vine identification

[microage97]

Really thin stem / vine, leaves of 3, somewhat heat shaped leaves, very low spreading, seems rather aggressive, but killed back with round up fairly easily. What am I?

[leilaniguy]

Does it have yellow flowers like a pea? A neighbor called it Rubber Band vine.

[microage97]

I haven't seen any flowers as of yet. It seems to be keeping the Kosener's Curse down though....

[microage97]

Here is picture of the beastie: http://microage97.ddns.net/gallery/index...IwMTgxMDMy

[d96778]

That is nasty stuff!!! It will climb up into anything that grows & strangle it. It almost killed a really nice Areca Palm before I could unwind it from the fronds & pull it away from the base of the Palm. Since it was growing at the base of the palm, it was very difficult to spray with Honcho. But we just kept after it, & we finally prevailed.

Dee

[Guest]

You have a battle on your hands, this vine will grow over or choke out any wanted foliage. Try to pull its roots, or as close to them as possible, before poisoning heavily. This vine has been hitch hiked around most of lower Puna, even see the zoo has its problems with this vine now. I first noticed it, or saw it 5-7 years ago in Opihikao. No thorns is a positive, but it will spread like a ground cover very quickly.

[microage97]

Thanks for the heads up. Do you guys know it name?

[bananahead]

3 leaves is usually a bean (Fabaceae)... there are many introduces non native species here,and a few indigenous and endemic species as well...
If it's a bean, the "Wagner books" (2 volume set large white books) at library will be only way to ID it accurately... Internet images will not be accurate as many are very similar in flower color and leaf shape etc.

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[bananahead]

Just saw picture... it is a bean... w/o flowers or pods it will be tough to ID 100%...
it's probably one of the many non native beans if it's in your yard, but it may also be the endemic 'Awikiwiki (Canavalia hawaiiensis)
Good luck

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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha

[microage97]

I did see a flower yesterday and it is a very small yellow bloom and it is very much the same as perennial peanut's bloom. I will see if I can get a picture.....