Invasive Plants in Kerala

Scientific Name	English Common	Malayalam Common
Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms
Eucalyptus grandis Hill ex Maid
Euphorbia heterophylla L.
Gomphrena serrata L.
Hypoestes sanguinolenta Hook.
Hyptis capitata Jacq.
Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit.
Ipomoea cairica L. Sweet
Ipomoea carnea fistulosa (Mart. ex Choisy) P.F. Austin
Ipomoea hederifolia L.
Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker Gawl.
Lantana camara L.
Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit
Ludwigia peruviana L.
Maesopsis emini Engl.
Merremia vitifolia (Burm. f.) Hall. f.
Mikania micrantha Kunth
Mimosa diplotricha var. diplotricha C.Wight ex Sanvalle
Monochoria vaginalis (Burm. f.) C. Presl
Mucuna bracteata DC. ex Kurz
Ocimum americanum L.
Ocimum gratissimumL.
Parthenium hysterophorus L.
Pennisetum pedicellatum Trin.
Pennisetum polystachyon L.

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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.