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Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
Gelagah (Saccharum spontaneum)
Salak (Salacca zalacca)
Scarlet sage (Salvia coccinea)
Prof. Hua Peng sage (Salvia penghuana)
Monkey pod tree (Samanea saman)
Snake plant (Sansevieria trifasciata)
Katuk (Sauropus androgynus)
Blood lily (Scadoxus multiflorus)
Waiahulu schiedea (Schiedea waiahuluensis)
Puspa (Schima wallichii)
Mondong bulrush (Schoenoplectus litoralis)
Didi (Schismatoglottis calyptrata)
Sacred Bali bamboo (Schizostachyum brachycladum)
Sacred golden bamboo (Schizostachyum gracile)
Chayote (Sechium edule)
Ranela (Selaginella plana)
Giri spikemoss (Selaginella subalpina)
Candle bush (Senna alata)
Hairy senna (Senna hirsuta)
Jene (Senna multijuga)
Kassod tree (Senna siamea)
Turi (Sesbania grandiflora)
Mary grass (Setaria barbata)
Yellow watercrown grass (Setaria flavida)
Palmgrass (Setaria palmifolia)
Spinyhead sida (Sida acuta)
Sese (Sida alnifolia)
Golden sida (Sida javensis)
Arrowleaf sida (Sida rhombifolia)
Prickly fanpetals (Sida spinosa)
White dotted greenbrier (Smilax leucophylla)
American black nightshade (Solanum americanum)
Tamarillo (Solanum betaceum)
Cockroach berry (Solanum capsicoides)
Giant devil's fig (Solanum chrysotrichum)
Twoleaf nightshade (Solanum diphyllum)
Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)
Jerusalem cherry (Solanum pseudocapsicum)
Turkey berry (Solanum torvum)
Perennial sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis)
Common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus)
Apple mangrove (Sonneratia caseolaris)
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)
Woodland false buttonweed (Spermacoce remota)
Spathe flower (Spathiphyllum cannifolium)
African tulip tree (Spathodea campanulata)
East Indian globe thistle (Sphaeranthus indicus)
Gadis perindu (Sphagneticola calendulacea)
Trailing daisy (Sphagneticola trilobata)
Pink weed (Spigelia anthelmia)
Ravan's mustache (Spinifex littoreus)
Ke-Jian Yan spiradiclis (Spiradiclis yanii)
English plum (Spondias dulcis)
Tiva porterweed (Stachytarpheta abortiva)
Indian porterweed (Stachytarpheta indica)
Blue porterweed (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis)
Kepel (Stelechocarpus burahol)
Tapevine (Stephania japonica)
Java olive (Sterculia foetida)
Keji beling (Strobilanthes crispa)
Chinese rain bell (Strobilanthes hamiltoniana)
Red flame (Strobilanthes reptans)
Mahogany (Swietenia)
Big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla)
Small-leaved mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni)
Nodeweed (Synedrella nodiflora)
Fivefingers (Syngonium angustatum)
Arrowhead vine (Syngonium podophyllum)
Clove (Syzygium aromaticum)
Water apple (Syzygium aqueum)
Java plum (Syzygium cumini)
Red lip (Syzygium myrtifolium)
Java apple (Syzygium samarangense)

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