Fagraea berteroana

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). |author2=IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. |year=2018 |title=Fagraea berteroana |volume=2018 |page=e.T135880588A135882129 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T135880588A135882129.en |access-date=8 December 2023}}

| image = Pua kenikeni Fagraea berteriana a0002983.jpg

| genus = Fagraea

| species = berteroana

| authority = A.Gray ex Benth. (1856)

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|Carissa grandis {{small|Bertero ex A.DC. (1844)}}

|Fagraea affinis {{small|S.Moore (1923)}}

|Fagraea berteriana (orth. var.)

|Fagraea calophylloides {{small|Gilg & Gilg-Ben. (1916)}}

|Fagraea galilai {{small|Gilg & Gilg-Ben. (1921)}}

|Fagraea grandis {{small|Pancher & Sebert (1874), nom. illeg.}}

|Fagraea ksid {{small|Gilg & Gilg-Ben. (1921)}}

|Fagraea kusaiana {{small|Hosok. (1934)}}

|Fagraea longituba {{small|M.L.Grant (1974)}}

|Fagraea novae-guineae {{small|Cammerl. (1924)}}

|Fagraea obovata var. papuana {{small|F.M.Bailey (1898)}}

|Fagraea pachypoda {{small|Gilg & Gilg-Ben. (1916)}}

|Fagraea peekelii {{small|Gilg & Gilg-Ben. (1916)}}

|Fagraea pluvialis {{small|S.Moore (1929)}}

|Fagraea pua {{small|Nadeaud (1864)}}

|Fagraea rosenstromii {{small|C.T.White (1935 publ. 1936)}}

|Fagraea sair {{small|Gilg & Gilg-Ben. (1921)}}

|Fagraea salomonensis {{small|Gilg & Gilg-Ben. (1921)}}

|Fagraea samoensis {{small|Gilg & Gilg-Ben. (1921)}}

|Fagraea schlechteri {{small|Gilg & Gilg-Ben. (1921)}}

|Fagraea tahitensis {{small|Butteaud (1891)}}

|Fagraea vitiensis {{small|Gilg & Gilg-Ben. (1921)}}

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| synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:546101-1 Fagraea berteroana A.Gray ex Benth.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 December 2023.

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Fagraea berteroana (orth. variant F. berteriana), commonly known as the pua keni keni, pua kenikeni or perfume flower tree, is a small spreading tree or a large shrub.

It is known as the pua-lulu in the Samoan Islands, and as pua in Tonga and Tahiti.{{Cite web|url=http://www.temarareo.org/PPN-Pua.html|title=Pua|website=Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden|year=2023|publisher=Benton Family Trust}}{{cite journal|last=Whistler|first=W. Arthur|year=1978|title=Vegetation of the montane region of Savai'i|publisher=University Press of Hawai'i|volume=32|issue=1|page=89|url=http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/1423/1/v32n1-79-94.pdf|journal=Pacific Science|access-date=10 July 2010}}

It is native to the tropical Pacific, ranging from Queensland and Papuasia (New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and Solomon Islands) to Micronesia (Caroline Islands, Gilbert Islands, and Marianas), Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, and parts of Polynesia (Cook Islands, Marquesas, Nauru, Niue, Samoan Islands, Society Islands, Tonga, Tubuai Islands, and Wallis and Futuna).

The ITIS database clarifies the spelling of the name ("Published as "berteriana" in honor of Bertero; correctable to "berteroana,"..).[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=822515#null ITIS database entry for Fagraea berteroana]