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Table 5. 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 />

Peleliu<br />

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

Panicum repens<br />

English: <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rpedo grass, couch panicum, creeping<br />

panic<br />

Poaceae Koror<br />

Paspalum paniculatum English: Russell river grass, galmarra grass Poaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Babeldaob, Angaur<br />

Passiflora suberosa<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 />

Passifloraceae Koror, Malikal<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 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 />

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, Ngerkebesang,<br />

English: sanchezia<br />

Acanthaceae<br />

parvibracteata<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Schefflera arboricola<br />

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

elf schefflera<br />

Araliaceae Koror<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 />

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

katurai<br />

Fabaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<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, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Poaceae<br />

milletgrass<br />

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 Koror, Babeldaob, 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 Myrtaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Aulupse‘el,<br />

Ngerukuid<br />

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

Turnera subulata English: white alder Turneraceae<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Urochloa mutica<br />

English: California grass, para grass, buffalo grass,<br />

Poaceae<br />

Mauritius grass, signal grass<br />

Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob<br />

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

English: brachiaria, green summer grass, tropical<br />

Urochloa subquadripara<br />

signalgrass, cori grass<br />

Poaceae Malakal, S<strong>on</strong>sorol<br />

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