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Table 2. O<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r species present elsewhere in <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g> but not <strong>on</strong> Babeldaob<br />
Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names (abridged) Family Present <strong>on</strong>:<br />
Ammannia baccifera English: amania, m<strong>on</strong>arch redstem Lythraceae Peleliu<br />
Ann<strong>on</strong>a squamosa<br />
English: custard apple, sugar apple, sweetsop;<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: ngel ra ngebard<br />
Ann<strong>on</strong>aceae Koror<br />
Basella alba<br />
English: Ceyl<strong>on</strong> spinach, Indian spinach, Malabar<br />
nightshade, Malabar spinach, vine spinach<br />
Basellaceae Ngeanges<br />
Beg<strong>on</strong>ia ×<br />
English: bedding beg<strong>on</strong>ia, perpetual beg<strong>on</strong>ia, wax<br />
semperflorens-cul<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rum beg<strong>on</strong>ia<br />
Beg<strong>on</strong>iaceae Koror<br />
Bidens pilosa<br />
English: beggar’s tick, Spanish needle, cobbler's<br />
pegs<br />
Asteraceae Peleliu<br />
Cala<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>a majestica Marantaceae Koror<br />
Calliandra<br />
haema<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>cephala<br />
English: red powder puff Fabaceae Koror<br />
Calliandra surinamensis English: Surinamese stickpea Fabaceae Koror<br />
Callisia fragrans English: fragrant inch plant, basketplant, spir<strong>on</strong>ema Commelinaceae Ngercheu<br />
Citrus aurantiifolia<br />
English: Key lime, lime, Mexican lime, sour lime,<br />
West Indian lime; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: malchianged<br />
Rutaceae Koror, Peleliu<br />
Cleome gynandra<br />
English: African spider-flower, bastard-mustard,<br />
cat's-whiskers, spider wisp, wild spider flower<br />
Capparaceae Koror<br />
C<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fea liberica English: Liberian c<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fee Rubiaceae Koror<br />
Coreopsis lanceolata<br />
English: garden coreopsis, lanceleaf tickseed,<br />
tickseed<br />
Asteraceae Koror<br />
Euphorbia graminea English: grassleaf spurge Euphorbiaceae<br />
Euphorbia pulcherrima<br />
English: Christmas flower, Mexican flameleaf,<br />
painted leaf, poinsettia; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: becheselrak<br />
Euphorbiaceae Koror<br />
Ficus elastica<br />
English: India rubber tree, rubber plant; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />
komunokí, komunoki<br />
Moraceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang<br />
Gomphrena globosa<br />
English: bachelor's-but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n, globe amaranth, pearly<br />
Koror, Ngerkebesang, Angaur,<br />
Amaranthaceae<br />
everlasting; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: botang<br />
Ngercheu<br />
Ixora coccinea<br />
English: flame <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> forest, jungle geranium, red<br />
ixora<br />
Rubiaceae Koror<br />
Jacaranda mimosifolia English: jacaranda Bign<strong>on</strong>iaceae Koror<br />
Jasminum sambac English: Arabian jasmine Oleaceae Koror<br />
Lepidium virginicum<br />
English: peppergrass, Virginia peppercress, Virginia<br />
Brassicaceae<br />
pepperweed, wild peppercress<br />
Angaur, Peleliu, Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g<br />
Malvaviscus<br />
penduliflorus<br />
English: Turk's cap Malvaceae Kayangel<br />
Merremia umbellata English: yellow wood rose C<strong>on</strong>volvulaceae Koror<br />
Opuntia sp. English: drooping tree pear, prickly pear Cactaceae<br />
Koror, Ngerkebesang, Angaur,<br />
Peleliu, Ngercheu, Tobi<br />
Phyla nodiflora English: fogfruit, lippia, phyla Verbenaceae Angaur, Peleliu<br />
Phyllanthus debilis Euphorbiaceae Koror, Malakal<br />
Physalis peruviana<br />
English: Cape gooseberry, goldenberry, gooseberry<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ma<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>,<br />
Peruvian ground-cherry, Peruvian-cherry<br />
Solanaceae Koror<br />
Pilea nummulariifolia English: creeping Charlie Urticaceae Koror<br />
Plectranthus<br />
English: Mexican mint, Spanish thyme, Cuban<br />
amboinicus<br />
oregano<br />
Lamiaceae Koror<br />
Pluchea indica<br />
English: Indian fleabane, Indian pluchea, Indian<br />
camphorweed<br />
Asteraceae Angaur, Peleliu<br />
Polypremum<br />
procumbens<br />
English: juniper leaf Loganiaceae Angaur<br />
Sida spinosa English: prickly sida, spiny sida Malvaceae Angaur<br />
Solanum americanum<br />
English: American nightshade, black nightshade,<br />
glossy nightshade<br />
Solanaceae Koror, Malakal<br />
Solanum nigrum<br />
English: black-berry night shade (Australia), black<br />
nightshade, pois<strong>on</strong>berry<br />
Solanaceae Malakal<br />
Swietenia macrophylla<br />
English: H<strong>on</strong>duras mahogany, large-leaved<br />
mahogany, mahogany<br />
Meliaceae Koror, Kayangel<br />
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