Biocontrol For Pacific Weeds | Weed Local Names

Common names known to be used (separated by country) for all weed species recorded in the Pacific that are also biological control targets

Local Name Id

108

Weed Family Name

Malvaceae

Weed Scientific Name*

Sida acuta

English Common Name

broomweed, spinyhead sida

Info Sheet

American Samoa

mautofu

Cook Islands

pulumi, purūmu

Fiji

deni vuaka, ndeni vuaka, ndeniosa, qawenilawe

French Polynesia

au hopa, hopa, kopa, puehu, puehu enana, brum, purumu, koa kowai iva

Federated States of Micronesia

kahwinyotz, kawenioas, selmei, sioinen, siyóyinen

Guam

escobilla, escobilla adumelon, escobilla papago, escobilla papagu

Hawaii

Kiribati

Marshall Islands

Nauru

New Caledonia

Niue

mautofu, motofu

Northern Marianas

Palau

keak

Pitcairn Islands

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

mautofu

Solomon Islands

Tokelau

Tonga

te‘ehoosi, te‘ekosi

Tuvalu

Vanuatu

Wallis & Futuna

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