List of Invasive species of Pakistan |
| SCIENTIFICE NAME |
FAMILY |
ENGLISH NAME |
LOCAL NAME |
ORGIN |
WORST AFFECTED AREAS |
| Broussonetia papyrifera |
Moraceae |
Paper mulberry |
Gul toot |
South East Asia. |
Islamabad-Rawalpindi, from Lahore to Peshawar and in northern Pakistan. |
| Prosopis juliflora |
Mimosaceae |
Mesquite |
Kikar |
West Indies & Mexico |
The riparian forest of Acacia nilotica in Sindh |
| Eichhornia crassipes |
Pontederiaceae |
Water hyacinth |
Gul-e-Bakauli |
Amazon basin, S. America |
Sindh and Punjab and in the water bodies of Pakistan |
| Salvinia molesta |
Salviniaceae |
Kariba weed Water fern, Salvinia |
Not available |
South America |
In the wetlands and irrigation channels of Thatta |
| Lantana camara |
Verbenaceae |
Lantana |
Panch phuli |
Americas |
In and around Islamabad |
| Parthenium hysterophorus |
Compositeae |
White top, Congress grass, Carrot grass |
Not available |
Mexico, Central America |
Islamabad and environs, where it is highly invasive |
| Cannabis sativa |
Cannabaceae |
Hemp |
Bhang |
Central and Western Asia |
It invades waste areas, northern Punjab and NWFP |
| Pistia stratiotes |
Araceae |
Water cabbage |
Jal kumbi |
Old and new World tropics |
In water reservoirs, the edges of large lakes |
| Lpomoea carnea |
Convolvulaceae |
Railway creeper |
Railway creeper |
Tropical America |
In southern Sindh & Indus delta |
| Emex spinosa |
Polygonaceae |
Prickly dock |
Kafir kanda |
Mediterranean region |
In the cooler parts of the country |
| Galium aparine |
Rubiaceae |
Catchweed bedstraw |
Galium |
Europe |
Distributed in Pakistan form plains to 12000 feet |
| Xanthium strumarium |
Compositae |
Cocklebur |
Puth kando |
A New World species |
In most parts of Pakistan and in rangelands |
| Leucanea leucocephala |
Mimosaceae |
Ipil Ipil |
as adopted locally |
Central America |
In parts oF Pakistan - in Punjab |
| Lolium temulentum |
Gramineae |
Darnel, Rye grass |
Dhanak |
Mediterranean region |
Throughout Pakistan from plains to 2000 feet. |
