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Table 3. <strong>Invasive</strong> species <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> envir<strong>on</strong>mental c<strong>on</strong>cern present <strong>on</strong> Angaur<br />

Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names (abridged) Family Habit<br />

†Abrus preca<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rius<br />

Acacia auriculiformis<br />

English: bead vine, coral bead plant, preca<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ry, preca<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ry bean, red<br />

beadvine, rosary pea<br />

English: Papuan wattle, earleaf acacia, nor<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn black wattle, ear-pod<br />

wattle<br />

Fabaceae<br />

Fabaceae<br />

*Agave sp. English: American aloe, century plant Agavaceae succulent<br />

Alpinia purpurata English: red ginger Zingiberaceae herb<br />

†Amaranthus spinosus English: edlebur, needle burr, spiny amaranth, thorny pigweed Amaranthaceae herb<br />

Ax<strong>on</strong>opus compressus English: blanket grass, carpetgrass Poaceae grass<br />

Bothriochloa bladhii<br />

English: plains bluegrass, Australian bluestem, Caucasian bluestem;<br />

Palaluan: desum<br />

Poaceae grass<br />

*Canna indica English: canna, canna lily, Indian shot Cannaceae herb<br />

†Cenchrus brownii English: burgrass, burr grass, sand-bur, slimbristle sandbur Poaceae grass<br />

English: burgrass, sand-bur, sou<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn sandbur, Mossman River grass<br />

†Cenchrus echinatus<br />

(Australia)<br />

Poaceae grass<br />

Chloris barbata English: swollen fingergrass Poaceae grass<br />

Chromolaena odorata English: chromolaena; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kesengesil, ngesngesil Asteraceae shrub<br />

Clerodendrum<br />

English: red clerodendrum, pagoda-flower; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: but a cherechar,<br />

Lamiaceae<br />

buchananii var. fallax butcherechár, butecherechar<br />

shrub<br />

Clerodendrum<br />

paniculatum<br />

Clerodendrum<br />

quadriloculare<br />

+Crinum asiaticum<br />

Cynod<strong>on</strong> dactyl<strong>on</strong><br />

English: pagoda plant, pagoda flower; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: butcherechár,<br />

butecherechar<br />

Lamiaceae<br />

vine<br />

tree<br />

shrub<br />

English: br<strong>on</strong>ze-leaved clerodendrum; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kleuang Lamiaceae shrub<br />

English: Asiatic pois<strong>on</strong>bulb, crinum, false spider lily, giant crinum lily,<br />

grand crinum, pois<strong>on</strong>bulb, spider lily; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: bisecherad ra ngebard Liliaceae<br />

English: Bermuda grass, giant Bermuda grass, bahama grass, devil's<br />

grass, couch grass, Indian doab, grama, devilgrass, couchgrass,<br />

balama grass<br />

Poaceae<br />

†Cyperus compressus English: flat sedge Cyperaceae sedge<br />

Cyperus rotundus<br />

English: nut grass, nutsedge, purple nutsedge, cocograss; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an<br />

tamanengi<br />

Cyperaceae sedge<br />

Dactyloctenium<br />

aegyptium<br />

†Datura metel<br />

English: beach wiregrass, but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n grass, coast but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n grass, comb fringe<br />

grass, crowfoot grass, duck grass, finger comb grass<br />

English: datura, downy thorn-apple, Hindu datura, hoary thorn-apple,<br />

jims<strong>on</strong>-weed<br />

Poaceae<br />

Solanaceae<br />

†Dentella repens English: dentella Rubiaceae herb<br />

Digitaria ciliaris<br />

English: Henry's crabgrass, smooth crabgrass, tropical crab grass,<br />

large crab grass, sou<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn crabgrass, fingergrass, summer grass<br />

Poaceae grass<br />

*Duranta erecta English: duranta, golden dewdrop, pige<strong>on</strong>-berry, sky-flower Verbenaceae shrub<br />

†Echinochloa col<strong>on</strong>a<br />

English: awnless barnyard grass (Australia), corn panic grass, Deccan<br />

grass, jungle ricegrass, jungle rice, millet-rice, shama millet; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />

uaum<br />

Poaceae grass<br />

Eleusine indica<br />

English: goosegrass, wiregrass, goose foot, crow's foot, bullgrass;<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: deskim, kelelamalk, keteketarmalk<br />

Poaceae grass<br />

Eriger<strong>on</strong> bellioides English: bellorita, fleabane daisy Asteraceae herb<br />

†Eustachys petraea English: pinewoods fingergrass Poaceae grass<br />

+Flemingia strobilifera English: luck plant, wild hops; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: besungelaiei, pesungel a iei Fabaceae shrub<br />

†Hyptis pectinata English: comb hyptis, comb bushmint, mint weed, purple <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>p Lamiaceae herb<br />

Imperata c<strong>on</strong>ferta English: plume grass Poaceae grass<br />

Imperata cylindrica English: blady grass, cog<strong>on</strong> grass, satintail; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kasoring Poaceae grass<br />

English: aquatic morning glory, swamp cabbage, water spinach, ungchoi,<br />

kang k<strong>on</strong>g; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kangkum, kangum, kankum<br />

†Ipomoea aquatica<br />

C<strong>on</strong>volvulaceae aquatic herb<br />

Ipomoea triloba English: Aiea morning-glory, little bell; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: orech, <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rech C<strong>on</strong>volvulaceae vine<br />

Lantana camara English: lantana Verbenaceae shrub<br />

English: leucaena, wild tamarind, lead tree; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: telengtungd,<br />

Leucaena leucocephala<br />

telentund<br />

Fabaceae tree<br />

herb<br />

grass<br />

grass<br />

herb<br />

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