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 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 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 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.