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

Weed Family Name

Verbenaceae

Weed Scientific Name*

Lantana camara

English Common Name

lantana

Info Sheet

American Samoa

lõtana

Cook Islands

rānatāna, tātarāmoa, tātarāmoa papa‘ā, tūtae ‘oro‘enua

Fiji

kauboica, kaumboitha, lanitana, mbona ra mbulumakau, mbonambulumakau, tokalau, waiwai

French Polynesia

tara koa, tatara moa

Federated States of Micronesia

ros fonacni, landana, randana, rantana, tuhke suwed, tukasuweth

Guam

Hawaii

la‘au kalakala, lakana, lanakana, mikinolia hihiu, mikinolia hohono, mikinolia kukū

Kiribati

te kaibuaka

Marshall Islands

lantõna

Nauru

New Caledonia

Niue

migiroa

Northern Marianas

Palau

Pitcairn Islands

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

lõtana

Solomon Islands

Tokelau

Tonga

talatala, talamoa

Tuvalu

kai puaka, kaipuaka

Vanuatu

Wallis & Futuna

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