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

Passifloraceae

Weed Scientific Name*

Passiflora foetida

English Common Name

fetid/stinking passionflower, fit-weed

Info Sheet

American Samoa

pāsio vao

Cook Islands

Fiji

poniu, qaranidila, vaini, loliloli ni kalavo, sou

French Polynesia

Federated States of Micronesia

bombom, pompom, pwompwomw, pwomwpwomp, tumatis, tutumis

Guam

kinahulo atadeo

Hawaii

pohāpohā, lani wai

Kiribati

te biku

Marshall Islands

Nauru

oatamo, watamo

New Caledonia

Niue

vine vao

Northern Marianas

dulce, kinahulo‘ atdao

Palau

kudamono

Pitcairn Islands

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

pāsio vao, tapatapao

Solomon Islands

kakalifaka, kwalo kakali

Tokelau

Tonga

vaine ‘ae kumā, vaine ‘initia

Tuvalu

Vanuatu

Wallis & Futuna

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