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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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