Facts and Figures	Projects
Official Name: French Polynesia	Checklist of Medicinal Plants
Capital City: Papeete, on the island of Tahiti
Languages: French (official), Tahitian (official)	References/Suggested Reading
Official Currency: Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc
Religions: Protestant, Catholic, others
Population: 243,500
Indigenous Population:
Land Area: 4,167 sq km (1,608 sq miles)
Number of Indigenous languages: 9
Native Vascular plant species: 959	Questions about Oceanic Medicinal Plants Contact the Regional Coordinator: oceania@cieer.org
Endemic Species:
% Species endemism:	Links
Total no. threatened: 187	World Conservation Monitoring Centre - Threatend Plants
% Species threatened: 19.5%	1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants
Medicinal plant estimate: ?	Summer Institute of Linguistics - Ethnologue, 13th Edition