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Table 8. 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 in<br />

S<strong>on</strong>sorol State<br />

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

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

Cyperus difformis<br />

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

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

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

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

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

Poaceae<br />

Cyperaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu,<br />

Tobi<br />

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 />

Cyperus rotundus<br />

Datura metel<br />

English: nut grass, nutsedge, purple nutsedge,<br />

cocograss; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an tamanengi<br />

English: datura, downy thorn-apple, Hindu datura,<br />

hoary thorn-apple, jims<strong>on</strong>-weed<br />

Cyperaceae<br />

Solanaceae<br />

Dentella repens English: dentella Rubiaceae<br />

Derris elliptica English: derris; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: deris, dub Fabaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu,<br />

Ngercheu<br />

Malakal, Babeldaob, Angaur,<br />

Peleliu, Ngercheu<br />

Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />

Angaur, Peleliu<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Desmanthus<br />

pernambucanus<br />

English: pige<strong>on</strong> bundleflower<br />

Fabaceae<br />

Desmanthus virgatus English: slender mimosa, virgate mimosa Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob<br />

Desmodium <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rtuosum<br />

English: Florida beggarweed, Spanish clover, dixie<br />

ticktrefoil<br />

Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Dieffenbachia seguine English: dieffenbachia, dumb cane Araceae<br />

Babeldaob, Peleliu<br />

English: smooth crabgrass, violet crabgrass;<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

Digitaria violascens<br />

Poaceae<br />

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

Babeldaob<br />

Dissotis rotundifolia English: dissotis, Spanish shawl, pink lady Melas<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>mataceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Echinochloa col<strong>on</strong>a<br />

English: awnless barnyard grass (Australia), corn<br />

panic grass, Deccan grass, jungle ricegrass, jungle<br />

rice, millet-rice, shama millet; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: uaum<br />

Poaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />

Angaur, Aulupse‘el<br />

Echinochloa crus-galli English: barnyard grass, cockspur grass Poaceae Babeldaob<br />

Eichhornia crassipes English: water hyacinth; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: bung el ralm P<strong>on</strong>tederiaceae<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Elaeis guineensis English: African oil palm Arecaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Epipremnum pinnatum<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

English: pothos, m<strong>on</strong>ey plant<br />

Araceae<br />

cv. 'Aureum'<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Episcia reptans<br />

Gesneriaceae<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Eragrostis atrovirens<br />

English: thalia love grass, wiry lovegrass; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />

ouemoket<br />

Poaceae<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Eragrostis ciliaris<br />

English: gophertail grass, gophertail lovegrass,<br />

lovegrass, woolly love grass; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: ouemoket<br />

Poaceae<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Eragrostis pilosa<br />

English: hairy love grass, Indian love grass, s<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>t<br />

lovegrass<br />

Poaceae<br />

Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Eriger<strong>on</strong> bellioides English: bellorita, fleabane daisy Asteraceae<br />

Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur,<br />

Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngercheu,<br />

Ngemelis<br />

Eugenia uniflora English: Surinam cherry, red Brazil cherry Myrtaceae Koror<br />

Eustachys petraea English: pinewoods fingergrass Poaceae Angaur<br />

Falcataria moluccana<br />

English: Molucca albizia; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: ukall ra<br />

ngebard<br />

Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Ficus benjamina<br />

English: weeping fig, baka, Java fig, weeping fig,<br />

Benjamin tree<br />

Moraceae Malakal, Babeldaob, Ngercheu<br />

Flemingia macrophylla<br />

Fabaceae<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Flemingia strobilifera<br />

English: luck plant, wild hops; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />

besungelaiei, pesungel a iei<br />

Fabaceae<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

Babeldaob, Angaur<br />

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