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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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