Kind of plant

Type

Category

Special conditions

Botanical name

Common name

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Acacia baileyana F. Muell.

Bailey's wattle

Invader

3

Acacia cyclops A. Cunn. ex G. Don

Red eye

Invader

2

Acacia dealbata Link

Silver wattle

Weed

Category 1 plant in the Western Cape, Category 2 plant in the rest of South Africa

Acacia decurrens (Wendl.) Willd.

Green wattle

Invader

2

Acacia elata A. Cunn. ex Benth.

(A. terminalis misapplied in South Africa)

Pepper tree wattle

Invader

3

Acacia implexa Benth.

Screw-pod wattle

Weed

1

Acacia longifolia (Andr.)Willd.

Long-leaved wattle

Weed

1

Acacia mearnsii De Wild.

Black wattle

Invader

2

Acacia melanoxylon R. Br.

Australian blackwood

Invader

2

Acacia paradoxa DC.

(= A. armata R. Br.)

Kangaroo wattle

Weed

1

Acacia podalyriifolia A. Cunn. ex G. Don

Pearl acacia

Invader

3

Acacia pycnantha Benth.

Golden wattle

Weed

1

Acacia saligna (Labill.) H.L. Wendl.

Port Jackson willow

Invader

2

Achyranthes aspera L.

Burweed

Weed

1

Agave sisalana Perrine

Sisal hemp, Sisal

Invader

2

Ageratina adenophora (Spreng.)

R.M. King & H.Rob.

(= Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng.)

Crofton weed

Weed

1

Ageratina riparia (Regel) R.M. King & H. Rob.

(= Eupatorium riparium Regel)

Mistflower

Weed

1

Ageratum conyzoides L.

Invading ageratum

Weed

1

Ageratum houstonianum Mill

Excluding cultivars

Mexican ageratum

Weed

1

Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle

Tree-of-heaven

Invader

3

Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth.

Lebbeck tree

Weed

1

Albizia procera (Roxb.) Benth.

False lebbeck

Weed

1

Alhagi maurorum Medik.

(= A.camelorum Fisch.)

Camel thorn bush

Weed

1

Anredera cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis

(A. baselloides (Kunth) Baill. misapplied in South Africa)

Madeira vine, Bridal wreath

Weed

1

Araujia sericifera Brot.

Moth catcher

Weed

1

Ardisia crenata Sims

(Ardisia crispa misapplied in South Africa)

Coralberry tree, Coral Bush

Weed

Category 1 plant only in the Northern Province, Kwa-Zulu-Natal and Mpumalanga

Argemone mexicana L.

Yellow-flowered Mexican poppy

Weed

1

Argemone ochroleuca Sweet subsp. Ochroleuca

(= A. subfusiformis G.B.Ownbey)

White-flowered Mexican poppy

Weed

1

Arundo donax L.

Giant reed, Spanish reed

Weed

1

Atriplex lindleyi Moq. Subsp. inflata

(F.Mull.) P.G.Wilson

Sponge-fruit saltbush

Invader

3

Atriplex nummulria Lindl. Subsp.

Nummularia

Old man saltbush

Invader

2

Azolla filiculoides Lam.

Azolla, Red water fern

Weed

1

Bauhinia purpurea L.

Butterfly orchid tree

Invader

3

Bauhinia variegata L.

Orchid tree

Invader

3

Bryophyllum delagoense (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Schinz

(= B. tubiflorum Harv.; Kalanchoe tubiflora Raym. – Hamet;

K. delagoensis Eckl. & Zeyh.)

Chandelier plant

Weed

1

Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston

(= C. sepiaria Roxb.)

Mauritius thorn

Weed

1

Campuloclinium macrocephalum (Less.) DC.

(= Eupatorium macrocephalum Less.)

Pom pom weed

Weed

1

Canna indica L.

Excluding hybrid cultivars

Indian shot

Weed

1

Cardiospermum grandiflorum Sw.

Balloon vine

Weed

1

Casuarina cunninghamiana Miq.

Beefwood

Invader

2

Not for use in dune stabilisation

Casuarina equisetifolia L.

Horsetail tree

Invader

2

Not for use in dune stabilisation

Cereus jamacaru DC.

(C. peruvianus misapplied in South Africa)

Queen of the Night

Weed

1

Cestrum aurantiacum Lindl.

Yellow or Orange cestrum

Weed

1

Cestrum elegans (Brongn.) Schtdl.

(= C. purpureum (Lindl.) Standl.)

Crimson cestrum

Weed

1

Cestrum laevigatum Schtdl.

Inkberry

Weed

1

Cestrum parqui L'Hér.

Chilean centrum

Weed

1

Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M.King & H.Rob.

(= Eupatorium odoratum L.)

Triffid weed, Chromolaena

Weed

1

Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl

Camphor tree

Weed

Category 1 plant only in the Northern Province, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga

Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten.

(= C. lanceolatum Scop.)

Spear thistle, Scotch thistle

Weed

1

Convolvulus arvensis L.

Field bindweed,

Wild morning-glory

Weed

1

Cortaderia jubata (Lem.) Stapf

Pampas grass

Weed

1

Cortaderia selloana (Schult.) Asch. & Graebn.

Excluding sterile cultivars

Pampas grass

Weed

1

Cotoneaster franchetii Boiss.

Cotoneaster

Invader

3

Cotoneaster pannosus Franch.

Silver-leaf cotoneaster

Invader

3

Cuscuta campestris Yunck.

Common dodder

Weed

1

Cuscuta suaveolens Ser.

Lucerne dodder

Weed

1

Cytisus monspessulanus L.

(= C. candicans (L.) DC., Genista

monspessulana (L.) L. Johnson)

Montpellier broom

Weed

1

Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link

(= Genista scoparia (L.) Lam.)

Scotch broom

Weed

1

Datura ferox L.

Large thorn apple

Weed

1

Datura innoxia Mill.

Downy thorn apple

Weed

1

Datura stramonium L.

Common thorn apple

Weed

1

Echinopsis spachiana (Lem.) Fiedrich & Rowley

(= Trichocereus spachianus (Lem.) Riccob.)

Torch cactus

Weed

1

Echium plantagineum L.

(= E. lycopsis L.)

Patterson‘s curse

Weed

1

Echium vulgare L.

Blue echium

Weed

1

Egeria densa Planch.

(= Elodea densa (Planch.) Casp.

Dense water weed

Weed

1

Eichhornia crassipes (C.Mart.) Solms

Water hyacinth

Weed

1

Elodea canadensis Michx.

Canadian water weed

Weed

1

Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.

Loquat

Invader

3

Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh.

Red river gum

Invader

2

Eucalyptus cladocalyx F.Muell.

Sugar gum

Invader

2

Eucalyptus diversicolor F.Muell.

Karri

Invader

2

Eucalyptus grandis W.Hill ex Maiden

(E. saligna Sm. (p.p.)

Saligna gum, Rose gum

Invader

2

Eucalyptus lehmannii (Schauer) Benth.

Spider gum

Weed

Category 1 plant in the Western Cape, Category 2 plant in the rest of South Africa

Eucalyptus paniculata Sm.

Grey ironbark

Invader

2

Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls

Black ironbark, Red ironbark

Invader

2

Eugenia uniflora L.

Pitanga, Surinam cherry

Weed

Category 1 plant in the Northern Province, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga, Category 3 plant in the rest of South Africa

Gleditsia triacanthos L.

Excluding sterile cultivars

Honey locust, Sweet locust

Invader

2

Grevillea robusta A.Cunn. ex R.Br.

Australian silky oak

Invader

3

Hakea drupacea (C.F.Gaertn.) Roem. & Schult.

(= H. suaveolens R.Br.)

Sweet hakea

Weed

1

Hakea gibbosa (Sm.) Cav.

Rock hakea

Weed

1

Hakea sericea Schrad. & J.C.Wendl.

Silky hakea

Weed

1

Harrisia martinii (Labour.) Britton & Rose

(= Eriocereus martinii (Labour.) Riccob.

Moon cactus, Harrisia cactus

Weed

1

Hedychium coccineum Sm.

Red ginger lily

Weed

1

Hedychium coronarium J. König

White ginger lily

Weed

1

Hedychium flavescens Roscoe

Yellow ginger lily

Weed

1

Hedychium gardnerianum Ker Gawl.

Kahili ginger lily

Weed

1

Hypericum perforatum L.

St. John‘s wort, Tipton weed

Invader

2

Controlled cultivation

Ipomoea alba L.

Moonflower

Weed

Category 1 plant in the Northern Province, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga, Category 3 plant in the rest of South Africa

Ipomoea indica (Burm.f.) Merr.

(= I. Congesta R.Br.)

Morning glory

Weed

Category 1 plant in the Northern Province, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga, Category 3 plant in the rest of South Africa

Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth

Morning glory

Invader

3

Jacaranda mimosifolia D.Don

Excluding sterile cultivar 'Alba'

Jacaranda

Invader

3

All seed producing species or seed producing hybrids of Lantana that are non-indigenous to Africa.

Lantana, Tickberry, Cherry pie

Weed

1

Lepidium draba L.

(= Cardaria draba (L.) Desv.)

Pepper-cress,

Hoary cardaria, White top

Weed

1

Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell.

Australian myrtle

Weed

1

Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit

(= L. glauca Benth.)

Leucaena

Weed

Category 1 plant in the Western Cape, Category 2 plant in the rest of South Africa

Ligustrum japonicum Thunb.

Japanese wax-leaved privet

Invader

3

Ligustrum lucidum Aiton

Chinese wax-leaved privet

Invader

3

Only for use as rootstock if authorised by the Executive Official in terms of regulation 15C(5)

Ligustrum ovalifolium Hassk.

Californian privet

Invader

3

Ligustrum sinense Lour.

Chinese privet

Invader

3

Ligustrum vulgare L.

Common privet

Invader

3

Lilium formosanum A. Wallace

(= L. longiflorum Thunb. var. formosanum Baker)

(L. longiflorum has sometimes been misapplied to this species in South Africa)

St Joseph‘s lily, Trumpet lily,

Formosa lily

Invader

3

Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C.B.Rob.

(= L. sebifera Pers.)

Indian laurel

Weed

1

Lythrum salicaria L.

Purple loosestrife

Weed

1

Macfadyena unguis-cati (L.) A.H.Gentry

Cat's claw creeper

Weed

1

Melia azedarach L.

"Syringa", Persian lilac

Invader

3

Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.

(= M. tomentosa A.Rich.)

New Zealand christmas tree

Invader

3

Mimosa pigra L.

Giant sensitive plant

Invader

3

Montanoa hibiscifolia Benth.

Tree daisy

Weed

1

Morus alba L.

Excluding cultivar 'Pendula'

White mulberry, Common mulberry

Invader

3

Only for use as rootstock if authorised by the Executive Official in terms of regulation 15C(5)

Myoporum tenuifolium G.Forst. subsp.

Montanum (R.Br.) Chinnock

(= M. montanum R.Br.)

(M. acuminatum misapplied in South Africa)

Manatoka

Invader

3

Myriophyllum aquaticum (Vell.) Verdc.

Parrot's feather

Weed

1

Myriophyllum spicatum L.

Spiked water-milfoil

Weed

1

Nassella tenuissima (Trin.) Barkworth

(= Stipa tenuissima Trin.)

White tussock

Weed

1

Nassella trichotoma (Nees) Arech.

(= Stipa trichotoma Nees)

Nassella tussock

Weed

1

Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott

(= Polypodium exaltatum L.)

Excluding cultivars

Sword fern

Invader

3

Nerium oleander L.

Excluding sterile, double-flowered cultivars

Oleander

Weed

1

Nicotiana glauca Graham

Wild tobacco

Weed

1

Opuntia aurantiaca Lindl.

Jointed cactus

Weed

1

Opuntia exaltata A.Berger

(= Austrocylindropuntia exaltata

(A.Berger) Backeb.)

Long spine cactus

Weed

1

Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.

(= O. megacantha Salm-Dyck)

Excluding all spineless cactus pear cultivars and selections

Mission prickly pear, Sweet prickly

pear

Weed

1

Opuntia fulgida Engelm.

(O. rosea misapplied in South Africa.)

Rosea cactus

Weed

1

Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.

(O. compressa (Salisb.) J.Macbr. illegitimate)

Large flowered prickly pear,

Creeping prickly pear

Weed

1

Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC.

(= Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haw.) Knuth)

Imbricate cactus,

Imbricate prickly pear

Weed

1

Opuntia lindheimeri Engelm.

(= O. tardospina Griffiths)

Small round-leaved prickly pear

Weed

1

Opuntia monacantha Haw.

(O. vulgaris Mill. misapplied)

Cochineal prickly pear, Drooping

prickly pear

Weed

1

Opuntia spinulifera Salm-Dyck

Saucepan cactus, Large

roundleaved prickly pear

Weed

1

Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw.

(= O. dillennii (Ker Gawl.) Haw.)

Pest pear of Australia

Weed

1

Orobanche minor Sm.

Lesser broomrape, Clover

broomrape

Weed

1

Paraserianthes lophantha (Willd.) Nielsen

(= Albizia lophantha (Willd.) Benth.)

Australian Albizia, Stink bean

Weed

1

Parthenium hysterophorus L.

Parthenium

Weed

1

Passiflora caerulea L.

Blue passion flower

Weed

1

Passiflora mollissima (Kunth) L.H.Bailey

Banana poka, Bananadilla

Weed

1

Passiflora suberosa L.

Devil‘s pumpkin,

Indigo berry

Weed

1

Passiflora subpeltata Ortega

Granadina

Weed

1

Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.

Excluding sterile cultivar 'Rubrum'

Fountain grass

Weed

1

Pennisetum villosum R.Br. ex Fresen.

Feathertop

Weed

1

Pereskia aculeata Mill.

Barbados gooseberry

Weed

1

Phytolacca dioica L.

Belhambra

Invader

3

Pinus canariensis C.Sm.

Canary den

Invader

2

Pinus elliotti Engelm.

Slash pine

Invader

2

Pinus halepensis Mill.

Aleppo pine

Invader

2

Pinus patula Schltdl. & Cham.

Patula pine

Invader

2

Pinus pinaster Aiton

Cluster pine

Invader

2

Pinus radiata D.Don

Radiata pine, Monterey pine

Invader

2

Pinus roxburghii Sarg.

(= P. longifolia Roxb.)

Chir pine, longifolia pine

Invader

2

Pinus taeda L.

Loblolly pine

Invader

2

Pistia stratiotes L.

Water lettuce

Weed

1

Pittosporum undulatum Vent.

Australian cheesewood, Sweet

pittospormum

Weed

1

Plectranthus comosus Sims

(= Coleus grandis Cramer)

(Plectranthus barbatus Andr. Misapplied in South Africa)

"Abyssinian" coleus,

Woolly plectranthus

Invader

3

Pontederia cordata L.

Pickerel weed

Invader

3

Populus alba L.

White poplar

Invader

2

Populus x canescens (Aiton) Sm.

Grey poplar, Matchwood poplar

Invader

2

Prosopis glandulosa Torr. Var. torreyana (Benson) Johnst. and hybrids

Honey mesquite

Invader

2

Prosopis velutina Wooton and hybrids

Velvet mesquite

Invader

2

Psidium cattleianum Sabine

(= P. littorale Raddi var. longipes (O.Berg) Fosb.)

Strawberry guava

Invader

3

Psidium guajava L. and hybrids

Guava

Invader

2

Psidium guineense Sw.

Brazilian guava

Invader

3

Psidium x durbanensis Baijnath ined.

Durban guava

Weed

1

Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi

Kudzu vine

Weed

1

Pyracantha angustifolia (Franch.) C.K.Schneid.

Excluding cultivars

Yellow firethorn

Invader

3

Pyracantha crenulata (D.Don) M.Roem.

Himalayan firethorn

Invader

3

Rhus succedanea L.

(= Toxicodendron succedaneum (L.)Kuntze

Wax tree

Weed

1

Ricinus communis L

Castor-oil plant

Invader

2

Rivina humilis L.

Rivina, Bloodberry

Weed

1

Robinia pseudoacacia L.

Black locust

Invader

2

Only for use as rootstock if authorised by the Executive Official in terms of regulation 15B(10)

Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Hayek

(= Nasturtium officinale R.Br.)

Watercress

Invader

2

Rosa rubiginosa L.

(= R. eglanteria L.)

Eglantine, Sweetbriar

Invader

1

Rubus cuneifolius Pursh and hybrid R. x proteus C.H.Stirt.

American bramble

Weed

1

Rubus fruticosus L. agg.

European blackberry

Invader

2

Salix babylonica L.

not to be confused with the indigenous S. mucronata Thunb. (= S. capensis, S. subserrata, S. woodii)

Weeping willow

Invader

2

Salix fragilis L.

not to be confused with the indigenous S. mucronata Thunb.  (= S. capensis, S. subserrata, S. woodii)

Crack or brittle willow

Invader

2

Salvinia molesta D.S.Mitch. and other species of the Family Salviniaceae

Kariba weed

Weed

1

Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi

Brazilian pepper tree

Weed

Category 1 in Kwa-Zulu Natal, Category 3 in the rest of South Africa

Senna bicapsularis (L.) Roxb.

(= Cassia bicapsularis L.)

Rambling cassia

Invader

3

Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) Irwin & Barneby

(= Cassia didymobotrya Fresen.)

Peanut butter cassia

Invader

3

Senna pendula (Willd.) Irwin & Barneby var. glabrata (Vogel) Irwin & Barneby

(= Cassia coluteoides Collad.)

Invader

3

Sesbania punicea (Cav.) Benth.

Red sesbania

Weed

1

Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.

Silver-leaf bitter apple

Weed

1

Solanum mauritianum Scop.

Bugweed

Weed

1

Solanum seaforthianum Andr.

Potato creeper

Weed

1

Solanum sisymbriifolium Lam.

Wild tomato, Dense-thorned bitter apple

Weed

1

Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.

Johnson grass, Aleppo grass

Invader

2

Spartium junceum L.

Spanish broom

Weed

1

Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels

Jambolan

Invader

3

Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston

Rose apple

Invader

3

Tamarix chinensis Lour.

Chinese tamarisk

Weed

Category 1 plant in the Northern-, Western- and Eastern Cape, Category 3 plant in the rest of South Africa

Tamarix ramosissima Ledeb.

Pink tamarisk

Weed

Category 1 in KwaZulu-Natal, Category 3 in the rest of South Africa

Tecoma stans (L.) Kunth

Yellow bells

Weed

1

Thelechitonia trilobata (L.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec.

(= Wedelia trilobata (L.) A.Hitchc.)

Singapore daisy

Weed

Category 1 in KwaZulu-Natal, Category 3 in the rest of South Africa

Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) K.Schum.

(= T. neriifolia A.Juss. ex Steud.)

Yellow oleander

Weed

1

Tipuana tipu (Benth.) Kuntze

(= T. speciosa Benth.)

Tipu tree

Invader

3

Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A.Gray

Mexican sunflower

Weed

1

Tithonia rotundifolia (Mill.) S.F.Blake

Red sunflower

Weed

1

Toona ciliata M.Roem.

(= Cedrela toona Rottler)

Toon tree

Invader

3

Triplaris americana L.

Triplaris, Ant Tree

Weed

1

Ulex europaeus L.

European gorse

Weed

1

Xanthium spinosum L.

Spiny cocklebur

Weed

1

Xanthium strumarium L.

Large cocklebur

Weed

1