Swaziland's Alien Plants Database

List of Species
Acacia baileyana Bailey's wattle
Acacia dealbata silver wattle, black wattle, Tasmania mimosa, blue wattle
Acacia decurrens green wattle, early black wattle, black wattle
Acacia elata Peppertree wattle, mountain cedar wattle
Acacia longifolia Sydney golden wattle, long leaved wattle, langblaarwattel, sallow wattle, Port Jackson acacia
Acacia mearnsii black wattle
Acacia melanoxylon Australian blackwood, blackwood, blackwood acacia
Acacia podalyriifolia Pearl acacia
Acanthospermum glabratum creeping starbur, five seeded prostrate starbur, Eight-seeded prostrate starbur, prostrate starbur, sheepbur
Acanthospermum hispidum bristly starbur, upright starbur, starburr
Achyranthes aspera var. aspera devils horsewhip, rough chaff flower
Achyranthes aspera var. pubescens
Achyranthes aspera var. sicula
Adiantum raddianum Maidenhair fern
Agave americana century plant, american agave
Agave sisalana
Ageratum conyzoides tropic ageratum, goat weed, billygoat weed, tropical whiteweed, blue top
Ageratum houstonianum Mexican ageratum, invading ageratum, goat weed, tropic ageratum, garden ageratum, bluemink, flossflower
Agrostis montevidensis fog grass
Aleurites moluccana candlenut, Indian walnut
Alternanthera pungens paper thorn, creeping chaffweed, spingflower alternanthera, khaki bur weed
Alternanthera sessilis sessile flowered globe amaranth, sessile joyweed
Amaranthus caudatus love lies bleeding, Inca wheat, red hot cattail, foxtail, tassel flower, velvet flower
Amaranthus hybridus subsp. cruentus
Amaranthus hybridus subsp. hybridus var. erythrostachys
Amaranthus hybridus subsp. hybridus var. hybridus smooth pigweed, rough pigweed, slim amaranth, redshank, prince's feather, green amaranth, slender pigweed
Amaranthus spinosus spiny amaranth, spiny pigweed, spring pigweed, needle burr
Ambrosia artemisiifolia common ragweed, ragweed, wild tansy, hog weed, bitterweed, mayweed, hay fever weed, black weed
Anredera baselloides
Anredera cordifolia Madeira vine, heartleaf madeiravine, mignonette vine, lamb's tail
Argemone mexicana forma mexicana Mexican pricklepoppy, Mexican poppy, devil's fig, golden thistle of Peru, Mexican thistle, prickly poppy, white thistle, yellow poppy, umJelemani
Argemone ochroleuca subsp. ochroleuca Mexican poppy, devil's fig, golden thistle of Peru, Mexican pricklepoppy, Mexican thistle, prickly poppy, white thistle, yellow poppy
Arundo donax Giant reed, Spanish reed
Aster squamatus swamp aster
Atriplex nummularia subsp. nummularia bluegreen saltbush, oldman saltbush
Axonopus affinis carpet grass
Azolla filiculoides Red water fern
Bauhinia purpurea Butterfly orchid tree
Bauhinia variegata var. variegata
Bidens bipinnata Spanish needles, cobbler's pegs, beggar's ticks, black fellows, black jack, bur marigold, pitchfork, Spanish black jack, sweet hearts, soapbush needles, beggar lice
Bidens biternata yellow flowered blackjack, black jack, five leaved blackjack, beggar ticks
Bidens pilosa hairy beggarticks, cobbler's pegs, beggar's tick, pitch forks, stick tights, bur, Spanish needle, black jack
Boerhavia coccinea var. coccinea boerhavia, hog weed, hog feed, patagon, scarlet spiderling
Boerhavia diffusa var. acuta
Boerhavia diffusa var. diffusa tar vine, spreading hogweed, sow weed, creeping spiderling, red spiderling, spiderling
Boerhavia erecta erect spiderling, spindlepod, erect boerhavia, upright spiderling
Bromus catharticus prairie grass, rescue grass, brome grass
Bryophyllum delagoense
Bulbostylis barbata
Caesalpinia decapetala Mauritius thorn, mysore thorn, thorny poinciana, shoofly, wait a while
Cajanus cajan cajan, catjan pea, Congo pea, dhal, dhal bean, no eye pea, pigeon pea, red gram, kabalama mbazi
Campuloclinium macrocephalum pom pom weed
Canna indica indian shot, garden canna
Cannabis sativa dagga
Capsicum frutescens African chilli, African pepper, bird pepper, capsicum, cayenne pepper, chilli bean
Cardiospermum corindum
Cardiospermum grandiflorum large balloon creeper
Cardiospermum halicacabum
Cardiospermum halicacabum var. halicacabum
Cardiospermum halicacabum var. microcarpum
Cassytha filiformis false dodder, dodder
Casuarina cunninghamiana beefwood
Catharanthus roseus madagascar periwinkle, rose periwinkle
Cereus jamacaru queen of the night
Cestrum aurantiacum yellow cestrum, orange cestrum, orange jessamine, orange flowering jessamine
Cestrum laevigatum inkberry, inkberry bush, poison berry
Chenopodium album White goosefoot
Chenopodium ambrosioides Mexican tea
Chenopodium carinatum
Chenopodium giganteum
Chenopodium murale var. murale green fat hen, nettle-leaved goosefoot
Chenopodium opulifolium var. opulifolium seaport goosefoot
Chenopodium phillipsianum
Chenopodium x bontei
Chromolaena odorata Siam weed, paraffienbos, chromolaena, triffid weed, coacihuizpatli, Christmas bush, Armstrong's weed, eupatorium, kingweed, paraffinbush, paraffinweed, turpentine weed, bitter bush
Ciclospermum leptophyllum marsh parsley
Cirsium vulgare bull thistle, spear thistle, Scotch thistle, black thistle, common thistle, common bull thistle, Fuller's thistle, swamp thistle
Cleome gynandra spiderflower, spiderwisp, wild spiderflower, African cabbage
Cleome hassleriana spiderplant, spiderflower, pink queen
Cocculus hirsutus
Coffea arabica coffee
Commelina benghalensis wandering jew, mickey mouse, dayflower, hairy wandering jew, tropical spiderwort, Benghal commelina
Conyza albida tall fleabane, broad leaved fleabane, fleabane
Conyza bonariensis fleabane, hairy fleabane, flaxleaved fleabane, horseweed, asthma weed
Conyza canadensis horseweed fleabane, Canadian horseweed, Canada fleabane, butterweed, blood stanch, colt's tail, fireweed, hogweed, horseweed, mare's tail, pride weed
Conyza chilensis
Conyza dioscoridis
Conyza sp. fleabane
Corchorus sp. wild jute
Corchorus tridens tridens corchorus, wild jute, nyenje
Corchorus trilocularis native jute, wild jute, three locule corchorus
Coreopsis lanceolata
Cortaderia selloana Common Pampas grass
Cosmos bipinnatus cosmos
Cosmos sulphureus sulphur cosmos
Cotoneaster franchetii Orange cotoneaster
Cotoneaster franchetti/pannosus
Cotoneaster pannosus Silver-leaf cotoneaster
Crepis hypochaeridea
Crotalaria brevidens var. intermedia Ethiopian rattlebox
Crotalaria juncea sunn hemp
Crotalaria ochroleuca slender leaf rattlebox
Cuscuta campestris field dodder, golden dodder, dodder, angel's hair, common dodder, strangle vine
Cyanthillium cinereum var. cinereum little ironweed
Cynodon nlemfuensis African Bermuda grass
Cyperus cyperoides subsp. cyperoides Pacific island flatsedge
Datura ferox large thorn apple
Datura sp.
Datura stramonium jimsonweed, Jamestown weed, thorn apple, common thornapple, mad apple
Delonix regia flame tree, flamboyant, poinciana
Deparia japonica Japanese lady fern
Desmodium sp.
Digitaria didactyla blue couchgrass, Swazi grass, Swaziland fingergrass
Digitaria nuda
Digitaria sanguinalis hairy crabgrass
Duranta erecta golden dewdrop duranta, pigeon berry, Brazilian skyflower, golden dewdrops, variegated dew drop
Eclipta prostrata white eclipta, false daisy, eclipta, white heads
Egeria densa Dense water weed
Eichhornia crassipes Water hyacinth
Eleusine indica subsp. indica Indian goosegrass, ox grass, crabgrass, crow's foot grass, goose grass, landgrass, rapoko grass, wire grass, yard grass
Elodea canadensis Canadian water weed
Eragrostis barrelieri Mediterranean lovegrass, pitted lovegrass
Eragrostis pilosa India lovegrass, soft lovegrass, indian lovegrass, pilose eragrostis, small tufted lovegrass, spear grass, slender meadow grass
Erigeron karvinskianus Mexican daisy, seaside daisy, Latin American fleabane, Santa Barbara daisy, fleabane
Eriobotyra japonica Loquat
Erythrina abyssinica erythrina
Erythrina crista-galli crybaby tree
Ethulia conyzoides subsp. conyzoides
Ethulia sp.
Eucalyptus ficifolia redflower gum
Eucalyptus grandis gum tree
Eucalyptus sp.
Euphorbia cyathophora Wild pointsettia
Euphorbia hirta
Euphorbia hypericifolia graceful sandmat
Euphorbia indica
Euphorbia prostrata hairy creeping milkweed, prostrate sandmat
Euphorbia pulcherrima Poinsettia
Flaveria bidentis coastal plain yellowtops, smelter's bush, yellowtop, valda, smeltersbossie
Fragaria vesca woodland strawberry
Fuirena pubescens var. pubescens
Galinsoga ciliata Peruvian daisy, hairy galinsoga, ciliate galinsoga, galinsoga, quickweed, shaggy soldier
Galinsoga parviflora galinsoga, smallflower galinsoga, potato weed, gallant soldier, yellow weed, smallflowered quickweed, galinsoga weed, chickweed, potato weed, kew weed
Gamochaeta coarctata purple cudweed, cudweed
Gamochaeta pennsylvanica gnaphalium, wandering cudweed
Gamochaeta subfalcata
Glinus lotoides var. lotoides lotus sweetjuice
Gnaphalium polycaulon many stem cudweed
Gomphrena celosioides bachelor's button, globe amaranth, prostrate globe amaranth, soft khakiweed, white eye
Grevillea robusta Australian silky oak
Guilleminea densa carrot weed, small matweed
Hakea salicifolia willow leaf hakea, willowleaved hakea, willow hakea
Hedychium coronarium
Hedychium gardnerianum Ginger liliy
Hemerocallis fulva daylillies, orange daylily, tawny daylily, common daylily
Hibiscus trionum bladder ketmia
Hybanthus enneaspermus var. caffer
Hybanthus enneaspermus var. enneaspermus pink ladies slipper
Hydrocotyle americana marsh pennywort, American marshpennywort, navelwort, water pennywort
Hypochaeris radicata
Hyptis pectinata comb bushmint, mint weed, purple top
Hyptis sp.
Hyptis spicigera
Ipomoea alba moonflower
Ipomoea carnea subsp. fistulosa bush morning glory
Ipomoea indica blue morningglory, purple morningglory, ocean blue morningglory, fue moa, purperwinde, morning glory
Ipomoea indica/purpurea
Ipomoea purpurea tall morningglory, common morningglory, annual morning glory
Jacaranda mimosifolia jacaranda, blue Brazilian, Brazilian rosewood, fern tree
Jatropha curcas physic nut, Barbados nut, curcas bean, purge nut, purging nut
Kalanchoe pinnata cathedral bells
Lablab purpureus subsp. purpureus hyacinth bean, lablab, Egyptian kidney bean
Lantana camara lantana, yellow sage, red flowered sage, tick berry, wild sage, prickly lantana, white sage
Lantana montevidensis
Lantana trifolia threeleaf shrubverbena
Lepidium bonariense birdseed, peppercress, pepperweed, Argentine pepperweed, Argentiinankrassi, Argentine cress
Lepidium capense cape peppercress
Leucaena leucocephala leucaena
Ligustrum lucidum Chinese wax-leaved privet, glossy privet
Ligustrum ovalifolium
Lilium formosanum St. Joseph's lily, Formosa lilly
Ludwigia polycarpaea
Lycopersicon esculentum var. cerasiforme tomato
Macadamia sp.
Macadamia ternifolia Macadamia nut
Macfadyena unguis-cati cat's claw creeper
Malvastrum coromandelianum prickly malvastrum, threelobe false mallow
Mangifera indica mango
Manihot esculenta
Melanthera scandens subsp. dregei
Melia azedarach syringa, Chinaberry, white cedar, cape lilac, tulip cedar, Indian bead tree, Persian lilac, margosa tree, azedarach, bead tree, berry tree, cape syringa, China tree, Chinese umbrella, Indian lilac
Mimosa pigra Giant sensitive plant
Mollugo nudicaulis nakedstem carpetweed
Morus alba common mulberry, white mulberry
Morus alba var. alba
Myosotis sylvatica woodland forget-me-not
Myriophyllum spicatum Spiked water-milfoil
Nassella trichotoma Nassella tussock
Nephrolepis exaltata Sword fern, Boston fern
Nerium oleander Oleander
Nicandra physalodes apple of Peru, shoofly plant, wild hops, Peru apple, Chinese lantern, wild gooseberry, belladona
Nicotiana glauca wild tobacco
Nicotiana tabacum tobacco
Oenothera biennis common evening primrose, yellow eveningprimrose, evening primrose, helokki, German rampion
Oenothera glazioviana redsepal evening primrose, reddish evening primrose, evening primrose, onagre à grandes fleurs
Oenothera indecora subsp. indecora small-flower evening primrose
Oenothera jamesii giant evening primrose, trumpet evening primrose
Oenothera rosea rose evening primrose, evening primrose
Oenothera tetraptera evening primrose, white evening primrose, fourwing evening primrose
Opuntia aurantiaca jointed cactus
Opuntia ficus-indica sweet prickly pear
Opuntia humifusa creeping prickly pear
Opuntia imbricata tree cholla
Opuntia monacantha drooping prickly pear
Opuntia stricta erect prickly pear, common prickly pear, Araluen pear, common pest pear, sour prickly pear, Australian pest pear
Oryza sativa rice, wild rice, red rice, upland rice, domestic rice, paddy rice
Oxalis corniculata yellow woodsorrel, procumbent yellow sorrel, Indian sorrel, sheep sorrel, sour grass, creeping woodsorrel, creeping sorrel, vinagrillo, tarhakäenkaali, oxalis, wood sorrel, yellow oxalis, creeping lady's sorrel, creeping oxalis
Oxalis latifolia purple flowered oxalis, shamrock, red garden sorrel, fishtail oxalis, broadleaf woodsorrel, garden sorrel, Mexican oxalis
Parkinsonia aculeata Jerusalem thorn
Parthenium hysterophorus ragweed parthenium, parthenium weed, ragweed, Santa Maria feverfew, bitter weed, carrot grass, congress grass, false ragweed, ragweed parthenium, whitetop, demoina weed
Paspalum dilatatum paspalum, watergrass, water paspalum, pasto miel, caterpillar grass, Leichhardt grass, bastard millet grass, common paspalum, golden crown grass, dallis grass, hairy flowered paspalum, large watergrass
Paspalum notatum Bahia grass, water couch, notatum grass, lawn paspalum
Paspalum urvillei vasey grass, pasto vasey, giant paspalum, upright paspalum, tall paspalum
Passiflora edulis purple granadilla, passion fruit, yellow passion fruit, purple passion fruit
Passiflora subpeltata Granadina
Pastinaca sativa wild parsnip
Pennisetum clandestinum kikuyu grass
Pennisetum purpureum napier grass, elephant grass
Pennisetum setaceum fountain grass
Pereskia aculeata
Persicaria capitata pink knotweed, pinkhead smartweed
Persicaria lapathifolia curlytop knotweed
Phyla nodiflora var. nodiflora lippia, fogfruit, carpet weed, mat-grass
Phyla nodiflora var. rosea Garden lippia
Phyllanthus fraternus gulf leaf flower
Physalis angulata cutleaf groundcherry, ground cherry, lanceleaf groundcherry, purple vien groundcherry, southwest groundcherry
Physalis peruviana Peruvian groundcherry, cape gooseberry, Barbados gooseberry, cherry tomato, gooseberry tomato, ground cherry, love apple, poha, strawberry tomato, wild gooseberry, winter cherry
Physalis viscosa Sticky ground cherry, sticky cape gooseberry
Phytolacca dioica Belhambra
Phytolacca octandra eightstamen pokeweed, red inkplant, dyeberry, inkweed, forest inkberry, inkberry, phytolacca
Pinus elliottii slash pine
Pinus patula var. patula patula pine, Mexican yellow pine, spreading leaved pine, Mexican weeping pine
Pistia stratiotes Water lettuce
Pittosporum crassifolium Karo
Pityrogramma calomelanos var. aureoflava gold fern, golden fern
Plantago lanceolata lance leaved plantain, buckhorn, ribwort plantain, ribwort, English plantain, narrow leaved plantain, buckhorn plantain, rib grass, rat tail, heinäratamo, German psyllium, lamb's tongue, small plantian, wild sago
Plantago major broadleaf plantain, yaa en yued, great plantain, ribwort plantain, llantén, large plantain, common plantain, dooryard plantain, whiteman's foot, grand plantain, ribwort, ribgrass, narrow leaved plantain
Plectranthus comosus Woolly plectranthus, Abyssinian coleus
Poa annua annual bluegrass, winter grass, annual meadow grass
Polycarpaea corymbosa var. corymbosa old man's cap
Polygonum aviculare wireweed, prostrate knotweed
Polypogon viridis water bent grass, water bent, beardless rabbitsfoot grass
Pontederia cordata var. ovalis Pickerel weed
Populus alba
Populus alba var. alba
Populus x canescens grey poplar
Portulaca oleracea purselane, wild protulaca, pussley, pursley, duckweed, little hogweed, pigweed
Prunus persica Peach
Psidium cattleianum strawberry guava
Psidium guajava apple guava, guava
Pupalia lappacea var. lappacea sweet hearts, mamata, sawnee
Pycnostachys urticifolia Large hedgehog-flower, Prickly salvia
Pyracantha angustifolia
Richardia brasiliensis Brazil callalily, tropical Mexican clover, tropical richardia, Mexican richardia, white eye, yerba del sapo, poaia branca, Brazil pusley
Richardia scabra Florida purslane, pursley, yaa thaa phra, rough Mexican clover, white eye, poaia do cerrado, ricardia
Ricinus communis castor bean, castorbean tree, castor oil bush, castor oil plant, castor oil tree, wonder tree
Robinia pseudoacacia Black locust
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
Rottboellia cochinchinensis guinea-fowl grass, itchgrass, Kelly grass, kokoma grass
Rubus affinis blackberry
Rubus cuneifolius American bramble, Gozard's curse, sand blackberry, sand bramble
Rubus fruticosus agg. European blackberry
Rubus niveus hill raspberry, Java bramble, mysore raspberry, snowpeaks raspberry, Ceylon raspberry
Rubus rosifolius roseleaf raspberry, thimbleberry, Mauritius raspberry
Rubus sp. bramble
Rubus x proteus
Rumex crispus curly dock
Rumex nervosus var. usamarensis
Salix alba subsp. x S. fragilis white willow, willow
Salix babylonica weeping willow
Salix fragilis crack willow, brittle willow
Salvia coccinea Texas sage, red salvia, scarlet salvia, South American sage, Texas salvia, crimson sage, blood sage, tropical sage
Salvinia molesta water fern, kariba weed
Schefflera sp.
Schinus terebinthifolius var. acutifolius Brazilian pepper, Christmas berry, schinus, Florida holly, Brazilian peppertree, South American pepper
Schkuhria pinnata dwarf marigold, schkuhria, starry skies, mata pulgas, pinnate false threadleaf, dwarf Mexican marigold, khakibush, yellow tumbleweed
Senna bicapsularis
Senna didymobotrya wild senna, peanut butter cassia, African wild sensitive plant, candelabra tree, African senna, popcorn bush
Senna italica subsp. arachoides
Senna italica subsp. italica?
Senna multijuga false sicklepod
Senna occidentalis coffee senna, sickle pod, Nigerian senna, septicweed, stinkweed
Senna pendula var. glabrata easter cassia
Senna septemtrionalis senna, buttercup bush, yellow shower, laburnum
Senna siamea cassod tree, kassod tree, Siamese cassia, pheasantwood, Thailand shower
Senna sp.
Sesamum indicum sesame, wild foxglove
Sesbania bispinosa var. bispinosa sesbania, spiny sesbania
Sesbania punicea red sesbania, coffee weed, rattlepod, purple sesbane, false poinciana, rattlebox, Brazilian glory pea
Sherardia arvensis blue fieldmadder
Solanum americanum glossy nightshade
Solanum mauritianum bugweed, earleaf nightshade, wild tobacco tree, woolly nightshade, bug berry, bugtree, tobacco bush
Solanum melongena eggplant, aubergine
Solanum melongena var. esculentum
Solanum nigrum black fruited nightshade, black nightshade, blackberry, chiSungubvana, common nightshade, deadly nightshade, duscle, enab el dib, erba morella, garden huckleberry, garden nightshade, harsh, hierba mora, hound's berry, i Xabaxaba, inkberry, makoy, maniloc
Solanum seaforthianum silver-leaf bitter apple
Solanum sisymbrifolium sticky nightshade, dense thorned bitter apple, wild tomato
Solanum viarum tropical soda apple
Sonchus asper subsp. asper rough sowthistle, prickly sowthistle, spiny sowthistle
Sonchus oleraceus annual sowthistle, common sowthistle, hare's lettuce, colewort, milk thistle
Sonchus sp.
Sorghum halepense Johnson grass, St Mary's grass, aleppo grass, Egyptian millet, false guineagrass, Cuba grass, Syria grass, evergreen millet, maidencane, meansgrass
Spathodea campanulata African tulip tree, fireball
Stellaria media chickweed, common chickweed, starwort, starweed, winter weed
Syzygium cumini Jambolan
Syzygium paniculatum Australian Brush Cherry
Tagetes minuta wild marigold, stinking Roger, Mexican marigold, stinkweed, tall khakiweed
Taraxacum officinale common dandelion, English dandelion, dandelion, little marsh dandelion, bog dandelion, lesser dandelion, tarassaco, Diente de león, lion's tooth, blowball, cankerwort, door head clock, milk witch, puffball, witch's gowan, yellow gowan
Taraxacum sp.
Tecoma stans yellow bells
Tephrosia purpurea subsp. purpurea Fish Poison, Tephrosia, Wild Indigo
Thevetia peruviana Yellow oleander
Tipuana tipu tipu tree
Tithonia diversifolia tree marigold, Mexican sunflower, Japanese sunflower
Tithonia rotundifolia red sunflower
Toona ciliata Australian redcedar, toon tree
Tradescantia fluminensis white flowered wandering jew, wandering jew, smallleaf spiderwort, spiderwort
Tradescantia pallida purple heart
Tridax procumbens tridax daisy, tridax, coat buttons, Mexican daisy
Ulmus parvifolia Chinese elm
Urtica urens small nettle,small stinging nettle
Verbena aristigera
Verbena bonariensis tall vervain, Argentine vervain, cluster flowered vervain, verbena, purpletop vervain, wild verbena, purple top, purple top verbena
Verbena brasiliensis Brazilian vervain
Verbena rigida stiff verbena, tuber vervain
Verbena sp.
Verbena venosa veined verbena
Xanthium spinosum spiny cocklebur, burweed, prickly burweed, spiny clotbur, dagger cocklebur, dagger weed, thorny burweed
Xanthium strumarium burweed, clotbur, cocklebur, sheepbur, ditchbur, heartleaf cocklebur, common cocklebur, rough cocklebur, buttonbur, ditchbur, sea burdock, hedgehog burweed, sheepbur
Zinnia peruviana Peruvian zinnia, red spiderzinnia, redstar zinnia, wild zinnia

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