Report to the Republic of Palau: 2008 update on Invasive Plant ...

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Table 4. Species ong>ofong> environmental concern present elsewhere in ong>Palauong> but not on Kayangel Scientific Name Common Names (abridged) Family Present on: Canna indica English: canna, canna lily, Indian shot Cannaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Sonsorol, Tobi Canna x generalis English: canna lily, common 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 Centrosema pubescens English: centro, butterfly-pea Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob Chamaecrista Koror, Ngerkebesand, English: Japanese tea; ong>Palauong>an: ukellela chedip Fabaceae mimosoides Babeldaob Chamaecrista nictitans English: partridge pea, Japanese tea senna Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob Chloris barbata English: swollen fingergrass Poaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu Chloris radiata English: plush-grass, radiate fingergrass Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob Chloris virgata English: feaong>theong>r finger grass, feaong>theong>red chloris, feaong>theong>rong>toong>p Rhodes grass, feaong>theong>ry Rhodes grass, Poaceae Babeldaob oldland grass, sweet grass Chromolaena odorata Koror, Malakal, English: chromolaena; ong>Palauong>an: kesengesil, Asteraceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, ngesngesil Angaur, Peleliu, Ngidech Cinnamomum verum English: cinnamon tree; ong>Palauong>an: ochod ra Koror, Babeldaob, Lauraceae ngebard Chelbacheb, Urukthapel Clerodendrum paniculatum English: pagoda plant, pagoda flower; ong>Palauong>an: butcherechár, butecherechar Lamiaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu Clidemia hirta English: Koster’s curse, soap bush; ong>Palauong>an: kúi, kui Melasong>toong>mataceae Babeldaob Cliong>toong>ria ternatea English: butterfly pea, Asian pigeonwings; Koror, Malakal, Fabaceae ong>Palauong>an: kles Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob Costus woodsonii English: Indian-head ginger, red cane; Hawaiian: ‘awapuhi ‘inikini po‘o Costaceae Ngerkebesang Crinum asiaticum English: Asiatic poisonbulb, crinum, false spider lily, Koror, Angaur, Ngerchong, giant crinum lily, grand crinum, poisonbulb, spider Liliaceae Sonsorol lily; ong>Palauong>an: bisecherad ra ngebard Crotalaria micans English: crotalaria Fabaceae Babeldaob Crotalaria retusa English: devil-bean, wedge-leaf crotalaria, wedgeleaf rattlepod Fabaceae Peleliu, Peleliu Crotalaria spectabilis English: rattlebox, showy crotalaria, showy Koror, Ngerkebesand, Fabaceae rattlebox, showy rattlepod; ong>Palauong>an: kuroteraria Babeldaob Crotalaria trichoong>toong>ma English: curara-pea Fabaceae Babeldaob Crypong>toong>stegia madagascariensis English: Madagascar rubbervine Ascelepiadaceae Koror, Babeldaob Cynodon dactylon English: Bermuda grass, giant Bermuda grass, bahama grass, devil's grass, couch grass, Indian doab, grama, devilgrass, couchgrass, balama grass Poaceae Cyperus compressus English: flat sedge Cyperaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Tobi Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Angaur, Sonsorol Cyperus difformis English: dirty-Dora, one-arm sedge, rice sedge, small-flower umbrella-plant, variable flat sedge Cyperaceae Malakal, Babeldaob Cyperus distans English: slender cyperus Cyperaceae Koror, Babeldaob Cyperus involucratus English: umbrella sedge, umbrella plant, dwarf papyrus grass; ong>Palauong>an: deus Cyperaceae Koror Cyperus rotundus Datura metel English: nut grass, nutsedge, purple nutsedge, cocograss; ong>Palauong>an tamanengi English: datura, downy thorn-apple, Hindu datura, hoary thorn-apple, jimson-weed Cyperaceae Solanaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu Malakal, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu 146

Table 4. Species ong>ofong> environmental concern present elsewhere in ong>Palauong> but not on Kayangel Scientific Name Common Names (abridged) Family Present on: Dentella repens English: dentella Rubiaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu Derris elliptica English: derris; ong>Palauong>an: deris, dub Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob Desmanthus Koror, Malakal, English: pigeon bundleflower Fabaceae pernambucanus Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob Desmanthus virgatus English: slender mimosa, virgate mimosa Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob Desmodium ong>toong>rtuosum English: Florida beggarweed, Spanish clover, dixie ticktrefoil Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob Dieffenbachia seguine English: dieffenbachia, dumb cane Araceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu Digitaria violascens English: smooth crabgrass, violet crabgrass; Koror, Ngerkebesand, Poaceae ong>Palauong>an: sau Babeldaob Dissotis rotundifolia English: dissotis, Spanish shawl, pink lady Melasong>toong>mataceae Koror, Babeldaob Koror, Malakal, Duranta erecta English: duranta, golden dewdrop, pigeon-berry, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Verbenaceae sky-flower Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu, Sonsorol Echinochloa colona English: awnless barnyard grass (Australia), corn panic grass, Deccan grass, jungle ricegrass, jungle rice, millet-rice, shama millet; ong>Palauong>an: uaum Poaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Angaur, Aulupse‘el Echinochloa crus-galli English: barnyard grass, cockspur grass Poaceae Babeldaob Eichhornia crassipes English: water hyacinth; ong>Palauong>an: bung el ralm Pontederiaceae Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob Elaeis guineensis English: African oil palm Arecaceae Koror, Babeldaob Epipremnum pinnatum Koror, Malakal, English: pothos, money plant Araceae cv. 'Aureum' Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob Episcia reptans Gesneriaceae Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob Eragrostis atrovirens English: thalia love grass, wiry lovegrass; ong>Palauong>an: ouemoket Poaceae Babeldaob Eragrostis ciliaris English: gophertail grass, gophertail lovegrass, lovegrass, woolly love grass; ong>Palauong>an: ouemoket Poaceae Babeldaob Eragrostis pilosa English: hairy love grass, Indian love grass, song>ofong>t lovegrass Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob Eugenia uniflora English: Surinam cherry, red Brazil cherry Myrtaceae Koror Eustachys petraea English: pinewoods fingergrass Poaceae Angaur Falcataria moluccana English: Molucca albizia; ong>Palauong>an: ukall ra ngebard Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob Ficus benjamina English: weeping fig, baka, Java fig, weeping fig, Benjamin tree Moraceae Malakal, Babeldaob, Ngercheu Flemingia macrophylla Fabaceae Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob Flemingia strobilifera English: luck plant, wild hops; ong>Palauong>an: Koror, Ngerkebesand, Fabaceae besungelaiei, pesungel a iei Babeldaob, Anguar Gliricidia sepium English: moong>theong>r ong>ofong> cacao, quickstick, Mexican lilac; Koror, Ngerkebesand, Fabaceae ong>Palauong>anr: rechesengel Babeldaob, Tobi Gmelina asiatica English: badhara bush, Asiatic beechberry, ovalleafed gmelina; ong>Palauong>an: kalngebang? Lamiaceae Koror Hamelia patens English: redhead, scarletbush Rubiaceae Koror, Peleliu Hedychium coronarium English: white ginger, butterfly lily, ginger lily, Koror, Ngerkebesand, Zingiberaceae garland 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 Hyptis pectinata English: comb hyptis, comb bushmint, mint weed, purple ong>toong>p Lamiaceae Babeldaob, Angaur 147

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 />

Dentella repens English: dentella Rubiaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />

Angaur, Peleliu<br />

Derris elliptica English: derris; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: deris, dub Fabaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />

Desmanthus<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

English: pige<strong>on</strong> bundleflower<br />

Fabaceae<br />

pernambucanus<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />

Desmanthus virgatus English: slender mimosa, virgate mimosa Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob<br />

Desmodium <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rtuosum<br />

English: Florida beggarweed, Spanish clover, dixie<br />

ticktrefoil<br />

Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Dieffenbachia seguine English: dieffenbachia, dumb cane Araceae<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />

Peleliu<br />

Digitaria violascens<br />

English: smooth crabgrass, violet crabgrass;<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

Poaceae<br />

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

Babeldaob<br />

Dissotis rotundifolia English: dissotis, Spanish shawl, pink lady Melas<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>mataceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Duranta erecta<br />

English: duranta, golden dewdrop, pige<strong>on</strong>-berry,<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />

Verbenaceae<br />

sky-flower<br />

Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu,<br />

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

Echinochloa col<strong>on</strong>a<br />

English: awnless barnyard grass (Australia), corn<br />

panic grass, Deccan grass, jungle ricegrass, jungle<br />

rice, millet-rice, shama millet; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: uaum<br />

Poaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />

Angaur, Aulupse‘el<br />

Echinochloa crus-galli English: barnyard grass, cockspur grass Poaceae Babeldaob<br />

Eichhornia crassipes English: water hyacinth; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: bung el ralm P<strong>on</strong>tederiaceae<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Elaeis guineensis English: African oil palm Arecaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Epipremnum pinnatum<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

English: pothos, m<strong>on</strong>ey plant<br />

Araceae<br />

cv. 'Aureum'<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />

Episcia reptans<br />

Gesneriaceae<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Eragrostis atrovirens<br />

English: thalia love grass, wiry lovegrass; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />

ouemoket<br />

Poaceae<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Eragrostis ciliaris<br />

English: gophertail grass, gophertail lovegrass,<br />

lovegrass, woolly love grass; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: ouemoket<br />

Poaceae<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Eragrostis pilosa<br />

English: hairy love grass, Indian love grass, s<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>t<br />

lovegrass<br />

Poaceae<br />

Koror, Babeldaob<br />

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

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

Falcataria moluccana<br />

English: Molucca albizia; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: ukall ra<br />

ngebard<br />

Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Ficus benjamina<br />

English: weeping fig, baka, Java fig, weeping fig,<br />

Benjamin tree<br />

Moraceae Malakal, Babeldaob, Ngercheu<br />

Flemingia macrophylla<br />

Fabaceae<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Flemingia strobilifera<br />

English: luck plant, wild hops; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

Fabaceae<br />

besungelaiei, pesungel a iei<br />

Babeldaob, Anguar<br />

Gliricidia sepium<br />

English: mo<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> cacao, quickstick, Mexican lilac;<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

Fabaceae<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>anr: rechesengel<br />

Babeldaob, Tobi<br />

Gmelina asiatica<br />

English: badhara bush, Asiatic beechberry, ovalleafed<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 />

Hedychium cor<strong>on</strong>arium<br />

English: white ginger, butterfly lily, ginger lily,<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

Zingiberaceae<br />

garland flower<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Hemigraphis alternata English: metal leaf; red ivy, cemetery plant (Fiji) Acanthaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />

Hevea brasiliensis<br />

English: hevea, Brazilian rubber tree, Para rubber<br />

tree<br />

Euphorbiaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Hyptis capitata English: knobweed Lamiaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />

Hyptis pectinata<br />

English: comb hyptis, comb bushmint, mint weed,<br />

purple <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>p<br />

Lamiaceae Babeldaob, Angaur<br />

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