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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<br />

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

Chamaesyce hirta<br />

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

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

Euphorbiaceae herb Tobi<br />

*Opuntia sp. English: prickly pear Cactaceae cactus Tobi<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 herb Helen's Reef, Tobi<br />

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

*Cultivated<br />

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