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Table 3. Species ong>ofong> environmental concern present elsewhere in ong>Palauong> but not on Angaur Scientific Name Common Names (abridged) Family Present on: Gmelina asiatica English: badhara bush, Asiatic beechberry, ovalleafed gmelina; ong>Palauong>an: kalngebang? Lamiaceae Koror Hamelia patens English: redhead, scarletbush Rubiaceae Koror, Peleliu English: white ginger, butterfly lily, ginger lily, garland Koror, Ngerkebesand, Hedychium coronarium Zingiberaceae flower Babeldaob Hemigraphis alternata English: metal leaf; red ivy, cemetery plant (Fiji) Acanthaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob Hevea brasiliensis English: hevea, Brazilian rubber tree, Para rubber tree Euphorbiaceae Koror, Babeldaob Hyptis capitata English: knobweed Lamiaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob Inga edulis English: ice cream bean Fabaceae Koror Ipomoea carnea subsp. fistulosa English: bush morning glory, tree ipomoea Convolvulaceae Koror, Babeldaob Ipomoea quamoclit English: Cupid's flower, cypress vine, cypressvine morning-glory, star ong>ofong> Bethlehem, star-glory, sweetwilly; Convolvulaceae Koror, Babeldaob ong>Palauong>an: asangao Jatropha curcas English: physic nut, purging nut, Barbados nut Euphorbiaceae Koror, Babeldaob Jatropha gossypiifolia English: bellyache bush, cotong>toong>n-leaved physic nut Euphorbiaceae Koror, Ngerkebesang Kyllinga brevifolia English: green kyllinga, green water sedge; ong>Palauong>an: Cyperaceae deus, esechesiding Koror, Babeldaob, Tobi Leonurus japonicus English: lion’s tail, Chinese moong>theong>rwort Lamiaceae Koror Livisong>toong>nia chinensis English: Chinese fan palm, Chinese fountain palm, fountain palm Arecaceae Koror Macroptilium atropurpureum English: siratro, purple bushbean Fabaceae Babeldaob Macroptilium lathyroides English: cow pea, phasey bean, wild bean Fabaceae Babeldaob Melaleuca English: melaleuca, cajeput, paper bark tree, punk quinquenervia tree Myrtaceae Babeldaob Melia azedarach English: Chinaberry, pride-ong>ofong>-India, indian lilac, Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Meliaceae Persian lilac, margosa tree, tira Ngercheu Melinis minutiflora English: melinis, molasses grass Poaceae Babeldaob Merremia hederacea English: ivy woodrose Convolvulaceae Koror Mikania micrantha Koror, Malakal, English: mile-a-minute weed, Chinese creeper, Asteraceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, American rope, bittervine; ong>Palauong>an: teb el yas Peleliu Murraya paniculata English: orange jessamine, satin-wood, Chinese box, Koror, Ngerkebesand, Rutaceae Hawaiian mock orange Babeldaob Nymphaea spp. English: water lily Nymphaeaceae Koror, Babeldaob Ocimum gratissimum English: wild basil, clove basil, tree basil Lamiaceae Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob, Tobi Panicum maximum English: Guinea grass, green panic, buffalograss Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob Panicum repens English: ong>toong>rpedo grass, couch panicum, creeping panic Poaceae Koror Paspalum scrobiculatum Passiflora suberosa Pennisetum polystachion Pennisetum purpureum English: rice grass; creeping paspalum, ditch millet, Indian paspalum, kodo millet, water couch; ong>Palauong>an: desum English: wild passionfruit, devil's pumpkin, indigo berry, corky passionflower, corkstem passionflower English: mission grass, feaong>theong>ry pennisetum; ong>Palauong>an: desum English: elephant grass, napier grass, merker grass; ong>Palauong>an: bokso Poaceae Passifloraceae Poaceae Poaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu, Ngercheu, Ngeanges, Ngeremdiu Koror, Malikal Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu Pennisetum setaceum English: fountain grass Poaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob 142

Table 3. Species ong>ofong> environmental concern present elsewhere in ong>Palauong> but not on Angaur Scientific Name Common Names (abridged) Family Present on: Pereskia aculeata English: Barbados gooseberry, leafy cactus, lemon vine, pereskia creeper, primitive cactus, Spanish Cactaceae Ngercheu gooseberry Pistia stratiotes English: water lettuce, tropical duckweed Araceae Babeldaob Piong>theong>cellobium dulce English: Madras thorn, Manila tamarind, sweet inga; ong>Palauong>an: kamatsíri, kamatsiri Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob Pluchea carolinensis English: sour bush Asteraceae Peleliu Pseuderanong>theong>mum carruong>theong>rsii English: false eranong>theong>mum Acanthaceae Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob, Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngercheu, Tobi Psidium cattleianum English: strawberry guava, cherry guava, Cattley guava, Chinese guava Myrtaceae Koror Quisqualis indica English: Rangoon creeper Combretaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob Sambucus mexicana English: elderberry, Mexican elder Caprifoliaceae Koror Sanchezia Koror, Malakal, English: sanchezia Acanthaceae parvibracteata Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob Sansevieria trifasciata Koror, Malakal, English: bowstring hemp, moong>theong>r-in-law’s ong>toong>ngue; Agavaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, ong>Palauong>an: kitelel Peleliu, Ngercheu, Tobi Schefflera arboricola English: dwarf brassia, dwarf schefflera, Hawaiian elf Araliaceae schefflera Koror Senna alata English: candle bush; candelabra bush, Roman candle tree, emperor's candlesticks, alcapulco; ong>Palauong>an: kerula besokel, yult Fabaceae Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob, Peleliu Senna obtusifolia English: habucha, cong>ofong>feeweed, sicklepod Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Peleliu Senna siamea English: cassod tree, kassod tree, Siamese cassia, Koror, Ngerkebesand, Fabaceae pheasantwood, Thailand shower Babeldaob Senna surattensis English: scrambled eggs Fabaceae Babeldaob Sesbania grandiflora English: sesbania, hummingbird tree, sesban, scarlet Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Fabaceae wisteria tree, corkwood tree; ong>Palauong>an: katurai Ngerchong Setaria sphacelata English: African bristle grass, golden timothy Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob Solanum ong>toong>rvum English: prickly solanum, devil's fig, turkeyberry, terongan Solanaceae Babeldaob Sorghum bicolor English: Sudan grass Poaceae Malakal Sorghum halepense English: Johnson grass, Aleppo grass, Aleppo Koror, Malakal, Poaceae milletgrass Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob English: African tulip tree, fireball, fountain tree; Koror, Ngerkebesand, Spathodea campanulata Bignoniaceae ong>Palauong>an: orsachel kui Babeldaob Sporobolus diander English: Indian dropseed, tussock dropseed Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Ngerchong Stenotaphrum secundatum English: buffalo grass, St. Augustine grass Poaceae Ngerchong Striga asiatica English: witchweed Scrophulariaceae Koror, Babeldaob Stylosanong>theong>s English: stylo, Brazilian lucerne, tropical lucerne, guianensis Nigerian stylo Fabaceae Babeldaob Syzygium cumini English: Java plum; jambolan plum; ong>Palauong>an: mesegerak, mesekerrák, mesekerrak, mesigerak Myrtaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Aulupse‘el, Ngerukuid Tephrosia candida English: white tephrosia, white hoary-pea Fabaceae Babeldaob Thevetia peruviana English: yellow oleander, be-still tree, lucky nut Apocynaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Kayangel, Peleliu Thunbergia grandiflora English: Bengal trumpet, blue trumpet vine, clock Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, vine, skyvine, large-flowerd thunbergia; ong>Palauong>an: Acanthaceae Kayangel bung el etiu Tithonia diversifolia English: tree marigold, shrub sunflower, Mexican sunflower, Japanese sunflower Asteraceae Koror, Babeldaob Triumfetta rhomboidea English: Chinese burr, paroquet burr, burr bush Tiliaceae Babeldaob 143

Table 3. 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 />

Angaur<br />

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

Pereskia aculeata<br />

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

vine, pereskia creeper, primitive cactus, Spanish Cactaceae Ngercheu<br />

gooseberry<br />

Pistia stratiotes English: water lettuce, tropical duckweed Araceae Babeldaob<br />

Pi<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>cellobium dulce<br />

English: Madras thorn, Manila tamarind, sweet inga;<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kamatsíri, kamatsiri<br />

Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />

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

Pseuderan<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>mum<br />

carru<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rsii<br />

English: false eran<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>mum<br />

Acanthaceae<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

Babeldaob, Kayangel,<br />

Peleliu, Ngercheu, Tobi<br />

Psidium cattleianum<br />

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

guava, Chinese guava<br />

Myrtaceae Koror<br />

Quisqualis indica English: Rango<strong>on</strong> creeper Combretaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />

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

Sanchezia<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

English: sanchezia<br />

Acanthaceae<br />

parvibracteata<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />

Sansevieria trifasciata<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

English: bowstring hemp, mo<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r-in-law’s <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ngue;<br />

Agavaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />

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

Peleliu, Ngercheu, Tobi<br />

Schefflera arboricola<br />

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

Araliaceae<br />

schefflera<br />

Koror<br />

Senna alata<br />

English: candle bush; candelabra bush, Roman<br />

candle tree, emperor's candlesticks, alcapulco;<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kerula besokel, yult<br />

Fabaceae<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

Babeldaob, Peleliu<br />

Senna obtusifolia English: habucha, c<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>feeweed, sicklepod Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Peleliu<br />

Senna siamea<br />

English: cassod tree, kassod tree, Siamese cassia,<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

Fabaceae<br />

pheasantwood, Thailand shower<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Senna surattensis English: scrambled eggs Fabaceae Babeldaob<br />

Sesbania grandiflora<br />

English: sesbania, hummingbird tree, sesban, scarlet<br />

Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />

Fabaceae<br />

wisteria tree, corkwood tree; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: katurai<br />

Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g<br />

Setaria sphacelata English: African bristle grass, golden timothy Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Solanum <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rvum<br />

English: prickly solanum, devil's fig, turkeyberry,<br />

ter<strong>on</strong>gan<br />

Solanaceae Babeldaob<br />

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

Sorghum halepense<br />

English: Johns<strong>on</strong> grass, Aleppo grass, Aleppo<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Poaceae<br />

milletgrass<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />

English: African tulip tree, fireball, fountain tree;<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

Spathodea campanulata Bign<strong>on</strong>iaceae<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: orsachel kui<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Sporobolus diander English: Indian dropseed, tussock dropseed Poaceae<br />

Koror, Babeldaob,<br />

Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g<br />

Stenotaphrum<br />

secundatum<br />

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

Striga asiatica English: witchweed Scrophulariaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Stylosan<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>s<br />

English: stylo, Brazilian lucerne, tropical lucerne,<br />

guianensis<br />

Nigerian stylo<br />

Fabaceae Babeldaob<br />

Syzygium cumini<br />

English: Java plum; jambolan plum; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />

mesegerak, mesekerrák, mesekerrak, mesigerak<br />

Myrtaceae<br />

Koror, Babeldaob,<br />

Aulupse‘el, Ngerukuid<br />

Tephrosia candida English: white tephrosia, white hoary-pea Fabaceae Babeldaob<br />

Thevetia peruviana English: yellow oleander, be-still tree, lucky nut Apocynaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />

Kayangel, Peleliu<br />

Thunbergia grandiflora<br />

English: Bengal trumpet, blue trumpet vine, clock<br />

Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />

vine, skyvine, large-flowerd thunbergia; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: Acanthaceae<br />

Kayangel<br />

bung el etiu<br />

Tith<strong>on</strong>ia diversifolia<br />

English: tree marigold, shrub sunflower, Mexican<br />

sunflower, Japanese sunflower<br />

Asteraceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Triumfetta rhomboidea English: Chinese burr, paroquet burr, burr bush Tiliaceae Babeldaob<br />

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