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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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