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>: Triumfetta rhomboidea English: Chinese burr, paroquet burr, burr bush Tiliaceae Babeldaob Urochloa reptans English: creeping panic grass, running grass Poaceae Angaur Xenostegia tridentata English: African morningvine; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kebeas C<strong>on</strong>volvulaceae Babeldaob 138
Table 2. 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> Babeldaob Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names (abridged) Family Present <strong>on</strong>: Abrus preca<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rius English: bead vine, coral bead plant, preca<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ry, preca<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ry bean, red beadvine, rosary pea Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Angaur Albizia lebbeck English: siris-tree, rain tree, East Indian walnut; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: ukall ra ngebard Fabaceae Koror Alocasia cucullata English: Chinese ape, Chinese taro Araceae Koror Amaranthus spinosus English: edlebur, needle burr, spiny amaranth, thorny pigweed Amaranthaceae Angaur Asparagus densiflorus English: asparagus fern, sprengeri fern, smilax, regal fern Liliaceae Koror, Ngerkebesang Barleria cristata English: crested Philippine violet, Philippine violet Acanthaceae Koror Bauhinia acuminata English: dwarf white bauhinia Fabaceae Koror Canna x generalis English: canna lily, comm<strong>on</strong> garden canna Cannaceae Koror Caryota mitis English: Burmese fishtail palm, clustered fishtail palm, tufted fishtail palm Arecaceae Koror Cenchrus brownii English: burgrass, burr grass, sand-bur, slimbristle sandbur Poaceae Malakal, Angaur, Peleliu Costus woods<strong>on</strong>ii English: Indian-head ginger, red cane; Hawaiian: ‘awapuhi ‘inikini po‘o Costaceae Ngerkebesang Crinum asiaticum English: Asiatic pois<strong>on</strong>bulb, crinum, false spider lily, giant Koror, Angaur, Liliaceae crinum lily, pois<strong>on</strong>bulb; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: bisecherad ra ngebard Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g, S<strong>on</strong>sorol Crotalaria retusa English: devil-bean, wedge-leaf crotalaria, wedge-leaf rattlepod Fabaceae Peleliu Cyperus involucratus English: umbrella sedge, umbrella plant, dwarf papyrus grass; Cyperaceae <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: deus Koror Eugenia uniflora English: Surinam cherry, red Brazil cherry Myrtaceae Koror Eustachys petraea English: pinewoods fingergrass Poaceae Angaur Gmelina asiatica English: badhara bush, Asiatic beechberry, oval-leafed gmelina; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kalngebang? Lamiaceae Koror Hamelia patens English: redhead, scarletbush Rubiaceae Koror, Peleliu Inga edulis English: ice cream bean Fabaceae Koror Jatropha gossypiifolia English: bellyache bush, cot<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n-leaved physic nut Euphorbiaceae Koror, Ngerkebesang Le<strong>on</strong>urus jap<strong>on</strong>icus English: li<strong>on</strong>’s tail, Chinese mo<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rwort Lamiaceae Koror Livis<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>nia chinensis English: Chinese fan palm, Chinese fountain palm, fountain palm Arecaceae Koror Merremia hederacea English: ivy woodrose C<strong>on</strong>volvulaceae Koror Panicum repens English: <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rpedo grass, couch panicum, creeping panic Poaceae Koror Passiflora suberosa English: wild passi<strong>on</strong>fruit, devil's pumpkin, indigo berry, corky passi<strong>on</strong>flower, corkstem passi<strong>on</strong>flower Passifloraceae Koror, Malikal Pereskia aculeata English: Barbados gooseberry, leafy cactus, lem<strong>on</strong> vine, pereskia creeper, primitive cactus, Spanish gooseberry Cactaceae Ngercheu Pluchea carolinensis English: sour bush Asteraceae Peleliu Psidium cattleianum English: strawberry guava, cherry guava, Cattley guava, Chinese guava Myrtaceae Koror 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, uluchula skoki Euphorbiaceae Angaur, Peleliu Sambucus mexicana English: elderberry, Mexican elder Caprifoliaceae Koror Schefflera arboricola English: dwarf brassia, dwarf schefflera, Hawaiian elf schefflera Araliaceae Koror Sorghum bicolor English: Sudan grass Poaceae Malakal Stenotaphrum secundatum English: buffalo grass, St. Augustine grass Poaceae Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g Urochloa reptans English: creeping panic grass, running grass Poaceae Angaur Urochloa subquadripara English: brachiaria, green summer grass, tropical signalgrass Poaceae Malakal, S<strong>on</strong>sorol Vitex parviflora English: small-leaved vitex, smallflower chastetree Verbenaceae Malakal (Toirechuil) Xanthosoma English: new cocoyam, tania, yautia; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: bisech ra ruk, Koror, Peleliu, Araceae sagittifolium eball S<strong>on</strong>sorol Youngia jap<strong>on</strong>ica English: oriental hawksbeard Asteraceae Koror 139