Invasive plant species on Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia
Invasive plant species on Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia
Invasive plant species on Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia
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Table 3. Species that are reported as invasive or weedy elsewhere and are cultivated, comm<strong>on</strong> or<br />
weedy in <strong>Kosrae</strong>.<br />
Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names Family Habit<br />
Abelmoschus<br />
moschatus<br />
Acacia auriculiformis<br />
Allamanda cathartica<br />
Ann<strong>on</strong>a muricata<br />
Ann<strong>on</strong>a squamosa<br />
English: fautia, musk mallow, musk okra; Other: kamang, ka'mang (Guam);<br />
karere<strong>on</strong>, karere<strong>on</strong> nikapwerik nik, karer<strong>on</strong>, lik<strong>on</strong>ok<strong>on</strong> (Chuuk); g<strong>on</strong>gul<br />
(Palau); metei, mety, methey (Pohnpei); hath<strong>on</strong>geth<strong>on</strong>g, kamwayang,<br />
nikapwerik, setmwechin, sotumo (Yap); wakiwaki, wakewake, wakeke,<br />
vakeke, aukiki, okeoke, o'e'e (Fiji); fou ingo (Niue), fau ingo (Wallis and<br />
Futuna); loa, fau’ingo (T<strong>on</strong>ga)<br />
English: Papuan wattle, auri, earleaf acacia, northern black wattle, ear-pod<br />
wattle; Other: tuhkehn pwelmwahu (Pohnpei)<br />
English: yellow trumpet vine, golden trumpet, allamanda, brownbud<br />
allamanda, golden allamanda, golden cup; French: m<strong>on</strong>ette jaune; Other:<br />
puataun<strong>of</strong>o (American Samoa and Samoa), lani-ali'i (Hawai'i)<br />
English: soursop, prickly custard apple; French: corossolier, cacheimantier<br />
epineux; Other: laguana, laguaná, laguanaha, laguanaba, labuanaha<br />
(Guam); sei, sae, truka shai (Pohnpei); jojaab (Marshall Islands); saasaf,<br />
sasaf (Chuuk); sausab (Palau); sausau (Yap); sosap (<strong>Kosrae</strong>); syasyap<br />
(Northern Mariana Islands), talapo fot<strong>of</strong>oto (Niue), ‘apele ‘initia (T<strong>on</strong>ga);<br />
tapotapo papaa (French Polynesia)<br />
English: sugar apple, sweetsop, custard apple, sugar apple; Other: atis, ates<br />
(Guam); ngel ra ngebard (Palau), ‘apele papalangi (T<strong>on</strong>ga), tapotapo<br />
(French Polynesia)<br />
Malvaceae<br />
Fabaceae<br />
Apocynaceae<br />
Ann<strong>on</strong>aceae<br />
Ann<strong>on</strong>aceae<br />
Asystasia gangetica English: Chinese violet, Philippine violet, coromandel Acanthaceae herb<br />
Bambusa spp.<br />
English: bamboo; French: bambou; Other: moor (Yap); iich (Chuuk); pehri<br />
en sapahn (Pohnpei); bambuu (Palau); bambu (<strong>Kosrae</strong>); pi’ao, pi’ao palaoan<br />
(Guam and Northern Marianas-Chamorro); bwai (Guam and Northern Poaceae tree<br />
Marianas-Carolinian); kaho palangi (Niue); <strong>of</strong>e, ‘ohe (French Polynesia),<br />
k<strong>of</strong>e, pitu (T<strong>on</strong>ga).<br />
Bauhinia m<strong>on</strong>andra<br />
English: orchid-tree, St. Thomas-tree, Napole<strong>on</strong>'s plume; flamboyant<br />
(Pohnpei), flores mariposa (CNMI); mariposa (Guam); pink butterfly tree<br />
(Fiji); Other: pine fua loloa (Niue)<br />
Fabaceae tree<br />
Blechum brownei English: blackweed (Samoa), Browne’s blechum Acanthaceae herb<br />
Bothriochloa bladhii<br />
English: blue grass, Australian beardgrass, Caucasian bluestem; Other:<br />
desum (Palau); latoka grass, thamb<strong>on</strong>i grass (Fiji)<br />
Poaceae grass<br />
Calotropis gigantea<br />
English: calotrope, crown flower, mudar; Other: pua-kalaunu (Hawai'i);<br />
tahinu (French Polynesia)<br />
Ascelepiadaceae shrub<br />
Cananga odorata<br />
Other: ilang-ilang, alang-ilang (Guam, Philippines); ylang-ylang, lengileng<br />
(CNMI); chiráng, irang (Palau); ilanlang, ilahnglahng (<strong>Kosrae</strong>); pwanang,<br />
pwuur, pwalang (Chuuk); pur-n-wai, pwurenwai, sair-n-wai, seirin wai, seir<br />
en wai (Pohnpei); ilanilan, ilañlañ (Marshall Islands); motoi (Niue); makasoi Ann<strong>on</strong>aceae tree<br />
(Fiji); moso'oi (Am. Samoa and Samoa); mohokimohokoi, mohokoi (T<strong>on</strong>ga);<br />
moto'oi, mata'oi (Cook Islands and Tahiti); makosoi, mokosoi, mokohoi (from<br />
Ecoport, source not known)<br />
Cascabela thevetia<br />
English: yellow oleander, be-still tree, lucky nut<br />
Other: k<strong>on</strong>eta (Chuuk); nohomalie (Hawai'i); irelepsech (Yap)<br />
Apocynaceae small tree<br />
Ceiba pentandra<br />
English: kapok, kapok tree, silk-cott<strong>on</strong> tree, pacae; French: kapokier; Other:<br />
kkot<strong>on</strong> (Chuuk); algod<strong>on</strong> de Manila, atgod<strong>on</strong> di Manila, algid<strong>on</strong>, atgid<strong>on</strong> de<br />
Manila (Guam); koatoa, atagod<strong>on</strong>, arughuschel (Saipan), batte ni gan' ken<br />
(Yap); bulik, kotin (Marshall Islands); cottin, koatun, koatoa (Pohnpei); Bombacaceae tree<br />
kuhtin, cutin (<strong>Kosrae</strong>); kalngebard, kalngebárd, kerrekar ngebard (Palau);<br />
vauvau ni vavalangi, semar (Fiji); vavae (American Samoa, Samoa, Niue,<br />
T<strong>on</strong>ga); vavau ni lokoloko (from Ecoport, source not given)<br />
Cenchrus echinatus<br />
English: burgrass, sand-bur, southern sandbur, Mossman River grass<br />
(Australia); French: herbe a cateaux (Mauritius); Other: loklok, lellik, lekelik,<br />
karmwijmwij (Marshall Islands); se mbulabula (Fiji); motie vihilago, mosie<br />
vihilango (Niue); piri-piri, pipiri (French Polynesia); cauit-cauitan<br />
Poaceae grass<br />
(Philippines); k<strong>on</strong>peito-gusa, 'ume'alu (Hawai'i); tuitui, vao tuitui (American<br />
Samoa and Samoa); hefa (T<strong>on</strong>ga); te anti, te kateketeke (Kiribati), cramcram<br />
(New Caled<strong>on</strong>ia)<br />
Chloris radiata English: plush-grass, radiate fingergrass Poaceae grass<br />
herb<br />
tree<br />
shrub<br />
tree<br />
tree<br />
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