Biocontrol For Pacific Weeds | Weed Local Names

Local Name Id

Weed Family Name

Fabaceae

Weed Scientific Name*

Mimosa diplotricha

English Common Name

giant/creeping sensitive plant, nila grass

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American Samoa

vao fefe pālagi

Cook Islands

pikika‘a papa‘ā

Fiji

co gadrogadro, wa ngandrongandro levu, wa ngandrongandro ni wa ngalelevu, wagadrogadro levu

French Polynesia

Federated States of Micronesia

kehsapahl, limeirkelik, limemeirlap, limemeihr laud

Guam

Hawaii

Kiribati

Marshall Islands

Nauru

New Caledonia

Niue

Northern Marianas

singbiguin sasa

Palau

mechiuaiu

Pitcairn Islands

Papua New Guinea

nil grass

Samoa

vao fefe pālagi, la'au fefe pālagi

Solomon Islands

nila grass, kwalo fai

Tokelau

Tonga

Tuvalu

Vanuatu

Wallis & Futuna

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