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Table 3. O<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r invasive species present <strong>on</strong> Angaur<br />

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

procumbens<br />

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

Sida acuta<br />

English: broom weed, Paddy’s lucerne, sou<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn sida, spiny-head sida,<br />

Malvaceae<br />

spiny sida; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: keak<br />

herb<br />

Sida rhombifolia<br />

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

teaweed; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: keak<br />

Malvaceae shrub<br />

†Sida spinosa English: prickly sida, spiny sida Malvaceae herb<br />

†Spermacoce ovalifolia English: broadleaf false but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>nweed Rubiaceae herb<br />

Spermacoce remota English: but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>nweed; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: okula beluu Rubiaceae herb<br />

Stachytarpheta English: bastard vervain, blue porterweed, Brazilian tea, Jamaica<br />

jamaicensis<br />

vervain, joee, light blue snakeweed; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: louch beluu<br />

Verbenaceae herb<br />

Synedrella nodiflora English: Cinderella weed (Australia), porter bush, synedrella Asteraceae herb<br />

Tridax procumbens English: coat but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ns, tridax daisy Asteraceae herb<br />

*Cultivated<br />

†<str<strong>on</strong>g>Report</str<strong>on</strong>g>ed present by Fosberg et al. (1979)<br />

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

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