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Cupressus lusitanica

Mexican cypress

Designation: Low Risk
Score: 6
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Curcuma longa

tumeric, ʻolena

Cycas revoluta

sago palm, king sago, sago cycad, Japanese sago palm

Designation: Low Risk
Score: -2
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Cymbopogon citratus

lemongrass

Designation: Low Risk
Score: -2
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Cyperus javanicus

ʻahuʻawa, ʻehuʻawa, Java sedge, Javanese flatsedge, marsh Cyperus

Cyperus trachysanthos

puʻukaʻa, kaʻa, pūkoʻa, puʻukoʻa, sticky flatsedge, sticky galingale

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