Invasive Plants in Kerala

Scientific Name	English Common	Malayalam Common
Persicaria glabra (Willd.) Gomez
Pistia stratiotes L.
Plectranthus mollis (Ait.) Spreng
Pteridium aquilinnum L. Kuhn
Pueraria phaseoloides (Roxb.) Benth.
Rhynchospora corymbosa L. Britton
Salvinia molesta D.S. Mitch.
Scoparia dulcis L.
Senna occidentalis L. Link
Senna siamea (Lam.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby
Senna spectabilis (DC.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby
Sida acuta Burm. f.
Solanum torvum Sw.
Spathodea campanulata P. Beauv
Sphagneticola trilobata L. Purski
Spilanthes ciliate HBK
Spilanthes radicans Jacq.
Stachytarpheta cayennensis (Rich.)
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis L. Vahl
Synadenium grantii Hook. f.
Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray
Tridax procumbens L.
Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq.
Urena lobata L. ssp. Lobate Hook. f.
Urena lobata L. ssp. sinuata L. Borss.

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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.