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> Peleliu Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names (abridged) Family Present <strong>on</strong>: Panicum repens English: <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rpedo grass, couch panicum, creeping panic Poaceae Koror Paspalum paniculatum English: Russell river grass, galmarra grass Poaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur Passiflora suberosa English: wild passi<strong>on</strong>fruit, devil's pumpkin, indigo berry, corky passi<strong>on</strong>flower, corkstem passi<strong>on</strong>flower Passifloraceae Koror, Malikal Pennisetum setaceum English: fountain grass Poaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob Pereskia aculeata English: Barbados gooseberry, leafy cactus, lem<strong>on</strong> vine, pereskia creeper, primitive cactus, Spanish Cactaceae Ngercheu gooseberry Pistia stratiotes English: water lettuce, tropical duckweed Araceae Babeldaob Pi<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>cellobium dulce English: Madras thorn, Manila tamarind, sweet inga; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kamatsíri, kamatsiri Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob Psidium cattleianum English: strawberry guava, cherry guava, Cattley guava, Chinese guava Myrtaceae Koror Quisqualis indica English: Rango<strong>on</strong> creeper Combretaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob Sambucus mexicana English: elderberry, Mexican elder Caprifoliaceae Koror Sanchezia Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, English: sanchezia Acanthaceae parvibracteata Babeldaob Schefflera arboricola English: dwarf brassia, dwarf schefflera, Hawaiian elf schefflera Araliaceae Koror Senna occidentalis 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, 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, scarlet wisteria tree, corkwood tree; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: katurai Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g Setaria sphacelata English: African bristle grass, golden timothy Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob Solanum <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rvum English: prickly solanum, devil's fig, turkeyberry, ter<strong>on</strong>gan Solanaceae Babeldaob Sorghum bicolor English: Sudan grass Poaceae Malakal Sorghum halepense English: Johns<strong>on</strong> grass, Aleppo grass, Aleppo Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Poaceae milletgrass Babeldaob English: African tulip tree, fireball, fountain tree; Koror, Ngerkebesand, Spathodea campanulata Bign<strong>on</strong>iaceae <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: orsachel kui Babeldaob Sporobolus diander English: Indian dropseed, tussock dropseed Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g Stenotaphrum secundatum English: buffalo grass, St. Augustine grass Poaceae Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g Striga asiatica English: witchweed Scrophulariaceae Koror, Babeldaob Stylosan<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>s English: stylo, Brazilian lucerne, tropical lucerne, guianensis Nigerian stylo Fabaceae Babeldaob Syzygium cumini English: Java plum; jambolan plum; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: mesegerak, mesekerrák, mesekerrak, mesigerak Myrtaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Aulupse‘el, Ngerukuid Tephrosia candida English: white tephrosia, white hoary-pea Fabaceae Babeldaob Thunbergia grandiflora English: Bengal trumpet, blue trumpet vine, clock Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, vine, skyvine, large-flowerd thunbergia; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: Acanthaceae Kayangel bung el etiu Tith<strong>on</strong>ia diversifolia English: tree marigold, shrub sunflower, Mexican sunflower, Japanese sunflower Asteraceae Koror, Babeldaob Triumfetta rhomboidea English: Chinese burr, paroquet burr, burr bush Tiliaceae Babeldaob Turnera subulata English: white alder Turneraceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob Urochloa mutica English: California grass, para grass, buffalo grass, Poaceae Mauritius grass, signal grass Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob Urochloa reptans English: creeping panic grass, running grass Poaceae Angaur English: brachiaria, green summer grass, tropical Urochloa subquadripara signalgrass, cori grass Poaceae Malakal, S<strong>on</strong>sorol 154
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> Peleliu Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names (abridged) Family Present <strong>on</strong>: Vitex parviflora English: small-leaved vitex, smallflower chastetree Verbenaceae Malakal Xenostegia tridentata English: African morningvine; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kebeas C<strong>on</strong>volvulaceae Babeldaob Youngia jap<strong>on</strong>ica English: oriental hawksbeard Asteraceae Koror 155