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

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Table 6. Species ong>ofong> environmental concern present elsewhere in ong>Palauong> but not on Ngercheu Scientific Name Common Names (abridged) Family Present on: 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; ong>Palauong>an: sau Poaceae Koror, Ngerkebesang Dissotis rotundifolia English: dissotis, Spanish shawl, pink lady Melasong>toong>mataceae Koror, Babeldaob 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, 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 Flemingia macrophylla Fabaceae Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob Flemingia strobilifera English: luck plant, wild hops; ong>Palauong>an: besungelaiei, pesungel a iei Fabaceae Koror, Ngerkebesang 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 English: white ginger, butterfly lily, ginger lily, Koror, Ngerkebesang, Hedychium coronarium 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 Imperata conferta English: plume grass Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob, 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 158

Table 6. Species ong>ofong> environmental concern present elsewhere in ong>Palauong> but not on Ngercheu Scientific Name Common Names (abridged) Family Present on: Ipomoea aquatica Ipomoea carnea subsp. fistulosa Ipomoea quamoclit Ipomoea triloba English: aquatic morning glory, swamp cabbage, water spinach, ung-choi, kang kong; ong>Palauong>an: kangkum, kangum, kankum Convolvulaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu English: bush morning glory, tree ipomoea Convolvulaceae Koror, Babeldaob English: Cupid's flower, cypress vine, cypressvine morning-glory, star ong>ofong> Bethlehem, star-glory, sweetwilly; ong>Palauong>an: asangao English: Aiea morning-glory, little bell; ong>Palauong>an: orech, ong>toong>rech Convolvulaceae Convolvulaceae Koror, Babeldaob 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 Leonurus japonicus English: lion’s tail, Chinese moong>theong>rwort Lamiaceae Koror 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 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, Ngerkebesang, 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 conjugatum English: T grass, ti grass, sour grass; sour palpalum, buffalo grass, carabao grass, Hilo grass (Hawai'i); ong>Palauong>an: udel ra ngebel Poaceae Paspalum paniculatum English: Russell river grass, galmarra grass Poaceae Passiflora suberosa Pennisetum polystachion Pennisetum purpureum 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 Passifloraceae Poaceae Poaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngerchong, Ngeanges, Ulong, Urukthapel, Sonsorol, Tobi Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur Koror, Malikal Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu Pennisetum setaceum English: fountain grass Poaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob 159

Table 6. 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 />

Ngercheu<br />

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

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

Poaceae<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesang<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 />

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 />

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 />

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 />

besungelaiei, pesungel a iei<br />

Fabaceae Koror, Ngerkebesang<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 />

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

Koror, Ngerkebesang,<br />

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

Imperata c<strong>on</strong>ferta English: plume grass Poaceae<br />

Koror, Babeldaob, Peleliu,<br />

Aulupse‘el<br />

Imperata cylindrica<br />

English: blady grass, cog<strong>on</strong> grass, satintail;<br />

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

Poaceae<br />

Babeldaob, Angaur<br />

Inga edulis English: ice cream bean Fabaceae Koror<br />

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