Scaevola taccada (beach naupaka)
Identity
- Preferred Scientific Name
- Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb.
- Preferred Common Name
- beach naupaka
- Other Scientific Names
- Lobelia frutescens Mill.
- Lobelia taccada Gaertn.
- Scaevola billardieri Dieter.
- Scaevola chlorantha de Vriese
- Scaevola frutescens Krause
- Scaevola koenigii Vahl
- Scaevola lambertiana de Vriese
- Scaevola latevaga Hance ex Walp
- Scaevola leschenaultii A. DC.
- Scaevola macrocalyx de Vriese
- Scaevola piliplena Miq.
- Scaevola plumerioides Nutt.
- Scaevola sericea Vahl
- International Common Names
- Englishbeach cabbagehalf-flowernaupakasea lettuce
- Local Common Names
- Australiabeach cabbagebeach scaevolacarwell cabbagepipetree
- BahamasAsian scaevolaHawaiian seagrapewhite inkberry
- Cubasevola
- Fijiveveda
- French Polynesianaupata
- Guamnanasu
- Samoato`ito`i
- Tongangahu
- USA/Hawaiinaupaka kahakai
- EPPO code
- SWLTA (Scaevola taccada)
Pictures
Habit
Scaevola taccada (naupaka); habit at Kekepa, Oahu. April 18, 2005
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Habit
Scaevola taccada (naupaka); invasive habit at Inland, Kure Atoll. May 20, 2001
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Habit
Scaevola taccada (naupaka); invasive habit and Red-footed booby and chick at Eastern Island, Midway Atoll. June 06, 2008
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Flowers
Scaevola taccada (naupaka); flowering at Kahului, Maui. June 12, 2003
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Fruits
Scaevola taccada (naupaka); fruit at Waianapanapa, Maui. June 23, 2009
©Forest & Kim Starr Images-2009. CC-BY-3.0
Seedlings
Scaevola taccada (naupaka); seedlings at North Beach Sand Island, Midway Atoll. June 10, 2008
©Forest & Kim Starr Images-2008. CC-BY-3.0
Prostrate habit
Scaevola taccada (naupaka); prostrate habit at Waihee Pt, Maui. November 27, 2003
©Forest & Kim Starr Images-2003 - CC-BY-3.0
Leaf damage
Scaevola taccada; leaf damage by the larvae of Udea litorea (Lepidoptera; Crambidae). Kanaha Beach, Maui.
©Forest & Kim Starr Images-2004 - CC-BY-3.0
Scaevola taccada
Amy Ferriter, State of Idaho, bugwood.org
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Scaevola taccada
Amy Ferriter, State of Idaho, bugwood.org
Refer to Bugwood: http://www.bugwood.org/ImageUsage.html
Distribution
Prevention and Control
Physical/Mechanical Control
S. taccada is difficult to control. Fleshy branches and stems are easy to hand-pull, but broken underground stems readily re-sprout if not completely removed (Lockhart, 2012). Seedlings and young plants should be hand-pulled and removed from the site. Adult plants may be removed by digging or hand-pulling and taken away (along with the seeds) from the site.
Chemical Control
Due to the variable regulations around (de-)registration of pesticides, we are for the moment not including any specific chemical control recommendations. For further information, we recommend you visit the following resources:
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EU pesticides database (http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-database/)
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PAN pesticide database (www.pesticideinfo.org)
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Your national pesticide guide
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History
Published online: 4 October 2022
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