Amaranthus spinosus spiny amaranth, Prince-of-Wales-feather  

Guam
kuletes, kulites

Hawaii
pakai kukū, pukai kukū

Alternanthera philoxeroides alligator weed  
Schinus terebinthifolia Brazilian pepper tree, christmas berry  

Fiji
warui

Hawaii
wilelaiki, naniohilo

Cryptostegia madagascariensis Madagascar rubbervine, Indian rubber vine, purple allamanda  
Cryptostegia grandiflora rubber vine  

New Caledonia
liane de gatope

Calotropis procera apple of Sodom, giant milkweed, rubber bush  
Pistia stratiotes water lettuce, Nile cabbage  
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides floating pennywort, floating marshpennywort  
Cirsium vulgare spear thistle, bull thistle, common thistle  

Hawaii
pua kala

Ambrosia psilostachya western ragweed, perennial ragweed  
Pluchea carolinensis sour bush, hairy fleabane  

Kiribati
te kaikare, te karei

Chromolaena odorata chromolaena, Siam weed, triffid weed  

Federated States of Micronesia
floss flower, mahsrihsrihk, masigsig, masikisik, otuot, wisolmat, wisolmat en rehnwel

Guam
kesengesil, masigsig

Palau
kesengesil, ngesngesil

Elephantopus mollis tobacco weed, elephant's foot  

Cook Islands
tapuae ‘erepani

Fiji
tavako ni veikau, jangli tambaku

French Polynesia
avaava rapakau, ava'ava teitei

Federated States of Micronesia
tipaker en wei

Guam
halomtano, papago baka, papago halen tano, papago halomtano, papago vaca, papago vaka

Northern Marianas
papago, papago halomtano, papago vaca

Tonga
lata hina, lau veveli

Sphagneticola trilobata Bay Biscayne creeping oxeye, wedelia, Singapore daisy  

Federated States of Micronesia
rosrangrang, dihpwoangoahng suwed, ngkahu, tuhke ongohng, atiat

Marshall Islands
ut mõkadkad, ut telia

Palau
ngesil ra ngebard

Tonga
‘anselmo

Xanthium strumarium cocklebur, noogoora burr  

Fiji
nggatima ni vavalangi, ovuka, qatima ni vavalagi

Hawaii
kīkānia

Parthenium hysterophorus parthenium weed, famine weed  

New Caledonia
fausse camomille

Centaurea solstitialis yellow starthistle  
Ageratina adenophora crofton weed, Mexican devil weed  

Hawaii
Maui pāmakani, pāmakani haole

Xanthium spinosum Bathurst burr, burweed  
Sonchus oleraceus common sowthistle, annual sowthistle  

Cook Islands
pū‘ā

Fiji
thandavu

French Polynesia
retero, taru

Hawaii
pualele

Niue
puha, pupu lele

Tonga
longolongo‘uha

Erigeron sumatrensis tall fleabane, broad-leaved fleabane  

Fiji
matakaro, tho ni papalangi, tho ni vavalangi, thovuka, tumbua, wavuwavu

Tonga
pakaka

Centaurea melitensis Maltese starthistle, tocalote  
Erigeron canadensis Canadian fleabane, horseweed  

Fiji
mandramandra

Hawaii
lani wela

Sonchus arvensis perennial sowthistle, cornsowthistle  
Tithonia diversifolia Mexican sunflower, tree marigold  

Cook Islands
tiare rengarenga, pua renga, kavakava

Niue
matalaa

Tonga
siola‘ā

Mikania micrantha mile-a-minute weed, bitter vine

American Samoa
fue saina

Cook Islands
pō kutekute

Fiji
ovaova, usuvanua, wa bosucu, wa butako, wa mbosuthu, wa mbosuvu, wa mbutako, wa ndamele

Federated States of Micronesia
selmwadang

Niue
fou laina, fue saina

Palau
teb el yas

Samoa
fue saina

Solomon Islands
kwalo kalialo, kwalo kauburu

Delairea odorata cape ivy, German ivy, African ivy  
Erigeron bonariensis hairy fleabane, wavy-leaved fleabane, hairy horseweed  

Hawaii
lani wela

Anredera cordifolia Madeira vine, potato vine  

Cook Islands
pia, tāpau

Hawaii
‘uala hūpē

Niue
filikafa

Spathodea campanulata African tulip tree

American Samoa
fa‘apasī, tulipe, fa‘apasī, tulipe, faapasi, faapasī, fa'apasi

Cook Islands
kō‘ī‘ī, mata kō‘ī‘ī, mimi, pātītī vai, patiti vai, pititi vai, tiale akapisipisi, tiare akapisipisi

Fiji
taga mimi

Federated States of Micronesia
dulip en Aprika, tuhke dulip, ramingobchey

Palau
orsachel kui

Samoa
fa‘apasī, tulipe, faapasi, faapasī, fa'apasi

Tonga
tiulipe

Dolichandra unguis-cati cat's claw creeper  
Tecoma stans yellow bells  

Cook Islands
tekoma

Fiji
bitu

French Polynesia
piti

Federated States of Micronesia
peeal

Kiribati
nei Karairai, neikarairai

Tonga
piti

Tuvalu
neikarairai

Cabomba caroliniana Carolina fanwort, cabomba  
Opuntia monacantha drooping prickly pear, smooth tree pear  
Opuntia humifusa creeping prickly pear, spreading prickly pear  
Cereus hildmannianus apple cactus, queen of the night cactus, Peruvian apple  
Opuntia ficus-indica Indian fig, mission prickly pear  

Hawaii
pānini, pāpipi

Pereskia aculeata Barbados gooseberry, pereskia, lemon vine  
Acanthocereus tetragonus sword pear  
Opuntia stricta spiny pest pear, common prickly pear, erect prickly pear  
Lonicera japonica Japanese honeysuckle  

Cook Islands
mangamangā rima, pītete papa‘ā, pitate papa‘ā

Hawaii
honekakala, nindo, suikazura

Tonga
pua Fisi

Sagina procumbens beads, birdseye pearlwort, procumbent pearlwort  
Tradescantia fluminensis tradescantia, wandering Jew, Brazilian spiderwort  
Convolvulus arvensis field bindweed, field morning-glory  
Cuscuta campestris field dodder, angel's hair, beggar vine  

Cook Islands
tia‘ea

Fiji
luorovaka, navereverelangi, ndithangi, wa lawala, wa mbosuthu, wa ndanga, wa tikaivu, wa vereverelangi

Kalanchoe delagoensis chandelier plant, mother of millions, Christmas bells  
Crassula helmsii Australian swamp stonecrop, New Zealand pygmyweed  
Coccinia grandis ivy gourd, scarlet gourd  

Fiji
kundru

Federated States of Micronesia
aipikohrd

Marshall Islands
kiuri awia

Tonga
kiukamapa ‘ae ‘initia

Cyperus rotundus nut grass, purple nutsedge

American Samoa
mumuta

Cook Islands
matie ‘ōniāni, mauku ‘ōniāni, ‘ōniāni tita, ‘ōniāni lau, ‘ōniāni rau

Fiji
ivako, malanga, soro ni kabani, soronakambani, vucesa, muthesa

Guam
chaguan humatag

Hawaii
kili‘o‘opu, mau'u mokae

Kiribati
te mumute, te mutemute

Marshall Islands
tutueoneon

Nauru
ibugibugi

Palau
tamanengi

Samoa
mumuta

Tokelau
mumuta

Tonga
pakopako

Tuvalu
mouku, muta

Cyperus esculentus yellow nutsedge, yellow nut grass  
Cyperus aromaticus navua sedge, greater kyllinga  

Fiji
tuise tele, tuise fiti

Tonga
pakopako

Dioscorea bulbifera air potato

American Samoa
soi

Cook Islands
oi

Fiji
kaile, kaile manu, kaile ndranu, kaile nganga, sarau

Federated States of Micronesia
ápwereka, pwereka, ellal, pereka, pureka, kehmpalahi, kehp en palahi, on balai, weisoahn, weitol, pwer, pwerh, pelai, rook, yoi

Guam
magnaheugo

Hawaii
hoi, pi'oi

Marshall Islands
mata

Niue
hoi

Palau
belloi

Samoa
soi

Solomon Islands
dau fasia, dau kwasi

Tonga
hoi

Wallis & Futuna
hoi, soi

Jatropha gossypiifolia bellyache bush, black physicnut  
Triadica sebifera Chinese tallow, candleberry tree, chicken tree, Florida aspen  
Acacia pycnantha golden wattle, broad-leaved wattle  
Ulex europaeus gorse, furze  
Caesalpinia decapetala Mauritius thorn, Mysore thorn  

Hawaii
pōpoki, puakelekino

Acacia podalyriifolia pearl acacia, Queensland silver wattle  
Leucaena leucocephala leucaena, lead tree, hedge acacia

American Samoa
fua pepe, fuapepe, lopā Samoa, lopa Samoa, lusina

Cook Islands
mara‘inu, marainu, nītō

Fiji
vaivai, vaivai dina, vaivai ni vavalangi, lepolepo, lipolipo

French Polynesia
atiku

Federated States of Micronesia
rohbohtin, tuhngantuhngan, dangandangan, tangantangan, ganitnityuwan, tangantan

Guam
tangan-tangan

Hawaii
ēkoa, haole koa, koa haole, lilikoa

Kiribati
te kai tetua, te kaitetua

Marshall Islands
tangan tangan, tangan-tangan

Nauru
bin

Niue
pepe, tavahi kaku

Northern Marianas
talntangan, tangantangan

Palau
tangutang, telengtungd, telentund

Samoa
fua pepe, fuapepe, lopā Samoa, lopa Samoa, lusina

New Caledonia
mimosa

Tonga
siale mohemohe

Vanuatu
cassis

Gleditsia triacanthos honey locust, bean tree, common honeylocust  
Acacia melanoxylon Australian blackwood  
Falcataria moluccana Moluccan albizia, kerosene plant, white albizia, peacock's plume

American Samoa
tamaligi, tamalini, tamaligi pa'epa'e, tamaligi palagi

Cook Islands
‘ārapitia

Federated States of Micronesia
tuhke karisihn, tuhke kerosin

Palau
ukall ra ngebard

Samoa
tamaligi, tamalini, tamaligi pa'epa'e, tamaligi palagi

Solomon Islands
fai, folo fai

Wallis & Futuna
falcata

Acacia mearnsii black wattle  

Cook Islands
ākasia

Senna tora sickle senna, foetid/stinking cassia

American Samoa
vao pīnati, vao pinati

Fiji
kaumoce, kaumothe, tarota, pini, pin

Guam
amot-tumaga carabao, mumutong palaéan, mumutun admelon, mumutun palaoan

Samoa
vao pīnati, vao pinati, vao sei

Tonga
pipi ppālangi, te‘ekosi, te‘epulu, tega fefeka, tengafefeka

Mimosa pigra mimosa, giant sensitive plant, giant mimosa  
Parkinsonia aculeata retama, Jerusalem thorn, palo verde, parkinsonia  
Acacia decurrens green wattle, Sydney green wattle  
Mimosa diplotricha giant/creeping sensitive plant, nila grass

American Samoa
vao fefe pālagi

Cook Islands
pikika‘a papa‘ā

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

Federated States of Micronesia
kehsapahl, limeirkelik, limemeirlap, limemeihr laud

Northern Marianas
singbiguin sasa

Palau
mechiuaiu

Papua New Guinea
nil grass

Samoa
vao fefe pālagi, la'au fefe pālagi

Solomon Islands
nila grass, kwalo fai

Senna surattensis golden senna, sunshine tree  

Hawaii
kolomona, kolamona

Prosopis pallida mesquite, prosopis, algaroba, American carob  

Hawaii
kiawe

Vachellia nilotica Indian fig, mission prickly pear  
Paraserianthes lophantha stink bean, brush wattle, plume acacia  
Acacia dealbata silver wattle  
Acacia saligna Port Jackson willow, golden wreath wattle, blue leaf wattle  
Senna obtusifolia sicklepod, Chinese senna  

Cook Islands
pī ‘aungakino

Prosopis juliflora mesquite, Mexican thorn, prosopis, algaroba  
Acacia auriculiformis northern black wattle, earleaf acacia, earpod wattle  

Cook Islands
ākasia

Federated States of Micronesia
tuhkehn pwelmwahu

Papua New Guinea
ngarai, unar

Egeria densa Brazilian waterweed, dense waterweed, Brazilian elodea  
Hydrilla verticillata hydrilla, Florida elodea  
Hypericum perforatum St John's wort, klamath weed, goatweed, San Juan herb  
Marrubium vulgare horehound, white horehound  
Clerodendrum chinense Honolulu rose, Chinese glory bower

American Samoa
losa fiti, losa Honolulu

Cook Islands
tiare tūpāpaku, pitate mama

Fiji
Hawaiian Rose

Federated States of Micronesia
rohsen onoluhlu, Honolulu rose

Hawaii
pīkake hohono, pīkake pilau, pīkake wauke

Samoa
losa fiti, losa Honolulu

Lygodium microphyllum Old World climbing fern, climbing maidenhair  
Abutilon theophrasti velvetleaf  
Sida rhombifolia Cuban jute, Paddy's lucerne, common sida

American Samoa
mautofu

Cook Islands
purūmu

Fiji
mbariara, ndeni puaka, ndeni vuaka, ndenime, ndeniosa, nggavi ni lathoi, nggavi ni lawa, qawenilawe, thavuthindra

French Polynesia
brum, purum, purumu, hopa, kaepu, ouou, pou, puehu, puehu au va‘a va‘a, pulumi, tateavi, kovai iva, porumu

Federated States of Micronesia
sieunen, sioinen, siyóyinen, kahwinyotz, koiohnleng, koramahd, koyolung, oiohnleng

Guam
escobilla, escobilla adumelon, escobilla apaka, escobilla dalili

Hawaii
rhomboid ilima

Nauru
itsi

Niue
mautofu, motofu

Palau
keak

Samoa
mautofu

Solomon Islands
mamafu‘ai

Tonga
matala hoatā, te‘ehoosi, te‘ehosi

Wallis & Futuna
ma‘utofu, mautofu

Sida acuta broomweed, spinyhead sida

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

Niue
mautofu, motofu

Palau
keak

Samoa
mautofu

Tonga
te‘ehoosi, te‘ekosi

Urena lobata Caesarweed, Congo jute, bur mallow

American Samoa
manutofu, maoutofu, mautofu

Cook Islands
piripiri, purūmu, vavai tara tītā

Fiji
katiqani viti, nggatima, nggatima ni Viti, ngguatema, qatima, qatima ni viti, joan ne pija

French Polynesia
pipiri, fuduah, nehu, pou-éau, pu‘unehu, puehu, puepu, punehu haoe, rehu

Federated States of Micronesia
nognuk, ocher, sacawer, koaropw, korop, koropw, karukur

Guam
dádangse, dadangsi, dadangsi apaka, dadangsi machingat

Niue
mosipo, motipo

Palau
chosuched e kui, osuched a rechui

Samoa
manutofu, maoutofu, mautofu

Tonga
mo‘osipo, mo‘osipo Tonga

Miconia calvescens miconia, velvetleaf  

French Polynesia
pa'a honu

Clidemia hirta Koster's curse, soap bush

American Samoa
la'au lau mamoe

Fiji
aurioi in siga, bona na bulamakau, kaurasinga, kauresinga, mara na bulumakau, mbona na mbulamakau, ndraunisinga, roinisinga, vuti

Federated States of Micronesia
riahpen rot

Palau
kúi

Samoa
la'au lau mamoe

Melaleuca quinquenervia melaleuca, broad-leaved paperbark  

New Caledonia
itahou, naioulia, niaouli

Leptospermum scoparium New Zealand tea tree  
Psidium cattleianum strawberry guava

American Samoa
ku‘ava

Cook Islands
tū‘ava papa'ā, tūava papa'ā, tūvava papa'ā, tuava papa'ā

Fiji
ngguava

French Polynesia
tuava tinito, tuvava tinito

Federated States of Micronesia
tuvava tinito, kuwahpa

Hawaii
waiawī ‘ula‘ula

Samoa
ku‘ava

Ligustrum sinense Chinese privet, small-leaved privet  
Ludwigia adscendens water primrose, water-dragon, red ludwigia  
Passiflora rubra red passionfruit, Dutchman's laudanum  

Cook Islands
pō kutekute, pō‘ue, pōkutekute

Passiflora foetida fetid/stinking passionflower, fit-weed

American Samoa
pāsio vao

Fiji
poniu, qaranidila, vaini, loliloli ni kalavo, sou

Federated States of Micronesia
bombom, pompom, pwompwomw, pwomwpwomp, tumatis, tutumis

Guam
kinahulo atadeo

Hawaii
pohāpohā, lani wai

Kiribati
te biku

Nauru
oatamo, watamo

Niue
vine vao

Northern Marianas
dulce, kinahulo‘ atdao

Palau
kudamono

Samoa
pāsio vao, tapatapao

Solomon Islands
kakalifaka, kwalo kakali

Tonga
vaine ‘ae kumā, vaine ‘initia

Passiflora tripartita banana passionfruit  
Passiflora tarminiana banana poka, banana passionfruit  
Eragrostis curvula African love grass, Boer love grass, weeping lovegrass  
Sporobolus pyramidalis giant rat's tail grass, West Indies smutgrass  
Imperata cylindrica cogon grass, imperata  

Fiji
gi, kunai, lalang, ngi

Palau
kasoring

Papua New Guinea
auturra, kawva, kunai grass, kuru-kuru

Solomon Islands
fa'i lai

Cortaderia selloana pampas grass, silver pampas grass, Uruguayan pampas grass  
Megathyrsus maximus Guinea grass, green panicgrass, buffalo grass  
Arundo donax giant reed

American Samoa
fiso pālagi, 'ofe, 'ofe teu fale

Fiji
ngasau ni vavalangi

Samoa
fiso pālagi, 'ofe, 'ofe teu fale

Tonga
kaho, lalahi, kaho pāpālangi

Persicaria perfoliata mile-a-minute weed  
Rumex pulcher dock, fiddle dock  
Rumex hypogaeus emex, three cornered Jacks, doublegee, spiny emex  
Rumex crispus dock, curled dock  
Pontederia crassipes water hyacinth

American Samoa
lili vai

Cook Islands
riri vai

Fiji
bekabekairaga, dabedabe ne ga, mbekambekairanga, ndambendambe ni nga

Palau
bung el ralm

Papua New Guinea
water orchid, wota haisin

Samoa
lili vai

Ziziphus mauritiana Indian jujube, Chinese date  

Fiji
baer, baher, bahir

Guam
manzanas, manzanita, jujube

Cotoneaster pannosus cotoneaster, silver cotoneaster, silverleaf cotoneaster  
Rubus niveus Ceylon raspberry, Mysore raspberry, hill raspberry  

Papua New Guinea
mbolinmomoniyl

Rosa multiflora multiflora rose, baby rose  
Pyracantha angustifolia firethorn, narrowleaf firethorn, orange firethorn  
Salix babylonica weeping willow, Babylon weeping willow  

Tonga
hakoloa‘ani, uilow

Salvinia molesta salvinia, water fern, giant salvinia, Kariba weed  
Azolla filiculoides Azolla, water fern, red water fern, fairy fern  
Cardiospermum grandiflorum balloon vine, grand balloon vine  

Cook Islands
kopūpū takaviri

Buddleja davidii buddleia  
Solanum mauritianum woolly nightshade, bugweed, tree tobacco  

Cook Islands
‘ava‘ava, rau ‘ava‘ava

Hawaii
pua nānā honua

Tonga
pula, to‘uloku

Solanum torvum turkey berry, devil's fig  

Fiji
kaisurisuri, kausoni, kauvotovotua, katai, soni

Federated States of Micronesia
rawelnagafi

Tonga
tisaipale

Vanuatu
piko

Lantana montevidensis creeping lantana, trailing lantana, weeping lantana  
Lantana camara lantana

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

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

Kiribati
te kaibuaka

Marshall Islands
lantõna

Niue
migiroa

Samoa
lõtana

Tonga
talatala, talamoa

Tuvalu
kai puaka, kaipuaka

Hedychium coronarium white butterfly ginger lily

American Samoa
teuila, teuila pa'epa'e

Cook Islands
kaopui teatea, kōpī, re'a, re‘a teatea, kōpī teatea

Fiji
ndrove, cevuga vula, dalasika, thevunga, kapui fisi, kapui perperi

Federated States of Micronesia
chabubu, chawiwi, sifif nisepan, sinter pwetepwet, sinsea, sinsér, sinter, sinter oangoahng, sinter pwetepwet, sintia, tolon, trewiwi, tunun, zinzer

Hawaii
‘awapuhi ke‘oke‘o

Samoa
teuila, teuila pa'epa'e

Tonga
ndrove, cevuga vula, dalasika, teuila, thevunga

Hedychium gardnerianum Kahili ginger, Kahila garland-lily  

Cook Islands
kōpī

Fiji
cevuga dromodromo

Federated States of Micronesia
sinter weitahta

Hawaii
‘awapuhi kahili, kāhili

Hedychium flavescens yellow ginger, wild ginger

American Samoa
teuila, teuila pa'epa'e

Cook Islands
kaopui rengarenga, kōpī rengarenga, re'a, re‘a rengarenga

French Polynesia
opuhi rea rea

Federated States of Micronesia
sinter

Hawaii
‘awapuhi melemele

Niue
kamapui fiti tea, keuila

Samoa
teuila, teuila pa'epa'e

Tribulus terrestris puncturevine, goat head, caltrop  
Tribulus cistoides false puncturevine, Jamaican feverplant  

Hawaii
nohu, nohunohu

Kiribati
te maukinikini

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Info Sheet Weed Scientific Name English Common Name Weed Common Names in the Pacific