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Table 9. <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 in Ha<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>hobei State<br />

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

*#Abelmoschus<br />

moschatus<br />

*Acacia<br />

auriculiformis<br />

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

g<strong>on</strong>gul<br />

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

wattle, ear-pod wattle<br />

Malvaceae herb Tobi<br />

Fabaceae tree Tobi<br />

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

Casuarina<br />

English: casuarina, ir<strong>on</strong>wood, Australian pine, she-oak,<br />

Tobi, Helen’s<br />

Casuarinaceae tree<br />

equisetifolia horsetail tree, beefwood; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: nas, ngas, ngasu<br />

reef<br />

Cenchrus echinatus<br />

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

Poaceae<br />

River grass (Australia)<br />

grass Tobi<br />

English: Bermuda grass, giant Bermuda grass, bahama<br />

Cynod<strong>on</strong> dactyl<strong>on</strong> grass, devil's grass, couch grass, Indian doab, grama, Poaceae grass Tobi<br />

devilgrass, couchgrass, balama grass<br />

Eleusine indica<br />

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

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

Poaceae grass Tobi<br />

English: mo<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> cacao, quickstick, Mexican lilac;<br />

*Gliricidia sepium<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>anr: rechesengel<br />

Fabaceae tree Tobi<br />

English: green kyllinga, green water sedge; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />

#Kyllinga brevifolia<br />

deus, esechesiding<br />

Cyperaceae sedge Tobi<br />

Ocimum gratissimum English: wild basil, clove basil, tree basil Lamiaceae herb Tobi<br />

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

Paspalum<br />

buffalo grass, carabao grass, Hilo grass (Hawai'i);<br />

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

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: udel ra ngebel<br />

Poaceae grass Tobi<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 />

*Sansevieria<br />

trifasciata<br />

+Sphagneticola<br />

trilobata<br />

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

English: bowstring hemp, mo<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r-in-law’s <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ngue;<br />

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

English: wedelia, trailing daisy, Singapore daisy, creeping<br />

ox-eye; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: ngesil ra ngebard<br />

Agavaceae herb Tobi<br />

Asteraceae herb Tobi<br />

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

*Cultivated<br />

#Voucher specimen at Bishop Museum Herbarium<br />

+Voucher specimen at Beleu Nati<strong>on</strong>al Museum Herbarium<br />

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