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All weed species recorded in the Pacific that are also biological control targets, i.e. the weed species listed in the Weed Matrix on which natural enemies have been released, and the status of natural enemies released in each country in the Pacific. This table also lists natural enemies that are not present in the Pacific but that are available for introduction from elsewhere, and their overall level of effectiveness in countries where they have been released
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Weed
Local Names
Natural Enemy
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Metadata
Option Id
642
Weed Family Name
Fabaceae
Weed Scientific Name
*
Leucaena leucocephala
English Common Name
leucaena, lead tree, hedge acacia
Weed Biocontrol Status
Has natural enemies in Pacific causing minor impacts
Weed Notes
Info Sheet
American Samoa
fua pepe, fuapepe, lopā Samoa, lopa Samoa, lusina
Cook Islands
mara‘inu, marainu, nītō
Fiji
vaivai, vaivai dina, vaivai ni vavalangi, lepolepo, lipolipo
French Polynesia
atiku
FSM
rohbohtin, tuhngantuhngan, dangandangan, tangantangan, ganitnityuwan, tangantan
Guam
tangan-tangan
Hawaii
ēkoa, haole koa, koa haole, lilikoa
Kiribati
te kai tetua, te kaitetua
Marshall Islands
tangan tangan, tangan-tangan
Nauru
bin
New Caledonia
mimosa
Niue
pepe, tavahi kaku
Northern Marianas
talntangan, tangantangan
Palau
tangutang, telengtungd, telentund
Pitcairn Islands
PNG
Samoa
fua pepe, fuapepe, lopā Samoa, lopa Samoa, lusina
Solomon Islands
Tokelau
Tonga
siale mohemohe
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
cassis
Wallis and Futuna
Scientific|Common Name
Acanthoscelides macrophthalmus
leucaena seed-feeding beetle
Natural Enemy Biocontrol Status
In Pacific and not effective
Agent Notes
Non-target attack
Impact outside Pacific on same species
slight-medium
slight-medium
Priority
1
Country
New Caledonia
New Caledonia
Introduction
Establishment
Impact
Created by
wayne
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Created on
26/12/2021
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