Table 9.
Exotic plants recorded at the coastal region of Kenya.
| Family | Species | Growth form |
|---|---|---|
| Acanthaceae | Indoneesiella echioides (L.) Sreem. | Herb |
| Ruellia tuberosa L. | Herb | |
| Ruspolia hypocrateriformis (Vahl) Milne-Redh. | Herb | |
| Justicia gendarussa Burm. f. | Herb | |
| Amaranthaceae | Gomphrena globosa L. | Herb |
| Amaranthus dubius Mart. ex Thell. | Herb | |
| Atriplex semibaccata R.Br. | Herb | |
| Anacardiaceae | Mangifera indica L. | Tree |
| Anacardium occidentale L. | Tree | |
| Annonaceae | Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook. f. & Thomson | Tree |
| Apiaceae | Foeniculum vulgare Mill. | Herb |
| Apocynaceae | Asclepias curassavica L. | Herb |
| Araucariaceae | Araucaria cunninghamii Aiton ex D. Don | Tree |
| Arecaceae | Areca catechu L | Herb |
| Cocos nucifera L. | Tree | |
| Asteraceae | Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn. | Herb |
| Tridax procumbens L. | Herb | |
| Ageratum conyzoides L. | Herb | |
| Acanthospermum hispidum DC. | Herb | |
| Flaveria trinervia (Spreng.) C. Mohr | Herb | |
| Bidens pilosa L. | Herb | |
| Galinsoga parviflora Cav. | Herb | |
| Bixaceae | Bixa orellana L. | Shrub |
| Cactaceae | Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. | Shrub |
| Cassuarinaceae | Casuarina equisetifolia L. | Tree |
| Chrysobalanaceae | Dactyladenia barteri (Hook. f. ex Oliv.) Prance & F. White | Tree |
| Combretaceae | Terminalia catappa L. | Tree |
| Conocarpus lancifolius Engl. ex Engl. & Diels | Tree | |
| Cucurbitaceae | Luffa cylindrica M. Roem. | Climber |
| Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai | Climber | |
| Euphorbiaceae | Euphorbia heterophylla L. | Herb |
| Croton blanchetianus Baill. | Shrub | |
| Fabaceae | Centrosema pubescens Benth. | Climber |
| Desmodium adscendens (Sw.) DC. var. adscendens | Herb | |
| Senna timoriensis (DC.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby | Shrub | |
| Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw. | Shrub | |
| Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit | Shrub | |
| Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC. | Shrub | |
| Lysiloma latisiliquum (L.) Benth. | Tree | |
| Tamarindus indica L. | Tree | |
| Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr. | Tree | |
| Senna siamea (Lam.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby | Tree | |
| Parkinsonia aculeata L. | Tree | |
| Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth. | Tree | |
| Mimosa pudica var. unijuga (Duchass. & Walp.) Griseb. | Herb | |
| Lamiaceae | Ocimum basilicum L. | Herb |
| Lamiaceae | Mesosphaerum suaveolens (L.) Kuntze | Herb |
| Malvaceae | Corchorus parviflorus (Benth.) Domin | Herb |
| Gossypium barbadense L. | Shrub | |
| Gossypium hirsutum L. | Shrub | |
| Melastomataceae | Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don | Shrub |
| Meliaceae | Melia azedarach L. | Tree |
| Toona ciliata M. Roem. | Tree | |
| Meliaceae | Azadirachta indica A.Juss. | Tree |
| Moringaceae | Moringa oleifera Lam. | Tree |
| Myrtaceae | Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels | Tree |
| Oxalidaceae | Oxalis latifolia Kunth | Herb |
| Oxalis barrelieri L. | Herb | |
| Oxalis corniculata L. | Herb | |
| Papaveraceae | Argemone mexicana L. | Herb |
| Passifloraceae | Passiflora foetida L. | Climber |
| Piperaceae | Piper betle L. | Herb |
| Sapindaceae | Sapindus trifoliatus L. | Tree |
| Solanaceae | Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. | Herb |
| Datura metel L. | Herb | |
| Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. | Herb | |
| Physalis angulata L. | Herb | |
| Physalis minima L. | Herb | |
| Solanum americanum Mill. | Herb | |
| Talinaceae | Talinum paniculatum (Jacq.) Gaertn. | Herb |
| Verbenaceae | Lantana camara L. | Shrub |
| Stachytarpheta urticifolia Sims | Shrub |