EPPO Global Database

Scaevola taccada(SWLTA)

Overview
Code created in: 2005-04-18

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: SWLTA
  • Preferred name: Scaevola taccada
  • Authority: (Gärtner) Roxburgh

Notes

Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indochina (except Laos and Cambodia), Malesia, eastern Africa, Madagascar, Mascarene islands, New Guinea, Australia (Western, Northern, Queensland). Introduced in Mexico, Caribbean. A plant of tropical sea coasts


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Scaevola koenigii Vahl
Scaevola sericea Vahl

Common names
Name Language
beach naupaka English
half-flower English
naupaka English
sea lettuce English
sea lettuce tree English
Fächerstrauch German
Naupaka German
veloutier vert French
vouloutye French (SC)
zeavola Spanish
сцевола таккада Russian
ambong-ambong Indonesian