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 Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names (abridged) Family Present <strong>on</strong>: Ammannia baccifera English: amania, m<strong>on</strong>arch redstem Lythraceae Peleliu Ann<strong>on</strong>a squamosa English: custard apple, sugar apple, sweetsop; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: ngel ra ngebard Ann<strong>on</strong>aceae Koror Basella alba English: Ceyl<strong>on</strong> spinach, Indian spinach, Malabar nightshade, Malabar spinach, vine spinach Basellaceae Ngeanges Beg<strong>on</strong>ia × English: bedding beg<strong>on</strong>ia, perpetual beg<strong>on</strong>ia, wax semperflorens-cul<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rum beg<strong>on</strong>ia Beg<strong>on</strong>iaceae Koror Bidens pilosa English: beggar’s tick, Spanish needle, cobbler's pegs Asteraceae Peleliu Cala<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>a majestica Marantaceae Koror Calliandra haema<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>cephala English: red powder puff Fabaceae Koror Calliandra surinamensis English: Surinamese stickpea Fabaceae Koror Callisia fragrans English: fragrant inch plant, basketplant, spir<strong>on</strong>ema Commelinaceae Ngercheu Citrus aurantiifolia English: Key lime, lime, Mexican lime, sour lime, West Indian lime; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: malchianged Rutaceae Koror, Peleliu Cleome gynandra English: African spider-flower, bastard-mustard, cat's-whiskers, spider wisp, wild spider flower Capparaceae Koror 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 Coreopsis lanceolata English: garden coreopsis, lanceleaf tickseed, tickseed Asteraceae Koror Euphorbia graminea English: grassleaf spurge Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia pulcherrima English: Christmas flower, Mexican flameleaf, painted leaf, poinsettia; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: becheselrak Euphorbiaceae Koror Ficus elastica English: India rubber tree, rubber plant; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: komunokí, komunoki Moraceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang Gomphrena globosa English: bachelor's-but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n, globe amaranth, pearly Koror, Ngerkebesang, Angaur, Amaranthaceae everlasting; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: botang Ngercheu Ixora coccinea 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 ixora Rubiaceae Koror Jacaranda mimosifolia English: jacaranda Bign<strong>on</strong>iaceae Koror Jasminum sambac English: Arabian jasmine Oleaceae Koror Lepidium virginicum English: peppergrass, Virginia peppercress, Virginia Brassicaceae pepperweed, wild peppercress Angaur, Peleliu, Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g Malvaviscus penduliflorus English: Turk's cap Malvaceae Kayangel Merremia umbellata English: yellow wood rose C<strong>on</strong>volvulaceae Koror Opuntia sp. English: drooping tree pear, prickly pear Cactaceae Koror, Ngerkebesang, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu, Tobi Phyla nodiflora English: fogfruit, lippia, phyla Verbenaceae Angaur, Peleliu Phyllanthus debilis Euphorbiaceae Koror, Malakal Physalis peruviana 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>, Peruvian ground-cherry, Peruvian-cherry Solanaceae Koror Pilea nummulariifolia English: creeping Charlie Urticaceae Koror Plectranthus English: Mexican mint, Spanish thyme, Cuban amboinicus oregano Lamiaceae Koror Pluchea indica English: Indian fleabane, Indian pluchea, Indian camphorweed Asteraceae Angaur, Peleliu Polypremum procumbens English: juniper leaf Loganiaceae Angaur Sida spinosa English: prickly sida, spiny sida Malvaceae Angaur Solanum americanum English: American nightshade, black nightshade, glossy nightshade Solanaceae Koror, Malakal Solanum nigrum English: black-berry night shade (Australia), black nightshade, pois<strong>on</strong>berry Solanaceae Malakal Swietenia macrophylla English: H<strong>on</strong>duras mahogany, large-leaved mahogany, mahogany Meliaceae Koror, Kayangel 182
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 Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names (abridged) Family Present <strong>on</strong>: Syzygium malaccense Tabebuia pallida Tagetes erecta English: Malay-apple, mountain-apple, Otaheiteapple, pomerac, rose-apple; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kidel English: Cuban pink trumpet tree, white cedar, whitewood English: African marigold, Aztec marigold, big marigold, French marigold, marigold, saffr<strong>on</strong> marigold Myrtaceae Bign<strong>on</strong>iaceae Asteraceae Koror, Tobi Koror Koror 183