(Roxb.) Benth., Fabaceae
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(Roxb.) Benth., Fabaceae |
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Present on Pacific Islands? yes
Primarily a threat at high elevations? no
Risk assessment results: High risk, score: 7 (Go to the risk assessment)
Other Latin names: Deguelia elliptica (Roxb.) Taub.; Paraderris elliptica (Wall.) F. Adema; Pongamia elliptica Wallich
Common name(s): [more details]
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Chamorro: bagin, tuba |
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Chinese: mao yu teng |
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Chuukese: up, uup, wuup |
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English: derris, poison vine, tubaroot |
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Fijian: duva ni vavalagi, nduva, nduva ni vavalangi |
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Kosraean: oop, op, up |
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Palauan: deris, dub, duub |
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Pohnpeian: einuhp, pei nuhb, peinuhp, peinuhpw en Pohnpei, sahl, uhp, uhpin Pohnpei, up, up kitik, upanai, upanyap, upin kitik, upkisetik |
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Rotuman: fuha niu kini |
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Yapese: yuub |
Habit: vine
Description: "Scandent shrub or liane 5-12 m long, velvety pubescent; shoot apex often leafless for several meters. Leaves pinnate, 15-30 cm long, mostly with 11-15 leaflets; leaflets narrowly oblong-obovate, 4-25 cm long, rounded at base, entire, rounded to shortly acuminate, rusty-velvety, somewhat glabrescent, glaucous beneath; petiole 3-7 mm long. Flowers usually in stalked clusters of 3, combined into pseudorachemes 15-25 cm long, rusty pubescent. Calyx 6-8 mm long, shallowly toothed. Petals pink; standard 13-17 mm diam., with2 auricles at base, softly ferruginous-hairy outside; wings and keel with interlocking longitudinal folds. Fruit elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 3.5-7 cm long, flat, leathery, narrowly winged. Seeds 1-3, reniform, flat" (Du Puy, 1993; p. 210).
Habitat/ecology: Cultivated and naturalized to 400 m in Fiji (Smith, 1985; pp. 167-168). Observed climbing over small trees and shrubs on Rota (Space, Waterhouse, Denslow & Nelson, 2000).
Propagation: Seed
Native range: India into Malesia. Introduced as a fish poison.
Presence:
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Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
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Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US)
Northern Mariana Islands |
Pagan Island |
introduced
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Raulerson, L. (2006) (p. 36) |
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Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US)
Northern Mariana Islands |
Pagan Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1984) (voucher ID: BISH 635222)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US)
Northern Mariana Islands |
Rota Island |
introduced
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Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 108) |
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Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US)
Northern Mariana Islands |
Rota Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1982) (voucher ID: BISH 593208)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US)
Northern Mariana Islands |
Tinian Island |
introduced
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Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 108) |
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Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US)
Northern Mariana Islands |
Tinian Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1946) (voucher ID: BISH 154185)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US)
Saipan |
Saipan Island |
introduced
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Raulerson, L. (2006) (p. 36) |
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Cook Islands
Southern Cook Islands |
Rarotonga Island | Samuel, Poona (year unknown) | |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Chuuk Islands |
Dublon (Tonowas) Island |
introduced
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Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 108) |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Chuuk Islands |
Dublon (Tonowas) Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1935) (voucher ID: BISH 29150)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Chuuk Islands |
Fefan Island |
introduced
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Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 108) |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Chuuk Islands |
Fefan Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1946) (voucher ID: BISH 154221)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Chuuk Islands |
Lukunor (Núkúnooch) Atoll [xxx] |
introduced
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Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 108) |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Chuuk Islands |
Lukunor (Núkúnooch) Atoll [xxx] |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1950) (voucher ID: BISH 154223)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Chuuk Islands |
Murilo (Mwiriné) Atoll |
introduced
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Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 108) |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Chuuk Islands |
Namoluk (Nómwunuuk) Atoll |
introduced
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Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 108) |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Chuuk Islands |
Namoluk (Nómwunuuk) Atoll |
Marshall, Mae/Fosberg, F. R. (1975) (p. 36)
Voucher cited: Marshall 45 (US) |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Chuuk Islands |
Namonuito (Namonweito, Nómwun Wiité) Atoll |
introduced
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Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 108) |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Chuuk Islands |
Satawan Atoll |
introduced
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Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 108) |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Chuuk Islands |
Satawan Atoll |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1950) (voucher ID: BISH 154216)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Chuuk Islands |
Udot Island |
introduced
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Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 108) |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Chuuk Islands |
Udot Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1946) (voucher ID: BISH 154186)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Chuuk Islands |
Ulalu (Romonum) Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1965) (voucher ID: BISH 154224)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Chuuk Islands |
Weno (Moen) Island |
introduced
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Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 108) |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Chuuk Islands |
Weno (Moen) Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1946) (voucher ID: BISH 154219)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Chuuk Islands |
Weno (Moen) Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1946) (voucher ID: BISH 154220)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Kosrae Island |
Kosrae Island |
introduced
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Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 108) |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Kosrae Island |
Kosrae Island |
native
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Lorence, David H./Flynn, Timothy (2005) (p. 17)
Voucher cited: Lorence 9418 (PTBG) |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Kosrae Island |
Kosrae Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1946) (voucher ID: BISH 154218)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Kosrae Island |
Kosrae Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1977) (voucher ID: BISH 435303)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Pohnpei Islands |
Pohnpei Island |
introduced
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Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 108) |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Pohnpei Islands |
Pohnpei Island |
introduced
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Glassman, S. F. (1952) (p. 76)
Voucher cited: Glassman 2568 (US) |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Pohnpei Islands |
Pohnpei Island |
introduced
invasive |
Herrera, Katherine/Lorence, David H./Flynn, Timothy/Balick, Michael J. (2010) (p. 95)
Vouchers cited: M.J. Balick 3815 (NY, PTBG), M.J. Balick 3895 (NY, PTBG), M.J. Balick 4059 (NY, PTBG), M.J. Balick 4175 (NY), M.J. Balick 4185 (NY, PTBG), A. Dores 80 (BISH, NY, PTBG), E. Eperiam 26 (NY), F.R. Fosberg 26324 (BISH), R. Hobdy 1644 (BISH), E.Y. Hosaka 3513 (BISH), A. Raynor 79 (NY), F. Sohl 29 (NY, PTBG), L. Stemmermann 2963 (BISH), R.L. Ward s.n. (BISH) Naturalized |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Pohnpei Islands |
Pohnpei Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1946) (voucher ID: BISH 154217)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Pohnpei Islands |
Pohnpei Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1946) (voucher ID: BISH 154222)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Pohnpei Islands |
Pohnpei Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1977) (voucher ID: BISH 435305)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Pohnpei Islands |
Pohnpei Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1982) (voucher ID: BISH 496983)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Pohnpei Islands |
Pohnpei Island |
National Tropical Botanical Garden (U.S.A. Hawaii. Kalaheo.) (1997) (voucher ID: PTBG 34653)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Pohnpei Islands |
Pohnpei Island |
National Tropical Botanical Garden (U.S.A. Hawaii. Kalaheo.) (2024) (voucher ID: PTBG 34886)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Pohnpei Islands |
Pohnpei Island |
National Tropical Botanical Garden (U.S.A. Hawaii. Kalaheo.) (1998) (voucher ID: PTBG 34543)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Yap Islands |
Yap (Waqab) Island |
introduced
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Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 108) |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Yap Islands |
Yap (Waqab) Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1936) (voucher ID: BISH 29181)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Yap Islands |
Yap (Waqab) Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1948) (voucher ID: BISH 154214)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Federated States of Micronesia
Yap Islands |
Yap (Waqab) Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1936) (voucher ID: BISH 697352)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Fiji
Fiji Islands |
Rotuma Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1938) (voucher ID: BISH 614900)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Fiji
Fiji Islands |
Viti Levu Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Smith, Albert C. (1985) (pp. 167-168)
Vouchers cited: DA 16029, DA 14579, DA 10899 |
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Fiji
Fiji Islands |
Viti Levu Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1968) (voucher ID: BISH 32848)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Fiji
Fiji Islands |
Viti Levu Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1965) (voucher ID: BISH 32849)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Fiji
Fiji Islands |
Viti Levu Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1971) (voucher ID: BISH 448548)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Guam
Guam Island |
Guam Island |
introduced
cultivated |
Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (pp. 330-331)
Rarely cultivated. |
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Guam
Guam Island |
Guam Island |
introduced
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Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 108) |
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State of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands |
Hawai‘i (Big) Island |
introduced
invasive |
Parker, James L./Parsons, Bobby (2012) (p. 60)
Voucher cited: J. Parker & R. Parsons BIED42 (BISH) |
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State of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands |
Hawaiian Islands |
introduced
cultivated |
Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral/Imada, Clyde T. (2000) (p. 21) |
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Japan (offshore islands)
Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands |
Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands |
introduced
invasive |
Toyoda, Takeshi (2003) (p. 281)
Naturalized |
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Japan (offshore islands)
Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands |
Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands |
introduced
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Kato, Hidetoshi (2007) |
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Palau
Palau (Belau ) (main island group) |
Babeldaob Island |
introduced
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Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 108) |
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Palau
Palau (Belau ) (main island group) |
Babeldaob Island |
introduced
invasive |
Space, James C./Waterhouse, Barbara/Miles, Joel E./Tiobech, Joseph/Rengulbai, Kashgar (2003) (p. 85) |
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Palau
Palau (Belau ) (main island group) |
Babeldaob Island |
Beleu National Museum (Republic of Palau. Koror.) (1981) (voucher ID: BNM 3113)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Palau
Palau (Belau ) (main island group) |
Koror (Oreor) Island |
introduced
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Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 108) |
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Palau
Palau (Belau ) (main island group) |
Koror (Oreor) Island |
introduced
invasive |
Space, James C./Waterhouse, Barbara/Miles, Joel E./Tiobech, Joseph/Rengulbai, Kashgar (2003) (p. 80) |
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Palau
Palau (Belau ) (main island group) |
Koror (Oreor) Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1950) (voucher ID: BISH 154187)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Palau
Palau (Belau ) (main island group) |
Koror (Oreor) Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1953) (voucher ID: BISH 154215)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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Palau
Palau (Belau ) (main island group) |
Malakal (Ngemelachel) Island |
introduced
invasive |
Space, James C./Waterhouse, Barbara/Miles, Joel E./Tiobech, Joseph/Rengulbai, Kashgar (2003) (p. 80) |
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Palau
Palau (Belau ) (main island group) |
Ngerkebesang Island |
introduced
invasive |
Space, James C./Waterhouse, Barbara/Miles, Joel E./Tiobech, Joseph/Rengulbai, Kashgar (2003) (p. 80) |
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Palau
Palau (Belau ) (main island group) |
Peleliu (Beliliou) Island | Wagner, W. L./ Herbst, D. R./Weitzman, A./Lorence, D.H. (2013) | |
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Papua New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago |
Bismarck Archipelago |
cultivated
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Peekel, P. G. [translated by E. E. Henty] (1984) (p. 243)
Common throughout the Archipelago; lanted near houses and in gardens for use in fishing, and half-wild around plantation areas. |
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Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (eastern New Guinea Island) |
Papua New Guinea (eastern New Guinea Island) |
introduced
invasive |
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Naturalized |
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Philippines
Philippine Islands |
Philippine Islands |
native
cultivated |
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
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Philippines
Philippine Islands |
Philippine Islands |
native
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Merrill, Elmer D. (1923) (p. 299)
In thickets along streams, secondary forsts, etc., at low and medium altitudes; often abundant. |
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Tonga
Vava‘u Group |
Niuatoputapu Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1976) (voucher ID: BISH 456086)
Taxon name on voucher: Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. |
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| Pacific Rim | |||
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Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
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Cambodia
Cambodia |
Cambodia (Kingdom of) |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
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China
China |
China (People's Republic of) |
introduced
cultivated |
Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)
As Paraderris elliptica (Wallich) Adema. Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan. |
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Indonesia
Indonesia |
Indonesia (Republic of) |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Java, Kalimantan, Sumatra Naturalized |
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Indonesia
Indonesia |
West Papua Province (Indonesia) (western New Guinea Island) (formerly Irian Jaya) |
introduced
invasive |
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Naturalized |
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Malaysia
Malaysia |
Malaysia (country of) |
native
cultivated |
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
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Taiwan
Taiwan Island |
Taiwan Island |
introduced
cultivated |
Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013) |
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Thailand
Thailand |
Thailand (Kingdom of) |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
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Vietnam
Vietnam |
Vietnam (Socialist Republic of) |
native
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Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013) |
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Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
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Australia (Indian Ocean offshore islands)
Christmas Island Group |
Christmas Island |
native
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Orchard, Anthony E., ed. (1993) (p. 18) |
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La Réunion (France)
La Réunion Island |
La Réunion Island |
introduced
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ILDIS Co-ordinating Centre (2013) |
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India (Indian Ocean offshore islands)
Andaman Islands |
Andaman Islands |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
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India (Indian Ocean offshore islands)
Nicobar Islands |
Nicobar Islands |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
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Mauritius
Mautitius Islands (Mauritius and Rodrigues) |
Mauritius Island |
introduced
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ILDIS Co-ordinating Centre (2013) |
Comments: Often confused with D. malaccensis.
Control: If you know of control methods for Derris elliptica, please let us know.