ʻEua National Park


Eua National Park is a national park on the island of Eua in Tonga. It is the country's only national forest park and covers an area of. The park is located on the east coast of the island and covers an band of tropical rainforest and is bordered on the west by sheer cliffs to the ocean, which have numerous caves and chasms. It received national park status in 1992. The area is protected by IUCN.

Biodiversity

Endemic flora

Aglaia heterotrichaArytera bifoliataDiscocalyx listeriDysoxylum tongenseGuioa lentiscifoliaPhyllanthus amicorumPittosporum yunckeriPodocarpus pallidus, a rare and endangered conifer found in this location.Polyalthia amicorumRobiquetia tongensisSyzygium crosbyi
  • ''Xylosma smithiana''

Endemic fauna

Lepidodactylus euaensis, a rare and endangered gecko.