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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 />

Impatiens balsamina<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, 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 />

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 />

Momordica charantia<br />

Moringa oleifera<br />

English: balsam-apple, bitter-mel<strong>on</strong>, bitter gourd,<br />

balsam pear, squirting cucumber, cerasee, peria;<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: markoso<br />

English: horseradish tree, drumstick tree, ben nut,<br />

morango; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: malungkai<br />

Cucurbitaceae<br />

Moringaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />

Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu<br />

Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />

Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngercheu<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 />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Oldenlandia corymbosa English: Old World diam<strong>on</strong>dflower<br />

Rubiaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />

Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu<br />

Opuntia sp. English: drooping tree pear, prickly pear Cactaceae<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesang, Angaur,<br />

Peleliu, Ngercheu, Tobi<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 />

Passiflora edulis<br />

Passiflora<br />

quadrangularis<br />

Peperomia pellucida<br />

English: passi<strong>on</strong> fruit, yellow passi<strong>on</strong> fruit, purple<br />

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 />

English: granadilla, giant granadilla; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />

kudam<strong>on</strong>o<br />

English: peperomia, pepper elder, rat's ear, shiny<br />

bush, silverbush; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: rtertiil<br />

Passifloraceae<br />

Passifloraceae<br />

Piperaceae<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, Babeldaob<br />

Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />

Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu,<br />

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

Phyla nodiflora English: fogfruit, lippia, phyla Verbenaceae Angaur, Peleliu<br />

Phyllanthus debilis Euphorbiaceae Koror, Malakal<br />

Physalis angulata<br />

English: annual ground cherry; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />

bubeubedul<br />

Solanaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />

Angaur, Peleliu<br />

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