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: 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 Samanea saman English: monkeypod, rain tree, saman Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Kayangel, Peleliu Sambucus mexicana English: elderberry, Mexican elder Caprifoliaceae Koror Sanchezia Koror, Malakal, English: sanchezia Acanthaceae parvibracteata Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob 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, Ngerkebesang, 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, kurriu Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob Senna siamea English: cassod tree, kassod tree, Siamese cassia, Fabaceae pheasantwood, Thailand shower Koror, Ngerkebesang Senna surattensis English: scrambled eggs Fabaceae Babeldaob Sesbania grandiflora English: sesbania, hummingbird tree, sesban, scarlet wisteria tree, corkwood tree; ong>Palauong>an: katurai Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Ngerchong 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 Koror, Malakal, Poaceae milletgrass Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob English: African tulip tree, fireball, fountain tree; Spathodea campanulata ong>Palauong>an: orsachel kui Bignoniaceae Koror, Ngerkebesang Sphagneticola trilobata Koror, Malakal, English: wedelia, trailing daisy, Singapore daisy, Asteraceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, creeping ox-eye; ong>Palauong>an: ngesil ra ngebard Angaur, Peleliu, Tobi Sporobolus diander English: Indian dropseed, tussock dropseed Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Ngerchong Stachytarpheta cayennensis English: blue rat's tail, dark-blue snakeweed, false verbena, nettleleaf velvetberry; ong>Palauong>an: louch beluu Verbenaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngidech, Urukthapel Stenotaphrum secundatum English: buffalo grass, St. Augustine grass Poaceae Ngerchong Striga asiatica English: witchweed Scrophulariaceae Koror, Babeldaob Stylosanong>theong>s English: stylo, Brazilian lucerne, tropical lucerne, guianensis Nigerian stylo Fabaceae Babeldaob Syngonium angustatum English: arrowhead plant, goosefoot plant Araceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu 160

Table 6. Species ong>ofong> environmental concern present elsewhere in ong>Palauong> but not on Ngercheu Scientific Name Common Names (abridged) Family Present on: Syzygium cumini English: Java plum; jambolan plum; ong>Palauong>an: mesegerak, mesekerrák, mesekerrak, mesigerak Myrtaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Aulupse‘el, Ngerukuid Koror, Malakal, Tecoma stans English: yellow bells, yellow-elder, yellow Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Bignoniaceae trumpetbush Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngerchong, Pulo Ana, Sonsorol, Tobi Tephrosia candida English: white tephrosia, white hoary-pea Fabaceae Babeldaob Thevetia peruviana English: yellow oleander, be-still tree, lucky nut Apocynaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Kayangel, Peleliu Thunbergia grandiflora English: Bengal trumpet, blue trumpet vine, clock Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, vine, skyvine, large-flowerd thunbergia; ong>Palauong>an: Acanthaceae Kayangel bung el etiu Tithonia 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 Turnera ulmifolia English: yellow alder, sage rose, West Indian holly, ramgoat dashalong Turneraceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngerchong 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, Sonsorol Vitex parviflora English: small-leaved vitex, smallflower chastetree Verbenaceae Malakal Xanthosoma English: new cocoyam, tania, yautia; ong>Palauong>an: sagittifolium bisech ra ruk, eball Araceae Koror, Peleliu, Sonsorol Xenostegia tridentata English: African morningvine; ong>Palauong>an: kebeas Convolvulaceae Babeldaob Youngia japonica English: oriental hawksbeard Asteraceae Koror 161

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 />

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<br />

Samanea saman English: m<strong>on</strong>keypod, rain tree, saman Fabaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />

Kayangel, 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 />

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, Ngerkebesang,<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 />

kurriu<br />

Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob<br />

Senna siamea<br />

English: cassod tree, kassod tree, Siamese cassia,<br />

Fabaceae<br />

pheasantwood, Thailand shower<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesang<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,<br />

Poaceae<br />

milletgrass<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />

English: African tulip tree, fireball, fountain tree;<br />

Spathodea campanulata<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: orsachel kui<br />

Bign<strong>on</strong>iaceae Koror, Ngerkebesang<br />

Sphagneticola trilobata<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

English: wedelia, trailing daisy, Singapore daisy,<br />

Asteraceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />

creeping ox-eye; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: ngesil ra ngebard<br />

Angaur, Peleliu, Tobi<br />

Sporobolus diander English: Indian dropseed, tussock dropseed Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g<br />

Stachytarpheta<br />

cayennensis<br />

English: blue rat's tail, dark-blue snakeweed, false<br />

verbena, nettleleaf velvetberry; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: louch<br />

beluu<br />

Verbenaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />

Angaur, Peleliu, Ngidech,<br />

Urukthapel<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 />

Syng<strong>on</strong>ium angustatum English: arrowhead plant, goosefoot plant Araceae<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />

Angaur, Peleliu<br />

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