Escaped - Not native, introduced deliberately to Anguilla, and has definitely naturalised. (Hochart, J., Buckmire, Z. & Tye, A. (2024 and continuously updated). Database of the Flora of Anguilla. Anguilla Department of Natural Resources and Anguilla National Trust, The Valley.); Common throughout the Caribbean region, including Anguilla. (FERA and Animal and Plant Health Agency (2020) UK Overseas Territories Factsheet , Produced for Anguilla and the Turks and Caicos Islands. March.); Introduced deliberately to Anguilla. (Hochart, J., Buckmire, Z. & Tye, A. (2024 and continuously updated). Database of the Flora of Anguilla. Anguilla Department of Natural Resources and Anguilla National Trust, The Valley.); It has become an invasive agricultural and environmental weed. (FERA and Animal and Plant Health Agency (2020) UK Overseas Territories Factsheet , Produced for Anguilla and the Turks and Caicos Islands. March.); This species is found in large numbers on Prickly Pear East and Dog Island, but not on West. This species replaces the native species of the coastline, sometimes by smothering them. Synonyms - Scaevola sericea Vahl (Questel, K. & Hochart, J. (2018) Annotated list of flora and fauna on the Prickly Pear Cays, Anguilla BWI. Agence Territoriale de l'Environnement de Saint-Barthélemy. 44p + annexes.)
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Invasive. (Connor R A, Hodge K V D, Samuel C A, Wong L J, Pagad S (2022). Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Anguilla. Version 1.6. Invasive Species Specialist Group ISSG.);
Beach naupaka is a spreading shrub that forms dense rounded mounds from 1 to 3.5 m tall. It is native to tropical and subtropical coasts along the Indian Ocean, in China, SE Asia, and in the Pacific Islands. It has been introduced to Florida and the Caribbean (Bermuda, the Bahamas and some islands of the West Indies) and it has many common names. (FERA and Animal and Plant Health Agency (2020) UK Overseas Territories Factsheet , Produced for Anguilla and the Turks and Caicos Islands. March.);
Fruits float in sea water and mature seeds remain viable after long periods of exposure to sea water. It grows easily from cuttings or seed. It commonly grows in sand dune, marine/estuarine, tidal marsh, saline shores, sea grape, maritime forest, mangrove, coastal strand, coastal berm, coastal rock barrens and coastal uplands. (FERA and Animal and Plant Health Agency (2020) UK Overseas Territories Factsheet , Produced for Anguilla and the Turks and Caicos Islands. March.);
Connor, R.A., Hodge, K.V.D., Samuel, C.A., Wong, L.J. & Pagad, S. (2022) Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Anguilla. Version 1.6. Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG). Checklist dataset. Available at: https://doi.org/10.15468/okwfc4 accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-07-25 (to find the intial list of species); FERA and Animal & Plant Health Agency, March 2020, UK Overseas Territories Scaevola taccada Factsheet - Produced for Anguilla and the Turks and Caicos Islands. https://www.nonnativespecies.org/overseas-territories/prioritising-cont…; European Commission, Directorate-General for Environment, Harrower, C., Scalera, R., Pagad, S., et al., Guidance for interpretation of the CBD categories of pathways for the introduction of invasive alien species, Publications Office, 2020, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2779/6172; FERA and Animal and Plant Health Agency (2020) UK Overseas Territories Factsheet , Produced for Anguilla and the Turks and Caicos Islands. March. (Other information, Establishment status); Questel, K. & Hochart, J. (2018) Annotated list of flora and fauna on the Prickly Pear Cays, Anguilla BWI. Agence Territoriale de l'Environnement de Saint-Barthélemy. 44p + annexes. (Other information, Island); Hochart, J., Buckmire, Z. & Tye, A. (2024 and continuously updated). Database of the Flora of Anguilla. Anguilla Department of Natural Resources and Anguilla National Trust, The Valley. (First record);