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Table 7. 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 />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Rock Islands<br />

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

Calopog<strong>on</strong>ium<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

English: calopo<br />

Fabaceae<br />

mucunoides<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Calotropis gigantea English: calotrope, crown flower, madar Ascelepiadaceae<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

Babeldaob, Peleliu<br />

Canna indica English: canna, canna lily, Indian shot Cannaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Babeldaob, Angaur, S<strong>on</strong>sorol,<br />

Tobi<br />

Canna x generalis English: canna lily, comm<strong>on</strong> garden canna Cannaceae Koror<br />

Caryota mitis<br />

English: Burmese fishtail palm, clustered fishtail<br />

palm, tufted fishtail palm<br />

Arecaceae Koror<br />

Ceiba pentandra<br />

English: kapok tree, silk-cot<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n tree, pacae;<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kalngebárd, kalngebard, kerrekar<br />

ngebard<br />

Bombacaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />

Kayangel<br />

Cenchrus brownii<br />

English: burgrass, burr grass, sand-bur, slimbristle<br />

sandbur<br />

Poaceae<br />

Malakal, Angaur, Peleliu<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

Cenchrus echinatus<br />

English: burgrass, sand-bur, sou<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn sandbur,<br />

Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel,<br />

Poaceae<br />

Mossman River grass (Australia)<br />

Peleliu, Ngercheu, S<strong>on</strong>sorol,<br />

Tobi<br />

Centrosema pubescens English: centro, butterfly-pea Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob<br />

Chamaecrista<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

English: Japanese tea; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: ukellela chedip Fabaceae<br />

mimosoides<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Chamaecrista nictitans English: partridge pea, Japanese tea senna Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob<br />

Chloris barbata English: swollen fingergrass Poaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu<br />

Chloris radiata English: plush-grass, radiate fingergrass Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Chloris virgata<br />

English: fea<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r finger grass, fea<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>red chloris,<br />

fea<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>p Rhodes grass, fea<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ry Rhodes grass, Poaceae<br />

Babeldaob<br />

oldland grass, sweet grass<br />

Clerodendrum<br />

English: pagoda plant, pagoda flower; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Lamiaceae<br />

paniculatum<br />

butcherechár, butecherechar<br />

Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

Clerodendrum<br />

English: br<strong>on</strong>ze-leaved clerodendrum; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />

Lamiaceae Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel,<br />

quadriloculare<br />

kleuang<br />

Peleliu, Ngercheu<br />

Clidemia hirta<br />

English: Koster’s curse, soap bush; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kúi,<br />

kui<br />

Melas<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>mataceae Babeldaob<br />

Cli<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ria ternatea<br />

English: butterfly pea, Asian pige<strong>on</strong>wings; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Fabaceae<br />

kles<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Costus woods<strong>on</strong>ii<br />

English: Indian-head ginger, red cane; Hawaiian:<br />

‘awapuhi ‘inikini po‘o<br />

Costaceae Ngerkebesang<br />

Crotalaria micans English: crotalaria Fabaceae Babeldaob<br />

Crotalaria retusa<br />

English: devil-bean, wedge-leaf crotalaria, wedgeleaf<br />

rattlepod<br />

Fabaceae Peleliu<br />

Crotalaria spectabilis<br />

English: rattlebox, showy crotalaria, showy rattlebox,<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

Fabaceae<br />

showy rattlepod; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kuroteraria<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Crotalaria tricho<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ma English: curara-pea Fabaceae Babeldaob<br />

Cryp<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>stegia<br />

madagascariensis<br />

English: Madagascar rubbervine Ascelepiadaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Cynod<strong>on</strong> dactyl<strong>on</strong><br />

English: Bermuda grass, giant Bermuda grass,<br />

bahama grass, devil's grass, couch grass, Indian<br />

doab, grama, devilgrass, couchgrass, balama grass<br />

Poaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu,<br />

Tobi<br />

Cyperus compressus English: flat sedge Cyperaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />

Angaur, S<strong>on</strong>sorol<br />

Cyperus difformis<br />

English: dirty-Dora, <strong>on</strong>e-arm sedge, rice sedge,<br />

small-flower umbrella-plant, variable flat sedge<br />

Cyperaceae Malakal, Babeldaob<br />

Cyperus distans English: slender cyperus Cyperaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Cyperus involucratus<br />

English: umbrella sedge, umbrella plant, dwarf<br />

papyrus grass; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: deus<br />

Cyperaceae Koror<br />

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