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Table 1. O<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r invasive species present <strong>on</strong> Koror, Ngerkebesang and Malakal<br />

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

*Jacaranda<br />

mimosifolia<br />

English: jacaranda Bign<strong>on</strong>iaceae tree Koror<br />

†Jasminum sambac English: Arabian jasmine Oleaceae vine Koror<br />

+Merremia umbellata English: yellow wood rose C<strong>on</strong>volvulaceae vine Koror<br />

English: beauty <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> night, false jalap, four o'clock,<br />

*Mirabilis jalapa<br />

marvel <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Peru<br />

Nyctaginaceae herb Koror<br />

Mitracarpus hirtus English: tropical girdlepod Rubiaceae herb<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang<br />

Momordica charantia<br />

English: balsam-apple, bitter-mel<strong>on</strong>, bitter gourd, balsam<br />

pear, squirting cucumber, cerasee, peria; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: Cucurbitaceae vine Koror, Malakal<br />

markoso<br />

English: horseradish tree, drumstick tree, ben nut,<br />

*Moringa oleifera<br />

morango; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: malungkai<br />

Moringaceae tree Koror, Malakal<br />

†Nerium oleander English: mountain rose, oleander Apocynaceae shrub Koror<br />

English: <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>bacco; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: dekool, dekoul, derool,<br />

†Nicotiana tabacum<br />

Solanaceae herb Koror, Malakal<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>baco<br />

Oldenlandia<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

English: Old World diam<strong>on</strong>dflower Rubiaceae herb<br />

corymbosa<br />

Ngerkebesang<br />

Koror,<br />

*Opuntia sp. English: prickly pear Cactaceae cactus<br />

Ngerkebesang<br />

*Orthosiph<strong>on</strong><br />

aristatus<br />

English: cat’s whiskers; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: emadecharebub Lamiaceae herb Koror<br />

Oxalis barrelieri Oxalidaceae herb<br />

*Pangium edule English: football fruit, raual; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: ariaml, riamel Flacourtiaceae tree Koror<br />

English: passi<strong>on</strong> fruit, yellow passi<strong>on</strong> fruit, purple passi<strong>on</strong><br />

*Passiflora edulis<br />

Passifloraceae vine Koror<br />

fruit, qarandila, purple granadilla; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kudam<strong>on</strong>o<br />

†Passiflora<br />

quadrangularis<br />

Peperomia pellucida<br />

English: granadilla, giant granadilla; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kudam<strong>on</strong>o Passifloraceae vine Koror<br />

English: peperomia, pepper elder, rat's ear, shiny bush,<br />

silverbush; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: rtertiil<br />

Piperaceae<br />

*Persea americana English: avocado, alliga<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>r pear; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: bata Lauraceae tree<br />

Phyllanthus amarus<br />

English: six o'clock, sleeping plant; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: ukalla<br />

ruchel<br />

Euphorbiaceae<br />

herb<br />

herb<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang<br />

Koror,<br />

Ngerkebesang<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang<br />

†Phyllanthus debilis Euphorbiaceae herb Koror, Malakal<br />

Physalis angulata English: annual ground cherry; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: bubeubedul Solanaceae herb<br />

Koror†, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang<br />

English: Cape gooseberry, goldenberry, gooseberry<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ma<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>,<br />

Peruvian ground-cherry, Peruvian-cherry<br />

+Physalis peruviana<br />

Solanaceae shrub Koror<br />

Pilea nummulariifolia English: creeping Charlie Urticaceae herb Koror<br />

†Piriqueta racemosa English: ridgid stripeseed Turneraceae herb Koror<br />

*Plectranthus<br />

English: Mexican mint, Spanish thyme, Cuban oregano Lamiaceae herb Koror<br />

amboinicus<br />

English: island snake-root; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: keskus ra<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Polygala paniculata<br />

Polygalaceae herb<br />

mekes<strong>on</strong>g<br />

Ngerkebesang<br />

Portulaca oleracea English: pigweed, purslane; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: bungaruau ra sers Portulacaceae herb Koror<br />

*§Ravenala<br />

English: traveler’s palm, traveler’s tree, ravenale Strelitziaceae tree Koror<br />

madagascariensis<br />

Russelia<br />

Scrophulariacea<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

English: coralplant, fountainplant<br />

shrub<br />

equisetiformis<br />

e<br />

Ngerkebesang<br />

Sesbania cannabina English: canicha, dhaincha, dhunchi, sesbania pea Fabaceae shrub Koror, Malakal<br />

English: knotroot bristle grass, knotroot foxtail, perennial<br />

†Setaria parviflora<br />

Poaceae grass Koror<br />

foxtail, slender pige<strong>on</strong> grass, yellow foxtail<br />

Sida rhombifolia<br />

English: arrow-leaf sida, Cuban jute, Paddy's lucerne,<br />

Queensland-hemp, teaweed; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: keak<br />

Malvaceae<br />

shrub<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang<br />

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