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Table 3. 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> Angaur<br />
Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names (abridged) Family Present <strong>on</strong>:<br />
Moringa oleifera<br />
English: horseradish tree, drumstick tree, ben nut,<br />
Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />
Moringaceae<br />
morango; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: malungkai<br />
Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngercheu<br />
Nerium oleander English: mountain rose, oleander Apocynaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Nicotiana tabacum<br />
English: <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>bacco; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: dekool, dekoul, derool,<br />
Solanaceae<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>baco<br />
Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob<br />
Ochroma pyramidale English: balsa, corkwood, down tree Bombacaceae Babeldaob<br />
Orthosiph<strong>on</strong> aristatus English: cat’s whiskers; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: emadecharebub Lamiaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Oxalis barrelieri<br />
Oxalidaceae<br />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />
English: passi<strong>on</strong> fruit, yellow passi<strong>on</strong> fruit, purple<br />
Passiflora edulis passi<strong>on</strong> fruit, qarandila, purple granadilla; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />
kudam<strong>on</strong>o<br />
Passifloraceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Passiflora<br />
quadrangularis<br />
English: granadilla, giant granadilla; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />
kudam<strong>on</strong>o<br />
Passifloraceae<br />
Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Persea americana English: avocado, alliga<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>r pear; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: bata Lauraceae<br />
Koror, Ngerkebesang,<br />
Babeldaob<br />
Phaseolus lunatus<br />
English: lima bean, butter bean, Burma bean,<br />
haricot bean, Madagascar bean, sieva bean, sugar Fabaceae Babeldaob<br />
bean<br />
Phyllanthus debilis Euphorbiaceae Koror, Malakal<br />
Physalis minima English: sunberry Solanaceae Babeldaob, Peleliu<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 />
Piriqueta racemosa English: ridgid stripeseed Turneraceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Pityrogramma<br />
calomelanos<br />
Plectranthus<br />
amboinicus<br />
Pteris vittata<br />
English: Dixie silverback fern, gold fern (var.<br />
austroamericana), gold-dust fern (var.<br />
austroamericana), silver fern<br />
English: Mexican mint, Spanish thyme, Cuban<br />
oregano<br />
English: Chinese brake, Chinese ladder brake,<br />
ladder brake<br />
Pteridaceae<br />
Lamiaceae<br />
Pteridaceae<br />
Babeldaob<br />
Koror<br />
Babeldaob, Peleliu<br />
Pueraria phaseoloides English: tropical kudzu, puero Fabaceae Babeldaob<br />
Ravenala<br />
madagascariensis<br />
English: traveler’s palm, traveler’s tree, ravenale Strelitziaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Ruellia tuberosa English: large bell-flower (Samoa) Acanthaceae Babeldaob<br />
Russelia equisetiformis English: coralplant, fountainplant<br />
Scrophulariaceae<br />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />
Scoparia dulcis English: scoparia, sweet broom Scrophulariaceae Babeldaob, Peleliu<br />
Sesbania cannabina English: canicha, dhaincha, dhunchi, sesbania pea Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob<br />
Setaria parviflora<br />
Sigesbeckia orientalis<br />
Solanum americanum<br />
Solanum nigrum<br />
English: knotroot bristle grass, knotroot foxtail,<br />
perennial foxtail, slender pige<strong>on</strong> grass, yellow foxtail Poaceae<br />
English: Indian weed, small yellow crown-beard,<br />
yellow crown-head<br />
Asteraceae<br />
English: American nightshade, black nightshade,<br />
glossy nightshade<br />
Solanaceae<br />
English: black-berry night shade (Australia), black<br />
nightshade, pois<strong>on</strong>berry<br />
Solanaceae<br />
Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Babeldaob<br />
Koror, Malakal<br />
Malakal<br />
Solenostem<strong>on</strong><br />
scutellarioides<br />
English: coleus Lamiaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Kayangel<br />
Spermacoce exilis English: Mauritius false but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>nweed Rubiaceae Babeldaob<br />
Spermacoce latifolia English: but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>nweed, oval leaf false but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>nweed Rubiaceae<br />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />
Spermacoce ocymoides English: purple-leaved but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n weed Rubiaceae Babeldaob<br />
Stapelia gigantea<br />
English: carri<strong>on</strong> flower, starfish flower, zulu-giant,<br />
giant <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ad plant<br />
Asclepiadaceae Babeldaob<br />
Swietenia macrophylla<br />
English: H<strong>on</strong>duras mahogany, large-leaved<br />
mahogany, mahogany<br />
Meliaceae Koror, Kayangel<br />
Syzygium jambos English: malabar plum, rose apple, Malay apple Myrtaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />
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