Report to the Republic of Palau: 2008 update on Invasive Plant ...

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Table 9. Species ong>ofong> environmental concern present elsewhere in ong>Palauong> but not in Haong>toong>hobei State Scientific Name Common Names (abridged) Family Present on: Murraya paniculata English: orange jessamine, satin-wood, Chinese Koror, Ngerkebesand, Rutaceae box, Hawaiian mock orange Babeldaob Nymphaea spp. English: water lily Nymphaeaceae Koror, Babeldaob Panicum maximum English: Guinea grass, green panic, buffalograss Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob Panicum repens English: ong>toong>rpedo grass, couch panicum, creeping panic Poaceae Koror Paspalum paniculatum English: Russell river grass, galmarra grass Poaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur English: rice grass; creeping paspalum, ditch millet, Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Paspalum Indian paspalum, kodo millet, water couch; Poaceae Babeldaob, Peleliu, Ngercheu, scrobiculatum ong>Palauong>an: desum Ngeanges, Ngeremdiu Passiflora foetida Passiflora suberosa English: love-in-a-mist, wild passion fruit, passionflower, stinking passionflower; ong>Palauong>an: kudamono English: wild passionfruit, devil's pumpkin, indigo berry, corky passionflower, corkstem passionflower English: mission grass, feaong>theong>ry pennisetum; ong>Palauong>an: desum English: elephant grass, napier grass, merker grass; ong>Palauong>an: bokso Passifloraceae Passifloraceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu Koror, Malikal Pennisetum Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Poaceae polystachion Babeldaob, Peleliu Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Pennisetum purpureum Poaceae Babeldaob, Peleliu Pennisetum setaceum English: fountain grass Poaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob English: Barbados gooseberry, leafy cactus, lemon Pereskia aculeata vine, pereskia creeper, primitive cactus, Spanish Cactaceae Ngercheu gooseberry Pilea microphylla English: artillery plant, gunpowder plant, pisong>toong>l plant, rockweed Urticaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngercheu, Ngerchong, Urukthapel, Sonsorol Pistia stratiotes English: water lettuce, tropical duckweed Araceae Babeldaob Piong>theong>cellobium dulce English: Madras thorn, Manila tamarind, sweet inga; ong>Palauong>an: kamatsíri, kamatsiri Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob Pluchea carolinensis English: sour bush Asteraceae Peleliu Psidium cattleianum English: strawberry guava, cherry guava, Cattley guava, Chinese guava Myrtaceae Koror Psidium guajava English: guava; ong>Palauong>an: guabang, kuabang Myrtaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Bkul a Chesemiich, Ngerchong, Sonsorol Quisqualis indica English: Rangoon creeper Combretaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob Ricinus communis English: casong>toong>r bean, casong>toong>r-oil plant; ong>Palauong>an: gelug, uluchula skoki Euphorbiaceae Angaur, Angaur, Peleliu Samanea saman English: monkeypod, rain tree, saman Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu Sambucus mexicana English: elderberry, Mexican elder Caprifoliaceae Koror Sanchezia Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, English: sanchezia Acanthaceae parvibracteata Babeldaob Schefflera arboricola English: dwarf brassia, dwarf schefflera, Hawaiian elf schefflera Araliaceae Koror Senna alata English: candle bush; candelabra bush, Roman candle tree, emperor's candlesticks, alcapulco; ong>Palauong>an: kerula besokel, yult Fabaceae Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu Senna obtusifolia English: habucha, cong>ofong>feeweed, sicklepod Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Peleliu Senna occidentalis English: antbush, cong>ofong>fee senna; ong>Palauong>an: korriu, Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Fabaceae kurriu Angaur Senna siamea English: cassod tree, kassod tree, Siamese cassia, Koror, Ngerkebesand, Fabaceae pheasantwood, Thailand shower Babeldaob Senna surattensis English: scrambled eggs Fabaceae Babeldaob 178

Table 9. Species ong>ofong> environmental concern present elsewhere in ong>Palauong> but not in Haong>toong>hobei State Scientific Name Common Names (abridged) Family Present on: Sesbania grandiflora English: sesbania, hummingbird tree, sesban, scarlet wisteria tree, corkwood tree; ong>Palauong>an: katurai Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Ngerchong Setaria sphacelata English: African bristle grass, golden timothy Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob Solanum ong>toong>rvum English: prickly solanum, devil's fig, turkeyberry, terongan Solanaceae Babeldaob Sorghum bicolor English: Sudan grass Poaceae Malakal Sorghum halepense English: Johnson grass, Aleppo grass, Aleppo Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Poaceae milletgrass Babeldaob English: African tulip tree, fireball, fountain tree; Koror, Ngerkebesand, Spathodea campanulata Bignoniaceae ong>Palauong>an: orsachel kui Babeldaob Sporobolus diander English: Indian dropseed, tussock dropseed Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Ngerchong English: blue rat's tail, dark-blue snakeweed, false Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Stachytarpheta verbena, nettleleaf velvetberry; ong>Palauong>an: louch Verbenaceae Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, cayennensis beluu Ngidech, Urukthapel Stenotaphrum secundatum English: buffalo grass, St. Augustine grass Poaceae Ngerchong Striga asiatica English: witchweed Scrophulariaceae Koror, Babeldaob Stylosanong>theong>s guianensis English: stylo, Brazilian lucerne, tropical lucerne, Nigerian stylo Fabaceae Babeldaob Syngonium angustatum English: arrowhead plant, goosefoot plant Araceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu Syzygium cumini English: Java plum; jambolan plum; ong>Palauong>an: mesegerak, mesekerrák, mesekerrak, mesigerak Myrtaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Aulupse‘el, Ngerukuid Tephrosia candida English: white tephrosia, white hoary-pea Fabaceae Babeldaob Thevetia peruviana English: yellow oleander, be-still tree, lucky nut Apocynaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Kayangel, Peleliu Thunbergia grandiflora English: Bengal trumpet, blue trumpet vine, clock Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, vine, skyvine, large-flowerd thunbergia; ong>Palauong>an: Acanthaceae Kayangel bung el etiu Timonius timon English: liberal (ong>Palauong>) Rubiaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngercheum, Bkul a Chesemiich, Ngchelobel, Ngeanges, Ngerchong Tithonia diversifolia English: tree marigold, shrub sunflower, Mexican sunflower, Japanese sunflower Asteraceae Koror, Babeldaob Tradescantia spathacea Tradescantia zebrina English: oyster plant, boat plant, boat lily, moses in a boat; ong>Palauong>an: kobesos English: wandering zebrina, wandering jew, inchplant Commelinaceae Commelinaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngercheu, Sonsorol Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngercheu Triumfetta rhomboidea English: Chinese burr, paroquet burr, burr bush Tiliaceae Babeldaob Turnera subulata English: white alder Turneraceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob Turnera ulmifolia Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, English: yellow alder, sage rose, West Indian holly, Turneraceae Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, ramgoat dashalong Peleliu, Ngerchong Urochloa mutica English: California grass, para grass, buffalo grass, Poaceae Mauritius grass, signal grass Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob Urochloa reptans English: creeping panic grass, running grass Poaceae Angaur English: brachiaria, green summer grass, tropical Urochloa subquadripara signalgrass, cori grass Poaceae Malakal, Sonsorol Vitex parviflora English: small-leaved vitex, smallflower chastetree Verbenaceae Malakal Xanthosoma English: new cocoyam, tania, yautia; ong>Palauong>an: sagittifolium bisech ra ruk, eball Araceae Koror, Peleliu, Sonsorol Xenostegia tridentata English: African morningvine; ong>Palauong>an: kebeas Convolvulaceae Babeldaob Youngia japonica English: oriental hawksbeard Asteraceae Koror 179

Table 9. 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 />

Ha<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>hobei State<br />

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

Murraya paniculata<br />

English: orange jessamine, satin-wood, Chinese<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />

Rutaceae<br />

box, Hawaiian mock orange<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Nymphaea spp. English: water lily Nymphaeaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Panicum maximum English: Guinea grass, green panic, buffalograss Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Panicum repens<br />

English: <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rpedo grass, couch panicum, creeping<br />

panic<br />

Poaceae<br />

Koror<br />

Paspalum paniculatum English: Russell river grass, galmarra grass Poaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Babeldaob, Angaur<br />

English: rice grass; creeping paspalum, ditch millet,<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Paspalum<br />

Indian paspalum, kodo millet, water couch; Poaceae<br />

Babeldaob, Peleliu, Ngercheu,<br />

scrobiculatum<br />

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

Ngeanges, Ngeremdiu<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 />

Pilea microphylla<br />

English: artillery plant, gunpowder plant, pis<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>l plant,<br />

rockweed<br />

Urticaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel,<br />

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

Urukthapel, S<strong>on</strong>sorol<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 />

Psidium cattleianum<br />

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

guava, Chinese guava<br />

Myrtaceae Koror<br />

Psidium guajava English: guava; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: guabang, kuabang Myrtaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu,<br />

Bkul a Chesemiich, Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g,<br />

S<strong>on</strong>sorol<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, 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 />

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 />

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