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Table 4. <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> Kayangel<br />

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

Abelmoschus<br />

moschatus<br />

English: fautia, musk mallow, musk okra; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: g<strong>on</strong>gul Malvaceae herb<br />

Acacia auriculiformis<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 tree<br />

Asystasia gangetica<br />

subsp. gangetica<br />

English: Chinese violet, Philippine violet, coromandel Acanthaceae herb<br />

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

English: kapok tree, silk-cot<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n tree, pacae; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kalngebárd,<br />

*Ceiba pentandra<br />

kalngebard, kerrekar ngebard<br />

Bombacaceae tree<br />

Cenchrus echinatus<br />

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

(Australia)<br />

Poaceae grass<br />

Clerodendrum<br />

buchananii var. fallax<br />

Clerodendrum<br />

quadriloculare<br />

Dactyloctenium<br />

aegyptium<br />

Digitaria ciliaris<br />

Eleusine indica<br />

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

butcherechár, butecherechar<br />

Lamiaceae<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: 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: 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 />

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<br />

Poaceae<br />

Poaceae<br />

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

Muntingia calabura<br />

English: jam tree, strawberry tree, Jamaican cherry, Singapore cherry,<br />

Panama cherry, Panama berry, ornamental cherry, calabura, sirsen;<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: budo<br />

Tiliaceae tree<br />

Paspalum c<strong>on</strong>jugatum<br />

English: T grass, ti grass, sour grass; sour palpalum, buffalo grass,<br />

carabao grass, Hilo grass (Hawai'i); <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: udel ra ngebel<br />

Poaceae grass<br />

Pilea microphylla English: artillery plant, gunpowder plant, pis<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>l plant, rockweed Urticaceae herb<br />

*Pseuderan<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>mum<br />

carru<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rsii<br />

English: false eran<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>mum Acanthaceae shrub<br />

*Samanea saman English: m<strong>on</strong>keypod, rain tree, saman Fabaceae tree<br />

*Tecoma stans English: yellow bells, yellow-elder, yellow trumpetbush Bign<strong>on</strong>iaceae small tree<br />

*Thevetia peruviana English: yellow oleander, be-still tree, lucky nut Apocynaceae small tree<br />

English: Bengal trumpet, blue trumpet vine, clock vine, skyvine, largeflowerd<br />

thunbergia; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: bung el<br />

*Thunbergia grandiflora Acanthaceae vine<br />

etiu<br />

*Tim<strong>on</strong>ius tim<strong>on</strong> English: liberal (<str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>) Rubiaceae tree<br />

*Tradescantia<br />

English: oyster plant, boat plant, boat lily, moses in a boat; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />

spathacea<br />

kobesos<br />

Commelinaceae herb<br />

Tradescantia zebrina English: wandering zebrina, wandering jew, inchplant Commelinaceae herb<br />

Turnera ulmifolia English: yellow alder, sage rose, West Indian holly, ramgoat dashal<strong>on</strong>g Turneraceae shrub<br />

*Cultivated<br />

grass<br />

grass<br />

grass<br />

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