Biocontrol Options Biocontrol Releases Weed Local Names Asteraceae

Scientific Name
Sonchus arvensis

English Common Name
perennial sowthistle, cornsowthistle

Has natural enemies elsewhere causing minor impacts Fiji, New Caledonia,  
Biocontrol Options Biocontrol Releases Weed Local Names Solanaceae

Scientific Name
Solanum mauritianum

English Common Name
woolly nightshade, bugweed, tree tobacco

Has natural enemies elsewhere causing minor impacts Cook Islands, Fiji,  

Cook Islands
‘ava‘ava, rau ‘ava‘ava

Hawaii
pua nānā honua

Tonga
pula, to‘uloku

Biocontrol Options Biocontrol Releases Weed Local Names Anacardiaceae

Scientific Name
Schinus terebinthifolia

English Common Name
Brazilian pepper tree, christmas berry

Has natural enemies elsewhere causing minor impacts American Samoa, Fiji  

Fiji
warui

Hawaii
wilelaiki, naniohilo

Biocontrol Options Biocontrol Releases Weed Local Names Asteraceae

Scientific Name
Pluchea carolinensis

English Common Name
sour bush, hairy fleabane

Has natural enemies elsewhere causing minor impacts Cook Islands, French  

Kiribati
te kaikare, te karei

Biocontrol Options Biocontrol Releases Weed Local Names Fabaceae

Scientific Name
Parkinsonia aculeata

English Common Name
retama, Jerusalem thorn, palo verde, parkinsonia

Has natural enemies elsewhere causing minor impacts French Polynesia, Fe  
Biocontrol Options Biocontrol Releases Weed Local Names Fabaceae

Scientific Name
Caesalpinia decapetala

English Common Name
Mauritius thorn, Mysore thorn

Has natural enemies elsewhere causing minor impacts Fiji, French Polynes  

Hawaii
pōpoki, puakelekino

Biocontrol Options Biocontrol Releases Weed Local Names Fabaceae

Scientific Name
Acacia podalyriifolia

English Common Name
pearl acacia, Queensland silver wattle

Has natural enemies elsewhere causing minor impacts New Caledonia  
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