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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 />

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 />

Sporobolus diander English: Indian dropseed, tussock dropseed Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g<br />

Stachytarpheta<br />

cayennensis<br />

English: blue rat's tail, dark-blue snakeweed, false<br />

verbena, nettleleaf velvetberry; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: louch<br />

beluu<br />

Verbenaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu,<br />

Ngidech, Urukthapel<br />

Stenotaphrum<br />

secundatum<br />

English: buffalo grass, St. Augustine grass Poaceae Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g<br />

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

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

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

guianensis<br />

Nigerian stylo<br />

Fabaceae Babeldaob<br />

Syng<strong>on</strong>ium angustatum English: arrowhead plant, goosefoot plant Araceae<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu<br />

Syzygium cumini<br />

English: Java plum; jambolan plum; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />

mesegerak, mesekerrák, mesekerrak, mesigerak Myrtaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Aulupse‘el,<br />

Ngerukuid<br />

Tephrosia candida English: white tephrosia, white hoary-pea Fabaceae Babeldaob<br />

Thevetia peruviana English: yellow oleander, be-still tree, lucky nut Apocynaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Babeldaob, Kayangel, Peleliu<br />

Thunbergia grandiflora<br />

English: Bengal trumpet, blue trumpet vine, clock<br />

vine, skyvine, large-flowerd thunbergia; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />

bung el etiu<br />

Acanthaceae<br />

Tim<strong>on</strong>ius tim<strong>on</strong> English: liberal (<str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>) Rubiaceae<br />

Tith<strong>on</strong>ia diversifolia<br />

Tradescantia zebrina<br />

English: tree marigold, shrub sunflower, Mexican<br />

sunflower, Japanese sunflower<br />

English: wandering zebrina, wandering jew,<br />

inchplant<br />

Asteraceae<br />

Commelinaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />

Kayangel<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />

Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu,<br />

Ngercheu, Bkul a Chesemiich,<br />

Ngchelobel, Ngeanges,<br />

Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g<br />

Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel,<br />

Peleliu, Ngercheu<br />

Triumfetta rhomboidea English: Chinese burr, paroquet burr, burr bush Tiliaceae Babeldaob<br />

Turnera subulata English: white alder Turneraceae<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Turnera ulmifolia<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

English: yellow alder, sage rose, West Indian holly,<br />

Turneraceae Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel,<br />

ramgoat dashal<strong>on</strong>g<br />

Peleliu, Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g<br />

Urochloa mutica<br />

English: California grass, para grass, buffalo grass,<br />

Poaceae<br />

Mauritius grass, signal grass<br />

Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob<br />

Urochloa reptans English: creeping panic grass, running grass Poaceae Angaur<br />

Vitex parviflora English: small-leaved vitex, smallflower chastetree Verbenaceae Malakal<br />

Xenostegia tridentata English: African morningvine; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kebeas C<strong>on</strong>volvulaceae Babeldaob<br />

Youngia jap<strong>on</strong>ica English: oriental hawksbeard Asteraceae Koror<br />

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