EPPO Global Database

Aerva javanica(AERJA)

Overview
Code created in: 2004-04-19

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: AERJA
  • Preferred name: Aerva javanica
  • Authority: (Burman) Jussieu ex Schultes

Notes

Mediterranean (southern), Western Asia (Arabia to Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina (Myanmar), Sénégal to Somalia, Nigeria, Cameroon, East Africa (to Mozambique), Madagascar. Used for land reclamation, but also potentially invasive 


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Aerva javanica var. javanica (Burman) Schultes
Aerva persica (Burman) Merrill
Aerva tomentosa Forsskål
Iresine javanica Burman
Iresine persica Burman

Common names
Name Language
desert cotton English
Java aerva English (US)
kapok bush English
loved hammidbar Hebrew
לֹבֶד הַמִּדְבָּר Hebrew