Adenanthera pavonina | UK Overseas Territories database of Alien Species

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Common name

Coral Bean Tree; Red Sandlewood; Red Bead Tree; Bead Tree; False Wiliwili

Informal group

Plants

Territories

Montserrat

Habitat

1. Forest

1.6. Forest – Subtropical/tropical moist lowland

Impact detail

Invasive. (Department of Environment (Unknown). National Invasive Species Strategy. Ministry of Agricultural Trade, Lands, Housing and the Environment);

Impacts

Strong negative

Ecological impact detail

It Invades Intact, Undisturbed Hardwood Forests As Well As Disturbed Sites And Can Quickly For Large Colonies (Forestry, Wildlife & Parks Division (Unknown). Invasives in the Non-OT Caribbean. Dataset.)

Pathway

2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn

Pathway detail

Planted as an ornamental (Forestry, Wildlife & Parks Division (Unknown). Invasives in the Non-OT Caribbean. Dataset.)

References

Pagad, S. & Wong, L.J., 2020. Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Montserrat. Version 1.2. Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG). Checklist dataset. Available at: https://doi.org/10.15468/ex7uxv; Mendes, S. (Unknown). Compiled database on Montserrat invasive species. Dataset; Department of Environment (Unknown). National Invasive Species Strategy. Ministry of Agricultural Trade, Lands, Housing and the Environment.; Forestry, Wildlife & Parks Division (Unknown). Invasives in the Non-OT Caribbean. Dataset.