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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: Imperata conferta English: plume grass Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur, Angaur, Peleliu, Aulupse‘el Imperata cylindrica English: blady grass, cogon grass, satintail; ong>Palauong>an: kasoring Poaceae Babeldaob, Angaur Inga edulis English: ice cream bean Fabaceae Koror Ipomoea aquatica English: aquatic morning glory, swamp cabbage, water spinach, ung-choi, kang kong; ong>Palauong>an: kangkum, kangum, kankum Convolvulaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu 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; ong>Palauong>an: asangao Convolvulaceae Koror, Babeldaob Ipomoea triloba English: Aiea morning-glory, little bell; ong>Palauong>an: orech, ong>toong>rech Convolvulaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu 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: deus, esechesiding Cyperaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Tobi Lantana camara English: lantana Verbenaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu Leonurus japonicus English: lion’s tail, Chinese moong>theong>rwort Lamiaceae Koror Koror, Malakal, Leucaena leucocephala English: leucaena, wild tamarind, lead tree; Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Fabaceae ong>Palauong>an: telengtungd, telentund Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu, Ngerchong, Sonsorol 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 Mimosa diplotricha Mimosa pudica Murraya paniculata English: mile-a-minute weed, Chinese creeper, American rope, bittervine; ong>Palauong>an: teb el yas English: giant sensitive plant, nila grass; ong>Palauong>an: mechiuaiu English: sensitive grass, sensitive plant, shameplant, sleeping grass, ong>toong>uch-me-not; ong>Palauong>an: mechiuaiu English: orange jessamine, satin-wood, Chinese box, Hawaiian mock orange Asteraceae Fabaceae Fabaceae Rutaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur Koror, Ngerkebesand, 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 paniculatum English: Russell river grass, galmarra grass Poaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur 148

Table 4. Species ong>ofong> environmental concern present elsewhere in ong>Palauong> but not on Kayangel Scientific Name Common Names (abridged) Family Present on: Paspalum scrobiculatum Passiflora foetida Passiflora suberosa Pennisetum polystachion Pennisetum purpureum English: rice grass; creeping paspalum, ditch millet, Indian paspalum, kodo millet, water couch; ong>Palauong>an: desum English: love-in-a-mist, wild passion fruit, passionflower, stinking passionflower; ong>Palauong>an: kudamono 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 Passifloraceae Poaceae Poaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu, Ngercheu, Ngeanges, Ngeremdiu Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu Koror, Malikal Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu Pennisetum setaceum English: fountain grass Poaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob Pereskia aculeata English: Barbados gooseberry, leafy cactus, lemon vine, pereskia creeper, primitive cactus, Spanish Cactaceae Ngerchong, 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 Psidium cattleianum English: strawberry guava, cherry guava, Cattley guava, Chinese guava Myrtaceae Koror Psidium guajava English: guava; ong>Palauong>an: guabang, kuabang Myrtaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Bkul a Chesemiich, Ngerchong, Sonsorol Quisqualis indica English: Rangoon creeper Combretaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob Ricinus communis English: casong>toong>r bean, casong>toong>r-oil plant; ong>Palauong>an: gelug, uluchula skoki Euphorbiaceae Angaur, Peleliu, Peleliu 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 schefflera Araliaceae 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 occidentalis English: antbush, cong>ofong>fee senna; ong>Palauong>an: korriu, Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Fabaceae kurriu Angaur 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, Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, scarlet wisteria tree, corkwood tree; ong>Palauong>an: Fabaceae Ngerchong katurai 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 milletgrass Poaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob 149

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 />

Paspalum<br />

scrobiculatum<br />

Passiflora foetida<br />

Passiflora suberosa<br />

Pennisetum<br />

polystachi<strong>on</strong><br />

Pennisetum purpureum<br />

English: rice grass; creeping paspalum, ditch millet,<br />

Indian paspalum, kodo millet, water couch;<br />

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

English: love-in-a-mist, wild passi<strong>on</strong> fruit,<br />

passi<strong>on</strong>flower, stinking passi<strong>on</strong>flower; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />

kudam<strong>on</strong>o<br />

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

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

English: missi<strong>on</strong> grass, fea<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ry pennisetum;<br />

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

English: elephant grass, napier grass, merker grass;<br />

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

Poaceae<br />

Passifloraceae<br />

Passifloraceae<br />

Poaceae<br />

Poaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />

Peleliu, Ngercheu, Ngeanges,<br />

Ngeremdiu<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />

Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu<br />

Koror, Malikal<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />

Peleliu<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />

Peleliu<br />

Pennisetum setaceum English: fountain grass Poaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />

Pereskia aculeata<br />

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

vine, pereskia creeper, primitive cactus, Spanish Cactaceae Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g, 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<br />

inga; <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 />

Psidium cattleianum<br />

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

guava, Chinese guava<br />

Myrtaceae Koror<br />

Psidium guajava English: guava; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: guabang, kuabang Myrtaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />

Angaur, Peleliu, Bkul a<br />

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

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

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

gelug, uluchula skoki<br />

Euphorbiaceae Angaur, Peleliu, Peleliu<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<br />

elf schefflera<br />

Araliaceae 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 occidentalis<br />

English: antbush, c<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fee senna; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: korriu,<br />

Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />

Fabaceae<br />

kurriu<br />

Angaur<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,<br />

Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />

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

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

katurai<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 />

milletgrass<br />

Poaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />

149

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