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Table 5. 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> Peleliu<br />
Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names (abridged) Family Present <strong>on</strong>:<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 />
Leucas lavandulifolia Lamiaceae Babeldaob<br />
Malva parviflora<br />
English: cheeseweed, Egyptian mallow, little<br />
mallow, small-flower mallow<br />
Malvaceae Babeldaob<br />
Malvaviscus<br />
penduliflorus<br />
English: Turk's cap Malvaceae Kayangel<br />
Melampodium<br />
divaricatum<br />
English: blackfoot, golden but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n Asteraceae Babeldaob<br />
Merremia umbellata English: yellow wood rose C<strong>on</strong>volvulaceae Koror<br />
Mirabilis jalapa<br />
English: beauty <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> night, false jalap, four o'clock,<br />
Koror, Babeldaob, Kayangel,<br />
Nyctaginaceae<br />
marvel <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Peru<br />
S<strong>on</strong>sorol<br />
Mitracarpus hirtus English: tropical girdlepod Rubiaceae<br />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<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 />
Pangium edule English: football fruit, raual; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: ariaml, riamel Flacourtiaceae<br />
Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur,<br />
S<strong>on</strong>sorol<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 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 />
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 />
Pteridaceae<br />
Babeldaob<br />
Plectranthus<br />
amboinicus<br />
Lamiaceae Koror<br />
Polypremum<br />
procumbens<br />
English: juniper leaf Loganiaceae Angaur<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 />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
Russelia equisetiformis English: coralplant, fountainplant<br />
Scrophulariaceae<br />
Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />
Sesbania cannabina English: canicha, dhaincha, dhunchi, sesbania pea Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob<br />
Setaria parviflora<br />
Sida acuta<br />
English: knotroot bristle grass, knotroot foxtail,<br />
perennial foxtail, slender pige<strong>on</strong> grass, yellow foxtail Poaceae<br />
English: broom weed, Paddy’s lucerne, sou<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn<br />
Malvaceae<br />
sida, spiny-head sida, spiny sida; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: keak<br />
Sida spinosa English: prickly sida, spiny sida Malvaceae Angaur<br />
Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Babeldaob, Angaur<br />
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