Table 9. O<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r invasive species present in Ha<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>hobei State Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names (abridged) Family Habit Locati<strong>on</strong>s Chamaesyce hirta English: asthma plant, garden spurge, pill-bearing spurge, hairy spurge; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: udall Euphorbiaceae herb Tobi *Opuntia sp. English: prickly pear Cactaceae cactus Tobi Phyllanthus amarus English: six o'clock, sleeping plant; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: ukalla ruchel Euphorbiaceae herb Helen's Reef, Tobi Portulaca oleracea English: pigweed, purslane; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: bungaruau ra sers Portulacaceae herb Tobi 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 Tobi *Cultivated 136
Appendix 6. Presence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> invasive species <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> envir<strong>on</strong>mental c<strong>on</strong>cern within <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g> Table 1. Species <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> envir<strong>on</strong>mental c<strong>on</strong>cern present elsewhere in <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g> but not <strong>on</strong> Koror, Ngerkebesang or Malakal Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names (abridged) Family Present <strong>on</strong>: Abelmoschus English: fautia, musk mallow, musk okra; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: Babeldaob, Kayangel, Peleliu, Malvaceae moschatus g<strong>on</strong>gul Tobi Acacia farnesiana English: Elling<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n curse, klu, sweet acacia Fabaceae Babeldaob Acacia mangium English: mangium, brown salwood, black wattle, hickory wattle Fabaceae Babeldaob Agave sisalana English: sisal, sisal hemp Agavaceae Babeldaob Amaranthus spinosus English: edlebur, needle burr, spiny amaranth, thorny pigweed Amaranthaceae Angaur Barleria lupulina English: hophead, Philippine violet Acanthaceae Babeldaob, Peleliu Bauhinia variegata English: orchid tree; mountain eb<strong>on</strong>y Fabaceae Babeldaob Bryophyllum delagoense English: chandelier plant Crassulaceae Babeldaob Calamus spp. English: rattan; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: bangerenguis ra ngebard Arecaceae Babeldaob Chloris virgata English: fea<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r finger grass, fea<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>red chloris, fea<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>p Rhodes grass, fea<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ry Rhodes grass, Poaceae Babeldaob oldland grass, sweet grass Crotalaria micans English: crotalaria Fabaceae Babeldaob Crotalaria retusa English: devil-bean, wedge-leaf crotalaria, wedge-leaf rattlepod Fabaceae Peleliu Crotalaria tricho<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ma English: curara-pea Fabaceae Babeldaob Echinochloa crus-galli English: barnyard grass, cockspur grass Poaceae Babeldaob Eragrostis atrovirens English: thalia love grass, wiry lovegrass; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: ouemoket Poaceae Babeldaob Eragrostis ciliaris English: gophertail grass, gophertail lovegrass, lovegrass, woolly love grass; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: ouemoket Poaceae Babeldaob Eustachys petraea English: pinewoods fingergrass Poaceae Angaur Hyptis pectinata English: comb hyptis, comb bushmint, mint weed, purple <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>p Lamiaceae Babeldaob, Kayangel Macroptilium atropurpureum English: siratro, purple bushbean Fabaceae Babeldaob Macroptilium lathyroides English: cow pea, phasey bean, wild bean Fabaceae Babeldaob Melaleuca quinquenervia English: melaleuca, cajeput, paper bark tree, punk tree Myrtaceae Babeldaob Melinis minutiflora English: melinis, molasses grass Poaceae Babeldaob Pereskia aculeata English: Barbados gooseberry, leafy cactus, lem<strong>on</strong> vine, pereskia creeper, primitive cactus, Spanish Cactaceae Ngercheu gooseberry Pistia stratiotes English: water lettuce, tropical duckweed Araceae Babeldaob Pluchea carolinensis English: sour bush Asteraceae Peleliu Ricinus communis English: cas<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>r bean, cas<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>r-oil plant; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: gelug, Euphorbiaceae uluchula skoki Angaur, Peleliu Senna surattensis English: scrambled eggs Fabaceae Babeldaob Solanum <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rvum English: prickly solanum, devil's fig, turkeyberry, ter<strong>on</strong>gan Solanaceae Babeldaob Stenotaphrum secundatum English: buffalo grass, St. Augustine grass Poaceae Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g Stylosan<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>s English: stylo, Brazilian lucerne, tropical lucerne, guianensis Nigerian stylo Fabaceae Babeldaob Tephrosia candida English: white tephrosia, white hoary-pea Fabaceae Babeldaob 137