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Table 4. 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 />
Kayangel<br />
Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names (abridged) Family Present <strong>on</strong>:<br />
Canna indica English: canna, canna lily, Indian shot Cannaceae<br />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />
Angaur, S<strong>on</strong>sorol, Tobi<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<br />
palm, tufted fishtail palm<br />
Arecaceae Koror<br />
Cenchrus brownii<br />
English: burgrass, burr grass, sand-bur, slimbristle<br />
sandbur<br />
Poaceae<br />
Malakal, Angaur, Peleliu<br />
Centrosema pubescens English: centro, butterfly-pea Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob<br />
Chamaecrista<br />
Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />
English: Japanese tea; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: ukellela chedip Fabaceae<br />
mimosoides<br />
Babeldaob<br />
Chamaecrista nictitans English: partridge pea, Japanese tea senna Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob<br />
Chloris barbata English: swollen fingergrass Poaceae<br />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />
Angaur, Peleliu<br />
Chloris radiata English: plush-grass, radiate fingergrass Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Chloris virgata<br />
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,<br />
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<br />
Babeldaob<br />
oldland grass, sweet grass<br />
Chromolaena odorata<br />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
English: chromolaena; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kesengesil,<br />
Asteraceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />
ngesngesil<br />
Angaur, Peleliu, Ngidech<br />
Cinnamomum verum<br />
English: cinnam<strong>on</strong> tree; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: ochod ra<br />
Koror, Babeldaob,<br />
Lauraceae<br />
ngebard<br />
Chelbacheb, Urukthapel<br />
Clerodendrum<br />
paniculatum<br />
English: pagoda plant, pagoda flower; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />
butcherechár, butecherechar<br />
Lamiaceae<br />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />
Angaur, Peleliu<br />
Clidemia hirta<br />
English: Koster’s curse, soap bush; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kúi,<br />
kui<br />
Melas<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>mataceae Babeldaob<br />
Cli<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ria ternatea<br />
English: butterfly pea, Asian pige<strong>on</strong>wings;<br />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
Fabaceae<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kles<br />
Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />
Costus woods<strong>on</strong>ii<br />
English: Indian-head ginger, red cane; Hawaiian:<br />
‘awapuhi ‘inikini po‘o<br />
Costaceae Ngerkebesang<br />
Crinum asiaticum<br />
English: Asiatic pois<strong>on</strong>bulb, crinum, false spider lily,<br />
Koror, Angaur, Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g,<br />
giant crinum lily, grand crinum, pois<strong>on</strong>bulb, spider Liliaceae<br />
S<strong>on</strong>sorol<br />
lily; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: bisecherad ra ngebard<br />
Crotalaria micans English: crotalaria Fabaceae Babeldaob<br />
Crotalaria retusa<br />
English: devil-bean, wedge-leaf crotalaria, wedgeleaf<br />
rattlepod<br />
Fabaceae Peleliu, Peleliu<br />
Crotalaria spectabilis<br />
English: rattlebox, showy crotalaria, showy<br />
Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />
Fabaceae<br />
rattlebox, showy rattlepod; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kuroteraria<br />
Babeldaob<br />
Crotalaria tricho<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ma English: curara-pea Fabaceae Babeldaob<br />
Cryp<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>stegia<br />
madagascariensis<br />
English: Madagascar rubbervine Ascelepiadaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Cynod<strong>on</strong> dactyl<strong>on</strong><br />
English: Bermuda grass, giant Bermuda grass,<br />
bahama grass, devil's grass, couch grass, Indian<br />
doab, grama, devilgrass, couchgrass, balama grass<br />
Poaceae<br />
Cyperus compressus English: flat sedge Cyperaceae<br />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />
Angaur, Peleliu, Tobi<br />
Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />
Angaur, S<strong>on</strong>sorol<br />
Cyperus difformis<br />
English: dirty-Dora, <strong>on</strong>e-arm sedge, rice sedge,<br />
small-flower umbrella-plant, variable flat sedge<br />
Cyperaceae Malakal, Babeldaob<br />
Cyperus distans English: slender cyperus Cyperaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Cyperus involucratus<br />
English: umbrella sedge, umbrella plant, dwarf<br />
papyrus grass; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: deus<br />
Cyperaceae Koror<br />
Cyperus rotundus<br />
Datura metel<br />
English: nut grass, nutsedge, purple nutsedge,<br />
cocograss; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an tamanengi<br />
English: datura, downy thorn-apple, Hindu datura,<br />
hoary thorn-apple, jims<strong>on</strong>-weed<br />
Cyperaceae<br />
Solanaceae<br />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />
Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu<br />
Malakal, Babeldaob, Angaur,<br />
Peleliu, Ngercheu<br />
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