Invasive Plants in Kerala

Scientific Name	English Common	Malayalam Common
Acacia auriculiformis Benth.	Australian wattle	അക്കേഷ്യ
Acacia mearnsii Wilde	Black Wattle
Acanthospermum hispidum DC.	Horn spine	മുശുമുശുക്കായ, ഞരിഞില്‍
Achyranthes aspera L.	Devil's horsewhip	കടലാടി
Ageratina adenophora (Spreng.) R.M. King & H. Rob	Sticky snakeroot, Crofton weed	നീലഗിരി, ത്രവദ
Ageratum conyzoides L.	Goat weed	കാട്ടപ്പ, കുമ്മിണിപച്ച
Alternanthera bettzickiana (Regel)
Alternanthera brasiliana L.
Amaranthus spinosus L.
Asclepias curassavica L. Kuntze
Bidens pilosa L. var. minor (Blume)
Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC.
Blumea lacera (Burm. f.) DC.
Calopogonium mucunoides Desv.
Canna indica L.
Centrosema molle Benth.
Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Millsp.
Chloris barbata Sw.
Chromolaena odorata L. King & Robins
Conyza bonariensis (L.) Cronq.
Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronq.
Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S. Moore
Croton bonplandianum Baill.
Cuscuta reflexa Roxb.
Datura innoxia P. Miller

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The Invasive Plant List is a working list of all known invasive plant species in Kerala, which provides the accepted Latin name for the species with common names. The description page of each plant provides available contents, images, videos, etc. The Invasive Plant List is not complete and represents work in progress. Currently, we are having 75 species, and our aims remain to provide a complete list.