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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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