Pithecellobium dulce
Madras Thorn
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Pithecellobium dulce is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the Pacific Coast and adjacent highlands of Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. It is an Introduced species and extensively naturalized in the Caribbean, Florida, Guam, India, Bangladesh and the Philippines. It is considered an invasive species in Hawaii.
Read more on Wikipedia →Only 3 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Controlling Pithecellobium dulce
Best reported: cut-stump with 20% Garlon 4 Ultra, 80% Biodiesel — one report from OANRP.
5.0cut-stump20% Garlon 4 Ultra, 80% BiodieselTriclopyrG4
- 5successful. Recommended method · OANRP · observed · 2018-04-16
Controlled opiuma at Koko Crater. All plants treated died with cutstump. Controlled some smaller plants with basal tx of same herbicide mix and those died too.
Ratings are the reporting organisation’s own, on a 5-point scale. Always follow the product label — the label is the law. See these 1 rows in the full table
