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> Ngercheu Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names (abridged) Family Present <strong>on</strong>: 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 Pluchea carolinensis English: sour bush Asteraceae Peleliu Psidium cattleianum English: strawberry guava, cherry guava, Cattley guava, Chinese guava Myrtaceae Koror Psidium guajava English: guava; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: guabang, kuabang Myrtaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Bkul a Chesemiich, Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g, S<strong>on</strong>sorol Quisqualis indica English: Rango<strong>on</strong> creeper Combretaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob Ricinus communis 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: gelug, uluchula skoki Euphorbiaceae Angaur, Peleliu Samanea saman English: m<strong>on</strong>keypod, 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; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kerula besokel, yult Fabaceae Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu Senna obtusifolia English: habucha, c<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>feeweed, sicklepod Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Peleliu 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, 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; <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, Poaceae milletgrass Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob English: African tulip tree, fireball, fountain tree; Spathodea campanulata <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: orsachel kui Bign<strong>on</strong>iaceae Koror, Ngerkebesang Sphagneticola trilobata Koror, Malakal, English: wedelia, trailing daisy, Singapore daisy, Asteraceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, creeping ox-eye; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: ngesil ra ngebard Angaur, Peleliu, Tobi Sporobolus diander English: Indian dropseed, tussock dropseed Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g Stachytarpheta cayennensis English: blue rat's tail, dark-blue snakeweed, false verbena, nettleleaf velvetberry; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: louch beluu Verbenaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngidech, Urukthapel 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 Syng<strong>on</strong>ium angustatum English: arrowhead plant, goosefoot plant Araceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu 160
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> Ngercheu Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names (abridged) Family Present <strong>on</strong>: 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 Koror, Malakal, Tecoma stans English: yellow bells, yellow-elder, yellow Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Bign<strong>on</strong>iaceae trumpetbush Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g, Pulo Ana, S<strong>on</strong>sorol, 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; <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 Turnera ulmifolia English: yellow alder, sage rose, West Indian holly, ramgoat dashal<strong>on</strong>g Turneraceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g 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 Vitex parviflora English: small-leaved vitex, smallflower chastetree Verbenaceae Malakal Xanthosoma English: new cocoyam, tania, yautia; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: sagittifolium bisech ra ruk, eball Araceae Koror, Peleliu, S<strong>on</strong>sorol 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 161