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Table 4. O<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r invasive species present <strong>on</strong> Kayangel<br />

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

Acalypha lanceolata Euphorbiaceae herb<br />

Bidens alba English: beggar’s tick, Spanish needle, cobbler's pegs, romerillo Asteraceae herb<br />

Blechum pyramidatum English: green shrimp plant, Browne’s blechum Acanthaceae herb<br />

English: bird pepper, bird's-eye chili, bird's-eye pepper, hot pepper, red<br />

*Capsicum frutescens<br />

Solanaceae<br />

chili, spur pepper, Tabasco pepper; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: meringel<br />

herb<br />

Chamaesyce hirta<br />

English: asthma plant, garden spurge, pill-bearing spurge, hairy spurge;<br />

Euphorbiaceae<br />

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

herb<br />

Chamaesyce<br />

hypericifolia<br />

English: beach spurge, graceful spurge; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: karkar, kerkar Euphorbiaceae herb<br />

English: eclipta, false daisy, swamp daisy, white eclipta; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />

†Eclipta prostrata<br />

deberebelela tengadidik<br />

Asteraceae herb<br />

*Malvaviscus<br />

penduliflorus<br />

English: Turk's cap Malvaceae shrub<br />

Mirabilis jalapa 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, marvel <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Peru Nyctaginaceae herb<br />

English: horseradish tree, drumstick tree, ben nut, morango; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />

*Moringa oleifera<br />

Moringaceae<br />

malungkai<br />

tree<br />

Peperomia pellucida<br />

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

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

Piperaceae herb<br />

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

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

†Solenostem<strong>on</strong><br />

scutellarioides<br />

English: coleus Lamiaceae 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 />

*Swietenia macrophylla English: H<strong>on</strong>duras mahogany, large-leaved mahogany, mahogany Meliaceae tree<br />

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

*Tabebuia heterophylla English: pink tecoma, pink trumpet tree, white cedar Bign<strong>on</strong>iaceae tree<br />

*Cultivated<br />

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

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