal/2010/v54n4p161-188.pdf|journal=Palms|volume=54|issue=4|pages=161–188}}