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Table 7. 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> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Rock Islands<br />
Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names (abridged) Family Present <strong>on</strong>:<br />
Cleome gynandra<br />
English: African spider-flower, bastard-mustard,<br />
cat's-whiskers, spider wisp, wild spider flower<br />
Capparaceae Koror<br />
Cleome viscosa English: tickweed, spider flower Capparaceae Babeldaob<br />
C<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fea arabica English: c<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fee; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kohi Rubiaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />
C<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fea liberica English: Liberian c<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fee Rubiaceae Koror<br />
Coix lacryma-jobi<br />
English: adlay, adlay millet, Job's-tears; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />
Koror, Ngerkebesang,<br />
Poaceae<br />
demairuuch, tauiir<br />
Babeldaob, Peleliu<br />
Commelina diffusa<br />
English: commelina, dayflower, wandering Jew,<br />
spiderwort<br />
Commelinaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob<br />
C<strong>on</strong>yza b<strong>on</strong>ariensis<br />
English: flax-leaf fleabane, hairy fleabane, hairy<br />
horseweed, wavy-leaf fleabane<br />
Asteraceae Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu<br />
Corchorus aestuans Tiliaceae Babeldaob<br />
Coreopsis lanceolata<br />
English: garden coreopsis, lanceleaf tickseed,<br />
tickseed<br />
Asteraceae Koror<br />
Cosmos sp. English: cosmos Asteraceae Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur<br />
Crotalaria incana<br />
English: fuzzy rattlepod, woolly rattlepod; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />
kuroteraria<br />
Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Crotalaria pallida<br />
English: salts rattlebox, smooth crotalaria, smooth<br />
rattlebox, smooth rattlepod, streaked rattlepod, Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur<br />
striped crotalaria<br />
Del<strong>on</strong>ix regia<br />
English: flame tree, flamboyant, poinciana;<br />
Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur,<br />
Fabaceae<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: nangiosákura, nangyo<br />
Peleliu<br />
Desmodium gangeticum Fabaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />
Desmodium<br />
heterophyllum<br />
English: hetero, Spanish clover Fabaceae Babeldaob<br />
Desmodium incanum English: kaimi clover, Spanish clover Fabaceae<br />
Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur,<br />
Peleliu<br />
Desmodium triflorum<br />
English: creeping tick trefoil, three-flower<br />
beggarweed, tropical trefoil; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: olmud,<br />
olumúd, olumud<br />
Fabaceae<br />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />
Angaur<br />
English: Angle<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n grass, bluestem, Diaz bluestem,<br />
Dichanthium annulatum Hindi grass, Kleberg bluestem, marvel grass, sheda Poaceae<br />
Babeldaob<br />
grass<br />
Digitaria bicornis English: sou<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn crabgrass Poaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />
Eclipta prostrata<br />
Eleocharis dulcis<br />
Elephan<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>pus mollis<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 />
Asteraceae<br />
Cyperaceae<br />
Asteraceae<br />
Episcia cupreata English: episcia, flame violet Gesneriaceae<br />
Erechtites hieraciifolius<br />
Euphorbia cyathophora<br />
English: American burnweed, American fireweed,<br />
burnweed, fireweed, Malayan groundsel, pilewort<br />
English: dwarf poinsettia, fire-<strong>on</strong>-<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>-mountain,<br />
Mexican fire plant, painted spurge, wild poinsettia<br />
Asteraceae<br />
Euphorbiaceae<br />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />
Kayangel, Peleliu<br />
Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Babeldaob<br />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />
Babeldaob<br />
Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu,<br />
Ngercheu<br />
Euphorbia graminea English: grassleaf spurge Euphorbiaceae Ngercheu<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 />
Gomphrena globosa<br />
English: bachelor's-but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n, globe amaranth, pearly<br />
Koror, Ngerkebesang, Angaur,<br />
Amaranthaceae<br />
everlasting; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: botang<br />
Ngercheu<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 />
English: helic<strong>on</strong>ia, parrot's-flower, parrot's-plantain,<br />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
Helic<strong>on</strong>iaceae<br />
crab claw, lobster claw<br />
Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />
Heliotropium<br />
procumbens<br />
English: heliotrope, prostrate heliotrope, slender<br />
heliotrope<br />
Boraginaceae<br />
Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu<br />
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