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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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