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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 />

Sigesbeckia orientalis<br />

English: Indian weed, small yellow crown-beard,<br />

yellow crown-head<br />

Asteraceae Babeldaob<br />

Solanum americanum<br />

English: American nightshade, black nightshade,<br />

glossy nightshade<br />

Solanaceae Koror, Malakal<br />

Solanum nigrum<br />

English: black-berry night shade (Australia), black<br />

nightshade, pois<strong>on</strong>berry<br />

Solanaceae 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 />

Stachytarpheta<br />

jamaicensis<br />

Stapelia gigantea<br />

Swietenia macrophylla<br />

Synedrella nodiflora<br />

English: bastard vervain, blue porterweed, Brazilian<br />

tea, Jamaica vervain, joee, light blue snakeweed;<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: louch beluu<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 />

English: H<strong>on</strong>duras mahogany, large-leaved<br />

mahogany, mahogany<br />

English: Cinderella weed (Australia), porter bush,<br />

synedrella<br />

Verbenaceae<br />

Asclepiadaceae<br />

Meliaceae<br />

Asteraceae<br />

Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />

Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu,<br />

Aulupse‘el<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Koror, Kayangel<br />

Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />

Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu,<br />

S<strong>on</strong>sorol<br />

Syzygium jambos English: malabar plum, rose apple, Malay apple Myrtaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Syzygium malaccense<br />

English: Malay-apple, mountain-apple, Otaheiteapple,<br />

pomerac, rose-apple; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kidel<br />

Myrtaceae Koror, Tobi<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Tabebuia heterophylla English: pink tecoma, pink trumpet tree, white cedar Bign<strong>on</strong>iaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />

Kayangel<br />

Tabebuia pallida<br />

English: Cuban pink trumpet tree, white cedar,<br />

whitewood<br />

Bign<strong>on</strong>iaceae Koror<br />

Tagetes erecta<br />

English: African marigold, Aztec marigold, big<br />

marigold, French marigold, marigold, saffr<strong>on</strong> Asteraceae Koror<br />

marigold<br />

Tridax procumbens English: coat but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ns, tridax daisy Asteraceae Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu<br />

Uraria lagopodioides Fabaceae Babeldaob<br />

Zornia gibbosa Fabaceae Babeldaob<br />

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