CLASSI- FICATION S. S1ECON DARY Weeds--Trinidad and Tobago 2. TITLE AND SUBTITLE Weeds of Trinidad,a list of common and scientific names
3. AUTHOR(S) Cardenas ,Juan; Coulston,L.E.
4. DOCUMENT DATE I5. NUMBER OF PAGES 1967 6. ARC NUMBER I 7p. ARC TD581.650972983.066 7. REFERENCE ORGAh ION NAME AND ADDRESS Or.State
8. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES (Sponsoring Organizatlon#Publilehers, Availability) (InOsu/AID mimeo,67-5) (InEnglish and Spanish)
9. ABSTRACT
10. CONTROL NUMBER 11. PRICE OF DOCUMENT PN-RAB-1 59 frJ2*.. DESR8TORS 12rnao 13. PROJECT NUMBER
14. CONTRACT NUMBER CSD-1442 Res. 15. TYPE OF DOCUMENT
AID 590.1 (4.74) Weeds of Trinidad A tListof Common and Scientific Names
prepared by
Juan Cardenas and Lane Coulston
Oregon State University
in cooperation with
AID / Trinidad
OSU /AID Mimeo. 67-5 'Farm Crops Department Oregon State University .Corvallis, Oregon 97331 TRINIDAD
Scientific Name Common Name Family Name Ablemoschus moschatus (Hibiscus) musk ochro Ageratum Malvaceae conyzoides herbe a femme tropic ageratum Alternanthera ficoidea Compositae ** rabbit meat; carb withe; Amarantaceae rupture wort Amaranthus dubius calalu; bhaji Andropogon bicornis Amarantaceae broom grass west Indian foxtailgrass Gramineae Asclepias curassavica false ipecacuana; red top; red bloodflower milkweed Asclepiadeae head Axonopus compressus (Paspalim) savanna grass; carpet grass; Gramineae flat grass
Bidens pilosa railway daisy; Spanish needle hairy beggarticks Blechum brownei Compsitae John Bush; wild hops Acanthaceae Borreria laevis (Spermacoce) iron grass; button weed Brachiaria mutica Rubiaceae para grass Proteaceae platyphylla wild para; white para broadleaf signalgrass
Caladium bicolor wild eddoe Capraria biflora Aroideae West Indian Tea; goat weed Scrophularineae Centropogon surinamensis deer meat Campanulaceae Chloris inflata purple top swollen fingergrass Gramineae radiata pale finger grass radiate Cleome ciliata fingergrass consumption weed Cappariedae spinosa spider plant spiny spiderflower -2-
Clidemia hirta Koster's curse curse Melastomaceae Commelina elegans water grass; funch weed Commelinaceae Cordia curassavica" black sage Boragineae Cynodon dactylon Bermudagrass; Bahama grass; bermudagrass Gramineae devil grass Cyperus rotundus nutgrass purple nutsedge Cyperaceae
Desmodium adscendens Leguminosae frutescens * triflorum threeflower beggarweed Digitaria horizontalis (Panicum) finger grass sanguinalis Gramineae crabgrass large crabgrass Drymaria cordata chickweed heartleaf drymary Caryophylleae
Echinochloa colonum (Panicum) jungle rice jungle rice Gramineae crus-pavonis Eclipta alba Congo laia Yerba-de-tago Eleusine indica goosegrass; Compositae fowl foot-grass; goosegrass Gramineae iron grass; yard grass Emilia coccinea Consumption weed; grease bush; Compositae cupid's paint; shaving bush; sonchifolia shaving brush consumption weed; sowthistle; red tasselflower cupid's Eryngium foetidum shadow benny;oaint culantro Umbelliferae Eupatorium odoratum Christmas bush; bitter bush; Compositae Jack in the bush -3
Fleurya aestuans stinging nettle; scratch bush Urticaceae
Heliconia psittacorum wild ginger Scitamineae Heliotropium indicum erysipelas plant; scorpion Indian heliotrope Brogineae weed; wild clary Hyptis atrorubens ground mint Labiatae
Imperata brasiliensis housegrase Gramineae
Justicia pectoralis carpenter's grass Acanthaceae
Lantana eamara white sage; wild sage lantana Verbenaceae Leucaena glauca wild tamarind; shack shack leadtree Leguminosae -4 Merremia umbellata (Convolvulus) hog vine; sweet Mimosa pudica liane shame bush; shamer; sensitive Convolvulaceae Leguminosae plant; Ti Marie Momordica charantia cerasee bush; carilla Cucurbitaceae
Panicum fasciculatum birdseedgrass; bamboo grass; browntop panicum Gramineae maximum brown top millet guinea grass zizanioides guinea grass Paspalum oats grass; conjugatum sourgrass razor grass sour paspalum fasciculatum Gramineae bullgrass; bamboo grass virgatum razor grass; sword grass; cortaderograss Peperomia pellucida silverbush; brush ratta tempa; shining Phyllanthus amcaus Piperaceae P p r c a seed under leaf; egg woman; Euphorbiaceae carry meseed; gripe weed; chamber bitter urinaria seed under leaf; gripe weed; Physalis baby gripe weed Portulaca angulata oleracea hogweedSolanaceae PrivaPrla lappulacea lp acea purslane; pussley Sooawaeea clamybur; velvet burr; common purslane Portulaceae Verbenaceae Psidium styptic guayava Guava burr; fasten poncoat Guava Myrtaceae Rottboellia exalta corngrass Gramineae Ruellia tuberosa Minnie root Acanthaceae
Salvia coccinea scarlet sage crimson sage Setaria barbata gamalot; corngrass Labiatae Gramineae poiretiana Sida acuta gamalot Ba.11ir eavanne; broom weed southern sida -. brombifolia Malvaceae broom weed arrowleaf sida Solanum stramoniifolium cocochat; dag teeth Solanaceae Spigelia anthelmia worm bush; bomvier; brinvilliera; pink weed Loganiaceae Sporobolus Indicus tapia grass; dropseed; Gramineae hay grass Stachytarpheta jamaicensis vervain Verbenaceae Synedrella nodiflora Porter bush Synedrella Compositae
Teliostachya alopecuroides nees Acanthaceae (Lepidagathis) Tridax procumbens Compositae
Urena lobata aramina fibre; cousin mahoe; cadillo Malvaceae indian mallow; bur mallow; ballard bush; plate bush -___s nuata cousin mahoc -6- Vernonia cinerea iron weed little ironweed Compositae
Wedelia triloba Compositae
* Genus ** Species name not located in Index Kewenis therefore of questionable value.