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Piper methysticum

ʻawa, kava, kawakawa

Designation: Low Risk
Score: -4
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Saccharum officinarum

kō, sugar cane, noble cane, ikshu, khanda, sarkara (Sanskrit), pundia, paunda (Hindi), poovan karumbu (Tamil)

Designation: Low Risk
Score: -2
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Schizostachyum glaucifolium

ʻohe, Polynesian bamboo

Designation: Low Risk
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Syzygium malaccense

ʻōhiʻa ʻai, mountain apple

Designation: Low Risk
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Tacca leontopetaloides

pia, Polynesian arrowroot

Thespesia populnea

milo, portia tree, Pacific rosewood, Indian tulip tree

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