Aniseia martinicensis (Jacq.) Choisy, Convolvulaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Other Latin names:  Aniseia uniflora (Burm. f.) Choisy; Convolvulus martinicensis Jacq.; Convolvulus uniflorus Burm. f.

Common name(s): [more details]

English: whitejacket

Palauan: tehelel-aul

Habit:  vine

Description:  "Twining perennial herb with slender thinly pubescent or glabrescent stems, sometimes rooting below. Leaf lamina narrowly to broadly oblong up to 6 x 2 cm., obtuse at the apex but minutely mucronate, cuneate at base, glabrescent or thinly pubescent, particularly at the margins and on the nerves below; petiole up 10 mm. long. Flowers usually solitary; peduncle up to 3ú5 cm. long; pedicels up to 6 mm. long. Sepals ovate up to 15 mm. long, acute, enlarging in fruit up to 23 mm. and becoming scarious and venose. Corolla white, about 2 cm. long. Capsule elongate-ovoid, glabrous. Seeds black, minutely pilose, with a tuft of brown hairs near the hilum"  (Aluka [no current valid link to reference is available])

"A creeping or twining vine; leaf blades narrowly lanceolate to ovate, 4-8 cm long, up to 2 (-5) cm broad, obtuse to acute at base; 3 outer sepals 12-20 mm long, becoming scariose and venose in fruit; corolla white, 20-30 mm long; filaments pilose at base; fruit ovoid, 1.5-2 cm long, subtended by enlarged calyx, the seeds 4-6 mm in diameter, sometimes woolly at angles"  (Smith, 1991; p. 44).

Habitat/ecology:  In Fiji, "found sparingly as a weed in cultivated areas, sometimes in swamps and forest in open country near sea level"  (Smith, 1991; p. 44).

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  "Originally from tropical America, now pantropical and occurring eastward in the Pacific at least to Fiji and Tonga"  (Smith, 1991; p. 44).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Federated States of Micronesia Yap Islands	Yap (Waqab) Island	introduced	Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 221)
Palau Palau (Belau ) (main island group)	Babeldaob Island	introduced	Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 221)
Palau Palau (Belau ) (main island group)	Babeldaob Island	probably introduced	Raulerson, L./Rinehart, A. F./Falanruw, M. C. (1996) (p. 27)
Palau Palau (Belau ) (main island group)	Babeldaob Island	probably introduced invasive	Space, James C./Lorence, David H./LaRosa, Anne Marie (2009) (p. 4) Voucher: Lorence 9905 (PTBG, BNM, NY, BISH, US)
Palau Palau (Belau ) (main island group)	Babeldaob Island		National Tropical Botanical Garden (U.S.A. Hawaii. Kalaheo.) (2008) (voucher ID: PTBG 198) Taxon name on voucher: Aniseia martinicensis
Palau Palau (Belau ) (main island group)	Babeldaob Island		National Tropical Botanical Garden (U.S.A. Hawaii. Kalaheo.) (1998) (voucher ID: PTBG 27682) Taxon name on voucher: Anisea martinicensis (Jacq.) Choisy
Palau Palau (Belau ) (main island group)	Palau Islands (main island group)	introduced	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 37)
Philippines Philippine Islands	Philippine Islands		Merrill, Elmer D. (1923) (p. 359) Among grasses in fresh-water swamps at low altitudes; very rare or local.
Tonga Tonga Islands	Tonga Islands	introduced invasive	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 44)
Tonga Tongatapu Group	‘Eua Island	introduced invasive	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 224)

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Central America Central America (Pacific rim)	Costa Rica (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Central America Central America (Pacific rim)	El Salvador (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Central America Central America (Pacific rim)	Guatemala (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Central America Central America (Pacific rim)	Honduras (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Central America Central America (Pacific rim)	Nicaragua (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Central America Central America (Pacific rim)	Panama (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Mexico Mexico	Mexico (United Mexican States)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Singapore Singapore	Singapore (Republic of)	introduced invasive	Chong, Kwek Yan/Tan, Hugh T. W./Corlett, Richard T. (2009) (p. 13) Naturalised
South America (Pacific rim) South America (Pacific rim)	Colombia	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
South America (Pacific rim) South America (Pacific rim)	Ecuador (Republic of) (continental)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
South America (Pacific rim) South America (Pacific rim)	Perú (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)

Also reported from
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
United States (continental except west coast) United States (other states)	USA (Florida)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Nat. Res. Cons. Serv. (2013)

Control:  If you know of control methods for Aniseia martinicensis, please let us know.