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Table 6. 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> Ngercheu<br />

Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names (abridged) Family Present <strong>on</strong>:<br />

Digitaria bicornis English: sou<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn crabgrass Poaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesang,<br />

English: aerial yam, air-pota<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>, bitter yam, pota<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

Dioscorea bulbifera<br />

Dioscoreaceae Babeldaob, Angaur,<br />

yam; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: belloi<br />

Aulupse‘el, S<strong>on</strong>sorol<br />

Eclipta prostrata<br />

Eleocharis dulcis<br />

Elephan<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>pus mollis<br />

Emilia s<strong>on</strong>chifolia<br />

English: eclipta, false daisy, swamp daisy, white<br />

eclipta; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: deberebelela tengadidik<br />

English: Chinese water-chestnut, ground-chestnut,<br />

waternut; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kerdikes<br />

English: elephan<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>pus, elephant’s foot, false<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>bacco, <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>bacco weed<br />

English: Cupid's shaving-brush, emilia, Flora's paint<br />

brush, purple sow thistle, sow thistle<br />

Asteraceae<br />

Cyperaceae<br />

Asteraceae<br />

Asteraceae<br />

Episcia cupreata English: episcia, flame violet Gesneriaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />

Kayangel, Peleliu<br />

Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />

Angaur, Aulupse‘el<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />

English: American burnweed, American fireweed,<br />

Erechtites hieraciifolius<br />

burnweed, fireweed, Malayan groundsel, pilewort<br />

Asteraceae Babeldaob<br />

Euphorbia pulcherrima<br />

English: Christmas flower, Mexican flameleaf,<br />

painted leaf, poinsettia; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: becheselrak<br />

Euphorbiaceae Koror<br />

Ficus elastica<br />

English: India rubber tree, rubber plant; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />

komunokí, komunoki<br />

Moraceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang<br />

Gossypium barbadense English: cot<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n, sea island cot<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n Malvaceae Babeldaob<br />

Helic<strong>on</strong>ia spp.<br />

Heliotropium<br />

procumbens<br />

Hippobroma l<strong>on</strong>giflora<br />

Impatiens balsamina<br />

English: helic<strong>on</strong>ia, parrot's-flower, parrot's-plantain,<br />

crab claw, lobster claw<br />

English: heliotrope, prostrate heliotrope, slender<br />

heliotrope<br />

English: star <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Bethlehem, fetia, madamfate;<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: udel ra badrei<br />

Helic<strong>on</strong>iaceae<br />

Boraginaceae<br />

Campanulaceae<br />

English: impatiens, balsam, garden balsam, rose<br />

balsam, spotted snapweed, <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>uch-me-not; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: Balsaminaceae<br />

hosengka<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />

Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />

Bkul a Chesemiich,<br />

Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g, S<strong>on</strong>sorol<br />

Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Impatiens walleriana<br />

English: garden impatiens, balsam, busy lizzy,<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Balsaminaceae<br />

bizzy-lizzie, patient lucy; sultan’s flower<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Ipomoea batatas English: sweet pota<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: emutii C<strong>on</strong>volvulaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur<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 />

Lepidium virginicum<br />

English: peppergrass, Virginia peppercress, Virginia<br />

Brassicaceae<br />

pepperweed, wild peppercress<br />

Angaur, Peleliu, Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g<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 />

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