Coffea arabica
Coffee
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Coffea arabica (/əˈræbɪkə/), also known as the Arabic coffee, is a species of flowering plant in the coffee and madder family Rubiaceae. It is believed to be the first species of coffee to have been cultivated and is currently the dominant cultivar, representing about 60% of global production. Coffee produced from the less acidic, more bitter, and more highly caffeinated robusta bean (C. canephora) makes up most of the remaining coffee production. Arabica coffee originates from...
Read more on Wikipedia →Only 23 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Controlling Coffea arabica
Best reported: IPA-Incision Point Application with 100% Polaris (imazapyr) — one report from CTAHR/OANRP.
5.0IPA-Incision Point Application100% Polaris (imazapyr)ImazapyrG2
- 5successful. Recommended method · CTAHR/OANRP · trial · 2018-04-24
Trial complete, 31 months. 1 cut/tree, 0.5ml/cut. At 7 months, 3 of 5 trees fully defoliated, remaining 2 mostly defoliated. At 21 months 4 of 5 dead. At 31 months, 5 of 5 dead. Suggest 1 cut/15cm
5.0cut-stump20% G4, 80% BiodieselTriclopyrG4
- 5successful. Recommended method · OANRP · observed
5.0basal-bark20% G4, 80% BiodieselTriclopyrG4
- 5successful. Recommended method · OANRP · observed
1.0IPA-Incision Point Application100% Milestone (aminopyralid)AminopyralidG4
- 1unsatisfactory results · CTAHR/OANRP · trial · 2018-04-23
Trial complete, 31 months. 1 cut/tree, 0.5ml/cut. At 21 months, major defoliation on all trees. At 31 months, no deaths, and trees recovering. Not recommended.
1.0IPA-Incision Point Application100% Ranger Pro (glyphosate)GlyphosateG9
- 1unsatisfactory results · CTAHR/OANRP · trial · 2018-04-23
Trial complete, 31 months. 1 cut/tree, 0.5ml/cut. At 21 months, major defoliation on all trees. At 31 months, all trees recovering. Not recommended.
1.0IPA-Incision Point Application100% Garlon 4 (triclopyr)TriclopyrG4
- 1unsatisfactory results · CTAHR/OANRP · trial · 2018-04-23
Trial complete, 31 months. 1 cut/tree, 0.5ml/cut. At 21 months, major defoliation on all trees. At 31 months, no deaths, and trees recovering. Not recommended.
Ratings are the reporting organisation’s own, on a 5-point scale. Always follow the product label — the label is the law. See these 6 rows in the full table
