Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Report on invasive plant species in Samoa
Appendix 1. Invasive species of environmental concern
Table 1.
Species that are invasive elsewhere in similar ecosystems but are not known to
be present in Samoa
Table 2. Introduced species that are
invasive or potentially invasive in Samoa
Table 3. Species that are reported as
invasive or weedy elsewhere and are common, weedy or cultivated in
Samoa
Table 4. Native species (or Polynesian
introductions) that can exhibit aggressive behavior
|
Scientific Name |
Common Names |
Family |
Habit |
| Acacia aulacocarpa | English: brown salwood, brush ironbark wattle, hickory wattle; Other: ākasia (Cook Islands) | Fabaceae | tree |
| English: Formosa koa, Formosa acacia; Other: sosigi, shoshigi, sosugi, boiffuring (Guam and CNMI–Chamorro); serepa, soschghi (CNMI–Carolinian); pilampwoia (Pohnpei); ianángi, yanangi (Palau) | Fabaceae | tree | |
| Acacia crassicarpa | English: northern wattle, Papua New Guinea red wattle; Other: ākasia (Cook Islands) | Fabaceae | tree |
| English: Ellington curse, klu, sweet acacia; French: acacia jaune, cassie; Other: titima (Cook Islands); vaivai vaka-vatona, vaivai vakavotona, ban baburi, oki (Fiji); aroma, popinac, kandaroma (Guam, CNMI); kolu (Hawai'i); te kaibakoa (Kiribati); debena (Nauru) | Fabaceae | shrub | |
| Acacia glauca | English: redwood; French: amourette | Fabaceae | tree |
| Acacia longifolia | English: Sydney golden wattle, golden wattle, long-leaved wattle, long-leaved acacia, sallow wattle, coast wattle, golden rods | Fabaceae | tree |
| English: black wattle; French: acacia noir; Other: ākasia (Cook Islands) | Fabaceae | tree | |
| English: Australian blackwood, blackwood acacia | Fabaceae | tree | |
| English: prickly acacia, black thorn, Egyptian thorn, Nile acacia, algaroba, babul, gum arabic tree; French: acacia à gomme; Spanish: algarrobo; Other: tiare (New Caledonia) | Fabaceae | tree | |
| English: acacia | Fabaceae | shrubs/trees | |
| English: sisal, sisal hemp; Other: ndali, natali (Fiji), malina (Hawai'i) | Agavaceae | herb | |
| Ageratina riparia | English: spreading mistflower, creeping croftonweed, river eupatorium; Other: hamakua pamakani (Hawai‘i) | Asteraceae | shrub |
| English: tree of heaven, varnishtree | Simaroubaceae | tree | |
| Albizia lebbeck | English: siris-tree, rain tree, East Indian walnut, kokko, woman's-tongue tree, soros-tree, raom tree; French: bois noir; Other: ‘arapitia (Cook Islands (Miti‘aro)); trongkon-mames, tronkon mames, mamis (Guam); kalaskas, trongkon-kalaskas (CNMI–Chamorro); schepil kalaskas (CNMI–Carolinian); ukall ra ngebard (Palau); gumorningabchey; ngumorrningobchey (Yap); 'ohai (Hawai‘i); vaivai, vaivai ni vavalangi, vaivai ni vavalagi (Fiji); tamaligi pa’epa’e (Samoa); kasia (Tonga) | Fabaceae | tree |
| Alstonia macrophylla | English: devil-tree | Apocynaceae | tree |
| Alternanthera philoxeroides | English: alligator weed | Amaranthaceae | herb |
| English: gamba grass, tambuki grass | Poaceae | grass | |
| English: bush beardgrass, bushy bluestem | Poaceae | grass | |
| English: broomsedge, yellow bluestem, whisky grass | Poaceae | grass | |
| Annona glabra | English: pond apple, alligator apple, bullock's heart, cherimoyer; French: annone des marais, corossolier des marais; Other: uto ni mbulumakau, uto ni bulumakau, kaitambo, kaitambu (Fiji) | Annonaceae | tree |
| Annona squamosa | English: sugar apple, sweetsop, custard apple, sugar apple; French: annone écailleuse, pomme-canelle; Other: tapotapo (Cook Islands, French Polynesia); tapotapo Māori (Cook Islands); kātara‘apa Māori (Cook Islands (Mangaia)); naponapo Māori (Cook Islands (Aitutaki)); atis, ates (Guam); ngel ra ngebard (Palau), ‘apele papalangi, ‘apele Tonga (Tonga), nameana (Tuvalu) | Annonaceae | tree |
| Anredera cordifolia | English: Madeira vine, mignonette vine, lamb's tails; Other: tāpau (Cook Islands (‘Atiu)); ‘uala hupe (Hawai‘i); filikafa (Niue) | Basellaceae | vine |
| English: moth plant, moth catcher, white bladder flower | Asclepiadaceae | shrub | |
| English: hen's eyes, Hilo holly, coral berry, Australian holly, scratchthroat; French: arbre à noël | Myrsinaceae | shrub | |
| English: elephant creeper, Hawaiian baby woodrose , silver morning glory, woolly morning glory; French: coup d'air, liane a minguet, liane d' argent | Convolvulaceae | vine | |
| English: Dutchman's pipe, calico flower; Other: mokorā (Cook Islands); fue paipa holani (Tonga) | Aristolochiaceae | vine | |
| Arthrostemma ciliatum | English: arthrostemma, everblooming eavender | Melastomataceae | herb |
| Austroeupatorium inulaefolium | Asteraceae | herb | |
| Azadirachta indica | English: neem, nim, margosa | Meliaceae | tree |
| Azolla pinnata | English: mosquito fern, ferny azolla, water velvet | Azollaceae | fern |
| English: hophead, Philippine violet | Acanthaceae | shrub | |
| English: barleria, porcupine flower | Acanthaceae | shrub | |
| Blainvillea gayana | Asteraceae | herb | |
| Bocconia frutescens | English: bocconia, plume-poppy, tree poppy, tree celandine, parrotweed | Papaveraceae | shrub |
| Boerhavia coccinea | English: boerhavia, hog weed, hog feed, red spiderling, wineflower, tar vine; Other: mata pavo, patagon | Nyctaginaceae | herb |
| Brillantaisia lamium | Acanthaceae | shrub | |
| Bryophyllum pinnatum | English: life plant, air plant, resurrection plant, Canterbury bells, cathedral bells, Mexican love plant; Spanish: hoja del aire; Other: ngāngā‘ere toka (Cook Islands); bulatawamudu (Fiji); ‘oliwa ku kahakai (Hawai'i); teang (Kiribati); kibilia (Marshall Islands); tupu he lau, tupu noa (Niue); pagi (Samoa); pipi vao (Tonga) | Crassulaceae | herb |
| English: dog tail; Other: huelo ‘ilio (Hawai'i) | Scrophulariaceae | shrub | |
| English: orange eye, butterfly bush, summer lilac | Scrophulariaceae | shrub | |
| English: butterfly bush, smoke bush | Scrophulariaceae | shrub | |
| English: cat's claw, Mysore thorn, Mauritius thorn, wait-a-bit; French: bois sappan; Other: puakelekino (Hawai'i) | Fabaceae | shrub | |
| English: rattan; Other: rotan, bejuko-n-halumtano, rotan bejuro-n-halumtan (Guam); bangerenguis ra ngebard (Palau) | Arecaceae | shrub (palm) | |
| Calliandra haematocephala | English: red powder puff; French: pompon | Fabaceae | shrub |
| Callisia fragrans | English: fragrant inch plant, basketplant, spironema | Commelinaceae | herb |
| Calotropis procera | English: calotropis, rubber bush, apple of Sodom, mudar, madar, king’s crown, roostertree; French: arbre à soie | Asclepiadaceae | shrub/tree |
| English: balloon vine; heart seed; Other: kopūpū takaviri? (Cook Islands) | Sapindaceae | vine | |
| English: balloon vine, heart pea, love-in-a-puff; Other: wa niu, vo niu (Fiji); vinivinio (French Polynesia), poniu, haleakai‘a, ‘inalua, pohuehue uka (Hawai'i) | Sapindaceae | vine | |
| Carpobrotus edulis | English: ice plant, pigface, hottentot fig | Aizoaceae | succulent |
| English: swamp oak, saltmarsh ironwood, longleaf ironwood, gray sheoak | Casuarinaceae | tree | |
| English: trumpet tree, guarumo; Other: rau-māniota (Cook Islands) | Cecropiaceae | tree | |
| Cecropia peltata | English: trumpet tree; French: parasolier, faux-ricin, pisse-roux, bois cannon | Cecropiaceae | tree |
| English: burgrass, burr grass, sand-bur, slimbristle sandbur | Poaceae | grass | |
| English: buffelgrass, African foxtail grass, anjan grass; French: cenchrus cilié | Poaceae | grass | |
| Cestrum diurnum | English: inkberry, day jessamine, day cestrum, China berry; Other: ariki-va‘ine (Cook Islands); thauthau (Fiji); tinta ‘n-China, tentanchinu, tintan China (Guam, CNMI); makahala (Hawai'i); sugi vao, suni vao (Samoa); vaitohi (Tonga) | Solanaceae | shrub |
| Cestrum parqui | English: green cestrum, willow-leaved jessamine, Chilean cestrum, green poison-berry | Solanaceae | shrub |
| English: plush-grass, radiate fingergrass | Poaceae | grass | |
| English: Siam weed, triffid weed, bitter bush, Jack in the bush; French: herbe du Laos; Other: kesengesil, masigsig (Guam); otuot (Chuuk), ngesngesil (Palau); wisolmatenrehwei (Pohnpei); mahsrihsrihk (Kosrae); hagonoy, agonoi, huluhagonoi (Philippines) | Asteraceae | herb | |
| English: coco plum, icaco; French: prunier coton, icacier, icaquier, icaque, prune colon; Other: apolo (Fiji) | Chrysobalanaceae | shrub | |
| English: satin leaf, wild star-apple, damson plum; Spanish: caimitillo | Sapotaceae | tree | |
| English: quinine tree, red cinchona; French: quinquina rouge; Spanish: cascarilla | Rubiaceae | tree | |
| English: padang cassia; French: cannelier de Malaisie | Lauraceae | tree | |
| Cinnamomum camphora | English: camphor tree, camphor laurel; French: camphre, camphrier | Lauraceae | tree |
| Cirsium vulgare | English: spear thistle, Scotch thistle, bull thistle, black thistle, plume thistle; Other: pua kali (Hawai'i) | Asteraceae | herb |
| Cissus nodosa | English: grape ivy | Vitaceae | liana |
| English: juniper berry | Verbenaceae | tree | |
| English: fiddlewood; Other: masese (Fiji) | Verbenaceae | tree | |
| Clausena excavata | English: clausena | Rutaceae | tree |
| Clerodendrum japonicum | English: glorybower | Verbenaceae | shrub |
| Clusia rosea | English: signature tree, autograph tree, copey, Scotch attorney, pitchapple | Guttiferae | tree |
| Conocarpus erectus | English: sea mulberry, buttonwood, button mangrove | Combretaceae | shrub/tree |
| Cordia curassavica | English: black sage | Boraginaceae | shrub |
| English: broad-leaved cordia | Boraginaceae | tree | |
| English: jubata grass, Andean pampas grass, purple pampas grass | Poaceae | grass | |
| English: pampas grass, silver pampas grass, Uruguayan pampas grass | Poaceae | grass | |
| Corynocarpus laevigatus | English: New Zealand laurel, karakara nut | Corynocarpaceae | tree |
| English: rubber vine, India rubber vine, Palay rubbervine; Other: liane de gatope (New Caledonia) | Asclepiadaceae | vine | |
| English: Madagascar rubbervine | Asclepiadaceae | vine | |
| English: carrotwood, tuckeroo | Sapindaceae | tree | |
| English: Australian tree fern; French: fougère arborescente d’Australia | Cyatheaceae | fern | |
| English: Bermuda grass, giant Bermuda grass, bahama grass, devil's grass, couch grass, Indian doab, grama, devilgrass, couchgrass, balama grass; French: chiendent, petit chiendent, chiendent pied-de-poule; Other: matie (Cook Islands); manini, manienie (Hawai‘i); motie molulu (Niue); kambuta, kabuta (Fiji); mosie molulu (Niue); herbe de couverture (New Caledonia); pasto bermuda, zacate bermuda, grama dulce, gramón, hierba fina, grama-seda, (from Ecoport, no source given) | Poaceae | grass | |
| English: Indian dalbergia, Indian rosewood, sissoo, shisham; French: ébénier juane | Fabaceae | tree | |
| English: German ivy, Italian ivy, cape ivy | Asteraceae | vine | |
| Derris elliptica | English: derris; Other: tuba, bagin (Guam); oop, op (Kosrae); dub (Palau); up (Chuuk, Pohnpei); peinuhp, uhp, upanai, upanyap, upkesetik (Pohnpei); yuub (Yap); nduva, duva ni vavalagi, nduva ni vavalangi (Fiji) | Fabaceae | vine |
| virgatus | English: slender mimosa, virgate mimosa; French: sensitive de montravel (New Caledonia); Other: anil, jureminha (Brazil) | Fabaceae | herb |
| Spanish: engorda-caballo, vara de arco, pie de paloma, vara larga, vara blanca, Juana de Arco, gutao, Juana Larga | Fabaceae | shrub | |
| Dichrostachys cinerea | English: aroma, Kalahari Christmas tree, Chinese lantern tree, sickle bush, marabou-thorn, marabú, Sen Domeng, Saint Domingue, acacia Saint Domingue | Fabaceae | shrub |
| Digitaria insularis | English: cottongrass, sourgrass, feather-top grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Dillenia suffruticosa | English: shrubby dillenia, shrubby simpoh | Dilleniaceae | shrub/tree |
| English: aleman grass, carib grass, creeping rivergrass | Poaceae | grass | |
| English: egeria, leafy elodea, dense waterweed | Hydrocharitaceae | aquatic herb | |
| Erigeron karvinskianus | English: Mexican daisy, seaside daisy, daisy fleabane | Asteraceae | herb |
| Eugenia uniflora | English: Surinam cherry, red Brazil cherry; French: cerisier carré, cerisier de Cayenne; Other: venevene (Cook Islands); menemene (Cook Islands (Mangaia)); kafika, kafika palangi (Niue), pitanga (Brazil) | Myrtaceae | shrub/tree |
| Ficus altissima | English: lofty fig, false banyan, council tree | Moraceae | tree |
| English: Moreton Bay fig | Moraceae | tree | |
| English: Chinese banyan, Malayan banyan, Indian laurel; Other: lulk (Palau); nunu (Chamorro, CNMI) | Moraceae | tree | |
| English: tibig | Moraceae | tree | |
| English: rusty-leaved fig, Port Jackson fig, littleleaf fig | Moraceae | tree | |
| Flacourtia jangomas | English: Indian-plum, runeala-plum; French: prunier d'Inde; Spanish: ciruela forastera; Other: venevene pāma (Cook Islands); palamu (Niue) | Flacourtiaceae | tree |
| Flindersia brayleyana | English: Queensland maple, silkwood | Rutaceae | tree |
| Furcraea hexapetala | English: Cuban hemp, hemp; Other: cubuya (Galapagos Islands) | Agavaceae | succulent |
| Gmelina arborea | English: gmelina, white teak, white beech; Spanish: melina; Other: yemane (Fiji, Philippines) | Verbenaceae | tree |
| English: balloon plant, balloon cottonbush, bladderbush, wild cotton | Asclepiadaceae | shrub | |
| English: kahili flower, Banks grevillea; Other: ha‘iku, kahili (Hawai‘i); ‘oka pua ‘ula‘ula (Hawai‘i (Ni‘ihau)) | Proteaceae | tree | |
| English: phalsa | Tiliaceae | tree | |
| English: Senegal tea, temple plant | Asteraceae | herb | |
| English: logwood, bloodwood tree, campeachy wood, campeche | Fabaceae | tree | |
| English: harungana | Clusiaceae | tree | |
| Hedychium gardnerianum | English: kahili ginger; Other: kōpī (Cook Islands); cevuga dromodromo (Fiji); kahili, ‘awapuhi kahili (Hawai‘i); sinter weitahta (Pohnpei) | Zingiberaceae | herb |
| Heliocarpus popayanensis | English: moho, white moho | Tiliaceae | tree |
| English: pearl flower | Melastomataceae | herb | |
| English: star of Bethlehem, fetia, madamfate; Other: pua hōkū (Hawai'i) | Campanulaceae | herb | |
| Hiptage benghalensis | English: hiptage; French: liane de cerf | Malpighiaceae | shrub |
| English: hydrilla, Florida elodea, water thyme | Hydrocharitaceae | herb | |
| English: night-blooming cereus, strawberry pear, red pitaya, dragon fruit, pitahaya; French: pitaya, pitahaya rouge; Spanish: flor de Caliz; Other: paniniokapunahou, papipi pua (Hawai'i) | Cactaceae | succulent | |
| English: hymenachne, trompetilla, West Indian marsh grass | Poaceae | grass | |
| English: jaragua grass, thatching grass | Poaceae | grass | |
| English: hairy cat’s ear, gosmore | Asteraceae | herb | |
| English: wild spikenard, chan; French: gros baume, hyptis à odeur; Other: mumutun (Guam) | Lamiaceae | herb | |
| English: blady grass, cogon grass, satintail; French: paille de dys, paillotte, impérata cylindrique, impérate; Other: gi, ngi (Fiji); alang-alang, lalang (Indonesia, Malaysia); kasoring (Palau) | Poaceae | grass | |
| English: paddle grass; Other: mah (Kosrae); reh padil (Pohnpei) | Poaceae | grass | |
| English: muraina grass, wrinkle duck-beak, saramatta grass; Other: tho muraina, co muraina (Fiji) | Poaceae | grass | |
| English: centipede grass, stalkleaf murainagrass, lucuntu grass; Other: waidoi grass (Fiji) | Poaceae | grass | |
| English: jacaranda | Bignoniaceae | tree | |
| English: Brazilian jasmine | Oleaceae | vine | |
| English: bellyache bush, cotton-leaved physic nut | Euphorbiaceae | shrub | |
| Juncus spp. | English: rush | Juncaceae | rush |
| English: pink plume-flower, pink jacobinia | Acanthaceae | shrub | |
| Kunzea ericoides | English: tree manuka, tree manuba, kanuka (New Zealand), burgan, white teatree | Myrtaceae | tree |
| Lablab purpureus | English: hyacinth bean, lablab, bonavist, Egyptian kidney bean, dolichos; French: dolique, dolique d'Egypte, pois nourrice; Other: ndralawa, natomba, tomba (Fiji); cheribilla apaka, chuchumeko (Guam--Chamorro); papapa, pi (Hawai'i); pini lae puaka (Tonga) | Fabaceae | vine |
| English: duckweed; Other: fala‘o‘oto (Samoa) | Lemnaceae | herb | |
| English: lion’s tail, lion’s ear, Christmas candlestick; French: gros bouton, gros tête | Lamiaceae | herb | |
| Leonurus japonicus | English: lion’s tail, Chinese motherwort; Other: vavai tara (Cook Islands (Miti‘aro) | Lamiaceae | herb |
| English: New Zealand tea; manuka (New Zealand) | Myrtaceae | tree | |
| Licuala grandis | English: ruffled fan palm; French: palmier-cuillère | Arecaceae | tree (palm) |
| English: brush box, Brisbane box, vinegar tree | Myrtaceae | tree | |
| English: ludwigia, Peruvian primrose, water primrose | Onagraceae | shrub | |
| Macfadyena unguis-cati | English: cat's-claw climber | Bignoniaceae | vine |
| English: umbrella tree, musizi | Rhamnaceae | tree | |
| English: chandelier tree, showy melastome, showy medinilla, Malaysian orchid | Melastomataceae | shrub | |
| English: holdtight | Melastomataceae | shrub | |
| English: melaleuca, cajeput, paper bark tree, punk tree; Other: niaouli (New Caledonia) | Myrtaceae | tree | |
| English: Asian melastome, Indian rhododendron, Malabar melastome | Melastomataceae | tree | |
| English: fox-tongued melastoma, red melastome | Melastomataceae | shrub/tree | |
| English: Chinaberry, pride-of-India, indian lilac, Persian lilac, white cedar, margosa tree, tira; French: lilas des Indes, arbre à chapelets; Spanish: jazmin (Galapagos Is.); Other: tīra (Cook Islands); dake, bakain (Fiji), paraiso, para'isu (Guam); ‘inia, ‘ilinia (Hawai‘i); sili, tili (Niue); lelah (Pohnpei); sita (Tonga); prais (Yap) | Meliaceae | tree | |
| English: Spanish lime | Sapindaceae | tree | |
| English: melinis, molasses grass; French: mélinis, herbe molasses, herbe à miel; Other: puakatau (Tonga) | Poaceae | grass | |
| Melinis repens | English: Natal redtop, Natal grass, red Natal grass, Holme's grass, blanketgrass; French: herbe du Natal, herbe rose, herbe pappangue; tricholène (New Caledonia); Other: salapona (Tonga) | Poaceae | grass |
| English: melochia | Sterculiaceae | tree | |
| Melastomataceae | shrub | ||
| English: miconia, velvetleaf, purple plague, bush currant | Melastomataceae | tree | |
| English: meadow ricegrass, weeping grass | Poaceae | grass | |
| Mikania scandens | English: climbing hempweed, climbing hempvine | Asteraceae | vine |
| Mimosa pigra | English: catclaw mimosa, thorny sensitiveplant, giant mimosa, giant sensitive plant, black mimosa, zaraz, dormilona, bashful plant, amourette violet; French: amourette riviére | Fabaceae | shrub |
| English: montanoa, tree daisy, Anzac flower | Asteraceae | shrub | |
| Morella faya | English: fayatree, firetree, firebush | Myricaceae | tree |
| English: cow itch, velvet bean, Bengal bean, Mauritius bean; French: pois pouilleux, poil à gratter; Other: akangkang dangkulo (Guam) | Fabaceae | vine | |
| English: jam tree, strawberry tree, Jamaican cherry, Singapore cherry, Panama cherry, Panama berry, ornamental cherry, calabura, sirsen; French: bois ramier; Other: venevene (Cook Islands (Penrhyn)); capulin (Fiji, French Polynesia); manzanilla, mansanita, manzanita (Guam, CNMI), budo (Palau, Yap) | Tiliaceae | tree | |
| English: parrot's feather, water feather, Brazilian water milfoil | Haloragidaceae | aquatic herb | |
| Neonotonia wightii | English: glycine; French: soja pérenne | Fabaceae | vine |
| kirkii | English: Micky Mouse plant, bird’s-eye bush | Ochnaceae | shrub/tree |
| English: ochna, Mickey-Mouse plant, bird’s-eye bush | Ochnaceae | shrub | |
| Ochroma pyramidale | English: balsa, corkwood, down tree | Bombacaceae | tree |
| English: olive; Other: ‘oliwa, ‘oliwa haole (Hawai'i) | Oleaceae | tree | |
| English: paper rose, St. Thomas lidpod; Other: alalag (Guam); palulu (Samoa); fue hina (Tonga) | Convolvulaceae | vine | |
| Melastomataceae | shrub | ||
| English: oxyspora, bristletips | Melastomataceae | shrub | |
| Paederia foetida | English: stink vine, skunk vine; Other: maile pilau, maile ka kahiki (Hawai'i). | Rubiaceae | vine |
| English: torpedo grass, couch panicum, creeping panic; French: panic rampant, millet rampant; Other: wainaku grass (Hawai'i) | Poaceae | grass | |
| English: brush wattle, plume albizia, plume acacia, stink bean | Fabaceae | shrub/tree | |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | English: parkinsonia, Jerusalem thorn, horse-bean, retama; French: arrêtenègre; Spanish: palo verde | Fabaceae | tree |
| English: fimbriate paspalum, winged paspalum, Panama paspalum, Panama crowngrass, Columbia grass | Poaceae | grass | |
| scrobiculatum | English: rice grass; creeping paspalum, ditch millet, Indian paspalum, kodo millet, water couch; Spanish: mijo koda; Other: mātā (Cook Islands); co duru levu, tho nduru levu, tho ndina, tho ni ndina (Fiji); karasi (Solomon Islands) | Poaceae | grass |
| Paspalum urvillei | English: Vasey grass; French: herbe de Vasey, paspalum d'Urville; Other: tinikarāti (Cook Islands (Mangaia)) | Poaceae | grass |
| English: wild passion fruit, wingstem passionflower | Passifloraceae | shrub | |
| English: blue passion flower | Passifloraceae | shrub | |
| English: scarlet passion flower, red passion flower, red granadilla | Passifloraceae | shrub | |
| Passiflora edulis | English: passion fruit, yellow passion fruit, purple passion fruit, qarandila, purple granadilla; French: grenadille; Spanish: maracuya (Galapagos Is.); Other: pārapōutini papa‘ā (Cook Islands); ka‘atene papa‘ā, katinga papa‘ā (Cook Islands (Mangaia)); liliko‘i (Hawai‘i), pompom (Pohnpei); pasio (Samoa); vaine (Tonga) | Passifloraceae | vine |
| English: hard-shelled passionfruit, sweet calabash, sweet cup; French: pomme calabas; Other: pārapōutini ‘enua, pārapōutini Maori (Cook Islands); ka‘atene Maori, katinga Maori (Cook Islands (Mangaia)); pasio (Samoa), vaine kai (Tonga) | Passifloraceae | vine | |
| English: two-lobed passion flower, wingleaf passionfruit | Passifloraceae | shrub | |
| Passiflora rubra | English: red passionfruit, Dutchman's laudanum; Other: pōkutekute (Cook Islands (‘Atiu)) | Passifloraceae | vine |
| English: banana poka, banana passionfruit, bananadilla | Passifloraceae | vine | |
| English: paulownia, princess-tree, Chinese empress tree, karri-tree | Scrophulariaceae | tree | |
| English: kikuyu grass, kikuyo | Poaceae | grass | |
| English: mission grass, feathery pennisetum; French: queue de chat; Other: mechen katu (Chuuk), pwokso, dipw rais (Pohnpei), o tamata (Fiji) | Poaceae | grass | |
| English: fountain grass | Poaceae | grass | |
| English: philadelphus, evergreen mock orange, syringa | Saxifragaceae | shrub | |
| English: New Zealand flax, New Zealand hemp, bush flax | Agavaceae | herb | |
| Phyllostachys bissetii | Poaceae | shrub | |
| English: black bamboo; French: bambou noir | Poaceae | shrub | |
| English: pimento, allspice; Other: sipaisi (Tonga) | Myrtaceae | tree | |
| Pimenta racemosa | English: bay tree, bay rum tree, bay oil tree, malagueta; Other: sinamoni (Tonga) | Myrtaceae | tree |
| Piper aduncum | English: spiked pepper; Other: yaqona ni Onolulu, yanggona ni Onolulu (Fiji) | Piperaceae | tree |
| English: water lettuce, tropical duckweed; French: laitue d'eau, pistie; Spanish: lechuguita de agua, repollo de agua | Araceae | aquatic herb | |
| English: Madras thorn, Manila tamarind, sweet inga; French: pois sucré; Other: kamachuri (Chuuk); camachili, kamachile, kamachiles, kamachili (Guam); kamachili, kamatire (CNMI Chamorro), ghamasiligh (CNMI-Carolinian); kamatsiri, kamatsíri, opiuma (Palau): 'opiuma (Hawai'i); kataiya (Fiji) | Fabaceae | tree | |
| English: pittosporum, Taiwanese cheesewood, mamalis | Pittosporaceae | shrub/tree | |
| English: tobira, Japanese pittosporum, Japanese cheesewood, mock orange, Australian laurel | Pittosporaceae | shrub/tree | |
| English: Victorian box, Victorian laurel, Australian cheesewood, mock orange, sweet pittosporum, orange pittosporum | Pittosporaceae | tree | |
| Pittosporum viridiflorum | English: cape pittosporum | Pittosporaceae | tree |
| Platycerium bifurcatum | English: elkhorn fern, staghorn fern | Selaginellaceae | fern |
| English: sour bush | Asteraceae | shrub | |
| English: Indian fleabane, Indian pluchea, Indian camphorweed | Asteraceae | shrub | |
| English: praxelis | Asteraceae | herb | |
| Prosopis spp. | English: mesquite, algaroba; Spanish: algarrobo | Fabaceae | tree |
| Psidium guineense | English: Brazilian guava, Guinea guava; French: goyavier du Brésil | Myrtaceae | shrub/tree |
| Pueraria phaseoloides | English: tropical kudzu, puero; Other: kūkū (Cook Islands (‘Aitu)) | Fabaceae | vine |
| English: flame vine, flame flower, golden shower, orange trumpet vine | Bignoniaceae | vine | |