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plants on list of 100 most invasive alien species |
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ENGLISH |
SWAHILI |
PURPOSE |
Scientific Name Species |
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GENUS |
Specific part of the name |
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| 1 |
Lemon |
Mlimao |
educative |
Citrus |
limon |
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| 2 |
Tamarind |
Mkwaju |
educative |
Tamarindus |
indica |
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| 3 |
Cashew nut |
Mkorosho |
educative |
Anacardium |
occidentale |
| 4 |
Ananas |
Ananasi |
educative |
Ananas |
comosus |
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| 5 |
Pawpaw |
Papaya |
educative |
Carica |
papaya |
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| 6 |
Coconuts |
Mnazi |
educative |
Cocos |
nucifera |
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| 7 |
Cocoyams |
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educative |
Colocasia |
antiquorium |
| 8 |
Oil palm |
Mchikichi |
educative |
Elais |
guineensis |
| 9 |
Cloves |
Karafu |
educative |
Eugenia |
caryophyllus |
| 10 |
Cotton |
Pamba |
educative |
Gossypium |
hirsutum |
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| 11 |
Cassave |
Mihogo |
educative |
Manihot |
esculenta |
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| 12 |
Manilla Hemp, Abaca |
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educative |
Musa |
textilis |
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| 13 |
Sugar cane |
Miwa |
educative |
Saccharum |
spp. |
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| 14 |
Impalal lily, desert rose? |
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decorative |
Adenium |
multiflorum |
| 15 |
Flame creeper |
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decorative |
Combretum |
paniculatum |
| 16 |
East african cordia |
mringaringa |
decorative |
Cordia |
africana |
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| 17 |
Long leaved dragon tree |
Isare (Chagga) |
decorative |
Dracaena |
usambarensis |
| 18 |
Ana tree |
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decorative |
Faidherbia |
albida |
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| 19 |
Pyama Lily |
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decorative |
Crinum |
macowanii |
| 20 |
Cycad |
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decorative |
Encephalartos |
hildebrandtii |
| 21 |
Wild banana |
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decorative |
Ensete |
ventricosum |
| 22 |
Golden Trumpet |
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decorative |
Allamanda |
cathartica |
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| 23 |
Breadfruit |
Shelly_shelly |
decorative |
Artocarpus |
communis |
| 24 |
Yellow bamboo |
Mwanzi |
decorative |
Bambusa |
vulgaris |
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| 25 |
camel's foot |
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decorative |
Bauhinia |
variegata |
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| 26 |
Annatto/ Lipstick tree |
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decorative |
Bixa |
orellana |
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| 27 |
Kapok |
msufi |
decorative |
Ceiba |
pentandra |
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| 28 |
Coffee |
Kahawa |
decorative |
Coffea |
arabica |
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| 29 |
Flamboyant |
Christmas tree |
decorative |
Delonix |
regia |
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| 30 |
Loquat |
mtangawizi chagga |
decorative |
Eriobotrya |
japonica |
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| 31 |
Red hot poker tree |
murungu (sambara) |
decorative |
Erythrina |
abbyssinica |
| 32 |
Grevillea |
Mgrivea |
decorative |
Grevillea |
robusta |
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| 33 |
Doum palm |
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decorative |
Hyphaene |
compressa |
| 34 |
Mimosa |
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decorative |
Leucaena |
leucocephala |
| 35 |
Sweet prickly pear |
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decorative |
Opuntia |
ficus-indica |
| 36 |
Screw Palm or Pine, walking palm |
Mkadi |
decorative |
Pandanus |
kirkii |
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| 37 |
African tulip tree, Nandi flame |
Kifabakazi |
decorative |
Spathodea |
campanulata |
| 38 |
common star-chestnut |
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decorative |
Sterculia |
rogersii |
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| 39 |
Tall sterculia |
Mfune |
decorative |
Sterculia |
appendiculata |
| 40 |
Bird of Paradise |
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decorative |
Strelitzia |
reginae |
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| 41 |
Water berry? |
Mzambarau |
decorative |
Syzygium |
guineense |
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| 42 |
Teak |
Msaji |
decorative |
Tectona |
grandis |
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| 43 |
Lucky nut, yellow oleander |
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decorative |
Thevetia |
peruviana |
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| 44 |
Poison pod albizia/Large leaved false-thorn |
decorative |
Albizia |
versicolor |
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| 45 |
White Angel's Trumpet |
Trumpeta |
decorative |
Brugmansia |
candida |
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| 46 |
Pride of Barbados |
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decorative |
Caesalpinia |
pulcherrima |
| 47 |
Madagascar periwinkle |
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decorative |
Catharanthus |
roseus |
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| 48 |
African blackwood |
Mpingo |
decorative |
Dalbergia |
melanoxylon |
| 49 |
Sycamore fig/common cluster fig |
mkuju (Zar) |
decorative |
Ficus |
sycomorus |
| 50 |
Jacaranda |
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decorative |
Jacaranda |
mimosifolia |
| 51 |
Sausage tree |
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decorative |
Kigelia |
africana |
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| 52 |
Frangipani |
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decorative |
Pulmeria |
rubra |
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| 53 |
Flame Vine |
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decorative |
Pyrostegia |
venusta |
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| 54 |
Traveller's Palm |
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decorative |
Ravenala |
madagascariensis |
| 55 |
Cuban Royal Palm |
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decorative |
Roystonea |
regia |
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| 56 |
Fever tree |
Mgunga |
planted |
Acacia |
xanthophloea |
| 57 |
Umbrella thorn |
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planted |
Acacia |
tortilis? |
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| 58 |
Baobab |
Mmbuyu |
planted |
Adansonia |
digitata |
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| 59 |
Long pod Cassia |
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local |
Cassia |
abbreviata subsp. Abbreviata |
| 60 |
Pod Mahogany |
Mbambakofi |
planted |
Afzelia |
quanzensis |
| 61 |
Long podded albizia |
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local |
Albizia |
Schimperiana subsp. Schimperiana |
| 62 |
Peacock Flower |
Mkenge |
local |
Albizia |
gummifera |
| 63 |
Wild custar apple |
Mchekwa |
local |
Annona |
senegalensis |
| 64 |
Glory Lily |
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planted |
Gloriosa |
superba |
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| 65 |
Ceara rubbertree |
Mpira |
planted |
Manihot |
glaziovii |
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| 66 |
gum tree |
Mpira mabugo |
planted |
Saba |
comorensis |
| 67 |
Bridelia |
Mkarati, mtutu |
local |
Bridelia |
micrantha |
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| 68 |
White berry bush |
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local |
Flueggea |
virosa |
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| 69 |
Climbing raison |
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local |
Grewia |
caffra |
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| 70 |
Bead been tree |
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local |
Maerua |
angolensis |
| 71 |
Green apple |
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local |
Monodora |
junodii |
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| 72 |
Wine bamboo |
Ulanzi |
planted |
Oxythenanthera |
abyssinica |
| 73 |
Spiny monkey ball |
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local |
Strychnos |
spinosa |
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| 74 |
Bush medlar |
Mgendagenda |
local |
Trema |
orientalis |
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| 75 |
Wild plum |
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local |
Vangueria |
cyanescens |
| 76 |
Knobwood |
Mpingi |
local |
Ximenia |
americana var.caffra |
| 77 |
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Mkurubuku |
endemic pugu |
Millettia |
puguensis |
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| 78 |
Indian curse |
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invasive alien |
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