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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><br />

Babeldaob<br />

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

Abrus preca<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rius<br />

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<br />

bean, red beadvine, rosary pea<br />

Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Angaur<br />

Albizia lebbeck<br />

English: siris-tree, rain tree, East Indian walnut; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />

ukall ra ngebard<br />

Fabaceae Koror<br />

Alocasia cucullata English: Chinese ape, Chinese taro Araceae Koror<br />

Amaranthus spinosus English: edlebur, needle burr, spiny amaranth, thorny pigweed Amaranthaceae Angaur<br />

Asparagus densiflorus English: asparagus fern, sprengeri fern, smilax, regal fern Liliaceae Koror, Ngerkebesang<br />

Barleria cristata English: crested Philippine violet, Philippine violet Acanthaceae Koror<br />

Bauhinia acuminata English: dwarf white bauhinia Fabaceae Koror<br />

Canna x generalis English: canna lily, comm<strong>on</strong> garden canna Cannaceae Koror<br />

Caryota mitis<br />

English: Burmese fishtail palm, clustered fishtail palm, tufted<br />

fishtail palm<br />

Arecaceae Koror<br />

Cenchrus brownii English: burgrass, burr grass, sand-bur, slimbristle sandbur Poaceae<br />

Malakal, Angaur,<br />

Peleliu<br />

Costus woods<strong>on</strong>ii<br />

English: Indian-head ginger, red cane; Hawaiian: ‘awapuhi<br />

‘inikini po‘o<br />

Costaceae Ngerkebesang<br />

Crinum asiaticum<br />

English: Asiatic pois<strong>on</strong>bulb, crinum, false spider lily, giant<br />

Koror, Angaur,<br />

Liliaceae<br />

crinum lily, pois<strong>on</strong>bulb; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: bisecherad ra ngebard<br />

Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g, S<strong>on</strong>sorol<br />

Crotalaria retusa<br />

English: devil-bean, wedge-leaf crotalaria, wedge-leaf<br />

rattlepod<br />

Fabaceae Peleliu<br />

Cyperus involucratus<br />

English: umbrella sedge, umbrella plant, dwarf papyrus grass;<br />

Cyperaceae<br />

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

Koror<br />

Eugenia uniflora English: Surinam cherry, red Brazil cherry Myrtaceae Koror<br />

Eustachys petraea English: pinewoods fingergrass Poaceae Angaur<br />

Gmelina asiatica<br />

English: badhara bush, Asiatic beechberry, oval-leafed<br />

gmelina; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kalngebang?<br />

Lamiaceae Koror<br />

Hamelia patens English: redhead, scarletbush Rubiaceae Koror, Peleliu<br />

Inga edulis English: ice cream bean Fabaceae Koror<br />

Jatropha gossypiifolia English: bellyache bush, cot<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n-leaved physic nut Euphorbiaceae Koror, Ngerkebesang<br />

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<br />

Livis<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>nia chinensis<br />

English: Chinese fan palm, Chinese fountain palm, fountain<br />

palm<br />

Arecaceae Koror<br />

Merremia hederacea English: ivy woodrose C<strong>on</strong>volvulaceae Koror<br />

Panicum repens English: <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rpedo grass, couch panicum, creeping panic Poaceae Koror<br />

Passiflora suberosa<br />

English: wild passi<strong>on</strong>fruit, devil's pumpkin, indigo berry, corky<br />

passi<strong>on</strong>flower, corkstem passi<strong>on</strong>flower<br />

Passifloraceae Koror, Malikal<br />

Pereskia aculeata<br />

English: Barbados gooseberry, leafy cactus, lem<strong>on</strong> vine,<br />

pereskia creeper, primitive cactus, Spanish gooseberry<br />

Cactaceae Ngercheu<br />

Pluchea carolinensis English: sour bush Asteraceae Peleliu<br />

Psidium cattleianum<br />

English: strawberry guava, cherry guava, Cattley guava,<br />

Chinese guava<br />

Myrtaceae Koror<br />

Ricinus communis<br />

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,<br />

uluchula skoki<br />

Euphorbiaceae Angaur, Peleliu<br />

Sambucus mexicana English: elderberry, Mexican elder Caprifoliaceae Koror<br />

Schefflera arboricola<br />

English: dwarf brassia, dwarf schefflera, Hawaiian elf<br />

schefflera<br />

Araliaceae Koror<br />

Sorghum bicolor English: Sudan grass Poaceae Malakal<br />

Stenotaphrum<br />

secundatum<br />

English: buffalo grass, St. Augustine grass Poaceae Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g<br />

Urochloa reptans English: creeping panic grass, running grass Poaceae Angaur<br />

Urochloa subquadripara English: brachiaria, green summer grass, tropical signalgrass Poaceae Malakal, S<strong>on</strong>sorol<br />

Vitex parviflora English: small-leaved vitex, smallflower chastetree Verbenaceae Malakal (Toirechuil)<br />

Xanthosoma<br />

English: new cocoyam, tania, yautia; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: bisech ra ruk,<br />

Koror, Peleliu,<br />

Araceae<br />

sagittifolium<br />

eball<br />

S<strong>on</strong>sorol<br />

Youngia jap<strong>on</strong>ica English: oriental hawksbeard Asteraceae Koror<br />

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