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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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