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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 />

Passiflora foetida<br />

Passiflora suberosa<br />

English: love-in-a-mist, wild passi<strong>on</strong> fruit,<br />

passi<strong>on</strong>flower, stinking passi<strong>on</strong>flower; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />

kudam<strong>on</strong>o<br />

English: wild passi<strong>on</strong>fruit, devil's pumpkin, indigo<br />

berry, corky passi<strong>on</strong>flower, corkstem passi<strong>on</strong>flower<br />

English: missi<strong>on</strong> grass, fea<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ry pennisetum;<br />

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

English: elephant grass, napier grass, merker grass;<br />

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

Passifloraceae<br />

Passifloraceae<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu,<br />

Ngercheu<br />

Koror, Malikal<br />

Pennisetum<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Poaceae<br />

polystachi<strong>on</strong><br />

Babeldaob, Peleliu<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Pennisetum purpureum Poaceae<br />

Babeldaob, Peleliu<br />

Pennisetum setaceum English: fountain grass Poaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />

English: Barbados gooseberry, leafy cactus, lem<strong>on</strong><br />

Pereskia aculeata vine, pereskia creeper, primitive cactus, Spanish Cactaceae Ngercheu<br />

gooseberry<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 />

Pseuderan<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>mum<br />

carru<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rsii<br />

English: false eran<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>mum<br />

Acanthaceae<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

Babeldaob, Kayangel, Peleliu,<br />

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

Psidium cattleianum<br />

English: strawberry guava, cherry guava, Cattley<br />

guava, Chinese guava<br />

Myrtaceae Koror<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, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel,<br />

Peleliu<br />

Sambucus mexicana English: elderberry, Mexican elder Caprifoliaceae Koror<br />

Sanchezia<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

English: sanchezia<br />

Acanthaceae<br />

parvibracteata<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Sansevieria trifasciata<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

English: bowstring hemp, mo<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r-in-law’s <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ngue;<br />

Agavaceae Babeldaob, Peleliu, Ngercheu,<br />

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

Tobi<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 />

Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />

Fabaceae<br />

kurriu<br />

Angaur<br />

Senna siamea<br />

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

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

Fabaceae<br />

pheasantwood, Thailand shower<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Senna surattensis English: scrambled eggs Fabaceae Babeldaob<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, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Poaceae<br />

milletgrass<br />

Babeldaob<br />

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

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

Spathodea campanulata Bign<strong>on</strong>iaceae<br />

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

Babeldaob<br />

Sphagneticola trilobata<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

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

Asteraceae Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu,<br />

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

Tobi<br />

Striga asiatica English: witchweed Scrophulariaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Stylosan<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>s<br />

guianensis<br />

English: stylo, Brazilian lucerne, tropical lucerne,<br />

Nigerian stylo<br />

Fabaceae<br />

Babeldaob<br />

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