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Barbados Gooseberry
Please Call
553-5236
Photographs by TNC Hawaii
Photo by ARC-PPRI.
What is it?
Why is it a
• Barbados gooseberry problem in
(Pereskia aculeata) is
a cactus from the West Hawaii?
Indies that is invading • If left unchecked,
Barbados gooseberry
Hawaii.
can form a dense
canopy that quickly
• Gooseberry appears
smothers out native
as an erect woody
vegetation under a
liana when young, and
solid blanket of
later a thorny vine that
vines.
can climb up trees.
• The 2-4 inch long, eye- • It forms dense, spiny
thickets and litter
shaped leaves are a
which are miserable
dark glossy green.
for hikers and
hunters.
• It is covered in clusters
of long slender spines
• Plants can spread
(1-2 inches long).
through seeds or
various plant parts
• The flowers are white,
(leaves, stems, etc).
yellowish or pinkish.
• The 1/2-3/4 inch wide
fruits are round or oval
and yellow, orange, or
red in color.
What is MoMISC
doing?
• The Molokai/Maui
Invasive Species
Committee is a multisector partnership
fighting to protect
Molokai from invasive
plants and animals that
threaten our
environment, economy,
and quality of life.
What can you do?
• Do not grow Barbados
gooseberry.
• Learn to identify invasive
species in the MoMISC
brochure.
• Call MoMISC at 553-5236
if you see Barbados
gooseberry anywhere on
Molokai.
• MoMISC prevents new • Grow native plants
instead of non-native
invasive species from
plants. Encourage your
becoming established on
friends to do the same.
Molokai through
education and outreach.
• Before purchasing a
• MoMISC works with the
plant, check if it is
community to control
invasive. You can ask
invasive species on
your nursery, call
private and public
MoMISC for assistance,
property.
or check http://
www.state.hi.us/dlnr/
dofaw/hortweeds/
specieslist.htm
• For more information, visit
our website, http://
www.hear.org/
AlienSpeciesInHawaii/
23 Pueo Place, Molokai Industrial Park
P.O. Box 220, Kualapuu, HI 96757
Phone: (808) 553-5236 Fax: (808) 553-9870
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.hear.org/momisc/
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