This table lists invasive and potentially invasive plant species profiled by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER) that occur on Rodrigues Island. It includes those of environmental concern (including those that are probably of threat only to islands with high elevations) as well as agricultural and ruderal weeds. Each species is linked by its scientific name to an individual write-up containing relevant information.
The information in this table is based on the supporting data and may not represent the current situation. Note also there may be discrepancies among data presented at geographic resolutions (e.g., island vs. island group vs. country-territory-state levels), depending upon the reliability of the data at each level.
Species are listed in alphabetic order. You can browse this list or use the "find" function on your web browser to search by scientific name.
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Scientific name (+Family) | Often-used other Latin names | Habit |
Primarily a threat
at high elevations? |
Acacia auriculiformis (Fabaceae) | tree | No | |
Acacia nilotica (Fabaceae) | Acacia adansonii Guill. & Perr.; Acacia adstringens (Schumach.) Berhaut; Acacia arabica (Lam.) Willd.; Acacia scorpioides (L.) W. Wight; Mimosa nilotica L.; Vachellia nilotica (L.) P. J. H. Hurter & Mabb. | tree | No |
Adenanthera pavonina (Fabaceae) | tree | No | |
Aeschynomene indica (Fabaceae) | herb | No | |
Albizia lebbeck (Fabaceae) | Acacia lebbeck L. (or Blanco); Mimosa lebbeck L. | tree | No |
Alysicarpus vaginalis (Fabaceae) | Alysicarpus nummularifolius auct.; Hedysarum vaginale L. | herb | No |
Ammannia baccifera (Lythraceae) | Ammannia aegyptiaca Willd. | herb | No |
Asystasia gangetica (Acanthaceae) | Asystasia coromandeliana Nees; Justicia gangetica L.; Ruellia zeylanica J. Koenig ex Roxb. | herb | No |
Barleria prionitis (Acanthaceae) | shrub | No | |
Bauhinia monandra (Fabaceae) | Bauhinia kappleri Sagot; Bauhinia krugii Urb. | tree | No |
Caesalpinia bonduc (Fabaceae) | Caesalpinia bonducella (L.) Fleming; Guilandina bonduc L. | vine | No |
Caesalpinia decapetala (Fabaceae) | Caesalpinia japonica Siebold & Zucc.; Caesalpinia septaria Roxb.; Reichardia decapetala Roth | shrub | No |
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (Fabaceae) | Poinciana pulcherrima L. | shrub/tree | No |
Cajanus cajan (Fabaceae) | Cajanus bicolor DC.; Cajanus indicus Spreng.; Cytisus cajan L. | shrub | No |
Cajanus scarabaeoides (Fabaceae) | Atylosia scarabaeoides (L.) Benth.; Cantharospermum scarabaeoides (L.) Baill. | vine | No |
Clitoria ternatea (Fabaceae) | Clitoria albiflora Mattei; Clitoria bracteata Poir.; Clitoria mearnsii De Wild. | vine | No |
Crotalaria retusa (Fabaceae) | herb | No | |
Delonix regia (Fabaceae) | Poinciana regia Bojer | tree | No |
Desmanthus pernambucanus (Fabaceae) | Mimosa pernambucana L. | herb | No |
Desmodium adscendens (Fabaceae) | Desmodium ovalifolium Guill. & Perr.; Hedysarum adscendens Sw.; Meibomia adscendens (Sw.) Kuntze | herb | No |
Desmodium triflorum (Fabaceae) | Meibomia triflora (L.) Kuntze | herb | No |
Gliricidia sepium (Fabaceae) | Gliricidia maculata (Kunth) Kunth ex Walp. | tree | No |
Gomphocarpus physocarpus (Apocynaceae) | Asclepias brasiliensis (E. Fourn.) Schltr.; Asclepias physocarpa (E. Mey.) Schlechter; Gomphocarpus brasiliensis E. Fourn. | shrub | No |
Haematoxylum campechianum (Fabaceae) | tree | No | |
Indigofera suffruticosa (Fabaceae) | Indigofera anil L. | shrub | No |
Justicia gendarussa (Acanthaceae) | Gendarussa vulgaris Nees | herb | No |
Lantana camara (Verbenaceae) | shrub | No | |
Leucaena leucocephala (Fabaceae) | Acacia glauca Willd.; Leucaena glauca auct.; Mimosa leucocephala Lam. | tree | No |
Ligustrum robustum (Oleaceae) | Ligustrum walkeri Decne. | shrub/tree | No |
Litsea glutinosa (Lauraceae) | Litsea laurifolia (Jacq.) F. M. Bailey; Sebifera glutinosa Lour.; Tetranthera laurifolia Jacq. | tree | No |
Macroptilium atropurpureum (Fabaceae) | Phaseolus atropurpureus DC. | vine | No |
Mimosa pudica (Fabaceae) | herb | No | |
Mimusops coriacea (Sapotaceae) | Imbricaria coriacea A. DC. | tree | No |
Neonotonia wightii (Fabaceae) | Glycine javanica auct.; Glycine wightii (Wight & Arnott.) Verdc.; Notonia wightii Graham ex Wight & Arn. | vine | No |
Phaseolus lunatus (Fabaceae) | herb | No | |
Pithecellobium dulce (Fabaceae) | Mimosa dulcis Roxb. | tree | No |
Pithecellobium unguis-cati (Fabaceae) | Mimosa unguis-cati L.; Pithecellobium pulchellum Pittier; Zygia unguis-cati (L.) Sudw. | tree | No |
Psidium cattleianum (Myrtaceae) | Psidium cattleyanum Sabine; Psidium littorale Raddi; Psidium littorale Raddi var. longipes (O. Berg) Fosb. | tree | No |
Ravenala madagascariensis (Strelitziaceae) | tree | Yes | |
Rhynchosia minima (Fabaceae) | herb | No | |
Senna occidentalis (Fabaceae) | Cassia occidentalis L. | shrub | No |
Senna surattensis (Fabaceae) | Cassia surattensis N.L. Burm | tree | No |
Senna tora (Fabaceae) | Cassia tora L. | herb | No |
Sesbania sesban (Fabaceae) | Aeschynomene sesban L.; Sesban aegyptiacus Poir.; Sesbania aegyptiaca (Poir.) Pers. | shrub | No |
Stylosanthes guianensis (Fabaceae) | Stylosanthes erecta Beauv.; Stylosanthes gracilis Kunth; Stylosanthes guineensis Schumacher; Trifolium guianense Aublet | herb | No |
Syzygium jambos (Myrtaceae) | Caryophyllus jambos (L.) Stokes; Eugenia jambos L. | tree | No |
Tabebuia pallida (Bignoniaceae) | Bignonia pallida Lindl. | tree | No |
Tephrosia candida (Fabaceae) | shrub | No | |
Thunbergia fragrans (Acanthaceae) | vine | No | |
Vachellia farnesiana (Fabaceae) | Mimosa farnesiana L. | shrub | No |
Vicia sativa subsp. nigra (Fabaceae) | herb | No | |
Wikstroemia indica (Thymelaeaceae) | shrub | No |