Bikkia tetrandra

Bikkia tetrandra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Bikkia
Species:	B. tetrandra
Binomial name
	Bikkia tetrandra; (L.f.) A.Rich.
Synonyms
	15 Synonyms Bikkia australis DC. (1830) ; B. australis var. commersoniana DC. (1830) ; B. australis var. fosteriana DC. (1830) ; B. comptonii S.Moore (1921) ; B. forsteriana Brongn. (1866) ; B. grandiflora Reinw. ex Blume (1825) ; B. hombroniana Brongn. (1866) ; B. mariannensis Brongn. (1866) ; B. tetrandra A.Gray (1860) ; Bikkiopsis comptonii (S.Moore) Baum.-Bod. (1989) ; Cormigonus mariannensis (Brongn.) W.Wight (1905) ; C. tetrandus (L.f.) Kuntze (1891) ; Hoffmannia amicorum Spreng. (1824) ; Portlandia tetrandra L.f. (1782) ; P. tetrandra G.Forst. (1786) ;

Bikkia tetrandra (Chamorro: gausåli) is an herbaceous member of the family Rubiaceae, distinguished by its white square-shaped flowers. It is native to Papuasia and islands of the western Pacific, including the Caroline Islands, Fiji, Mariana Islands, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Wallis-Futuna Islands. The stems ignite easily and can be used to make torches or candles.

Bikkia tetrandra has become a popular symbol of native ecology on the island of Guam. There were two failed legislative proposals on Guam in 2014 and 2018 to make Bikkia tetrandra the official territorial flower. The current territorial flower, the South American Bougainvillea, was introduced to Guam in 1910, where it is now considered invasive.