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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 />

Physalis minima English: sunberry Solanaceae Babeldaob, Peleliu<br />

Physalis peruviana<br />

English: Cape gooseberry, goldenberry, gooseberry<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ma<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>,<br />

Peruvian ground-cherry, Peruvian-cherry<br />

Solanaceae Koror<br />

Pilea nummulariifolia English: creeping Charlie Urticaceae Koror<br />

Piriqueta racemosa English: ridgid stripeseed Turneraceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Pityrogramma<br />

calomelanos<br />

Plectranthus<br />

amboinicus<br />

Pluchea indica<br />

Polypremum<br />

procumbens<br />

Portulaca oleracea<br />

English: Dixie silverback fern, gold fern (var.<br />

austroamericana), gold-dust fern (var.<br />

austroamericana), silver fern<br />

English: Mexican mint, Spanish thyme, Cuban<br />

oregano<br />

English: Indian fleabane, Indian pluchea, Indian<br />

camphorweed<br />

Pteridaceae<br />

Lamiaceae<br />

Asteraceae<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Koror<br />

English: juniper leaf Loganiaceae Angaur<br />

English: pigweed, purslane; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: bungaruau<br />

ra sers<br />

Portulacaceae<br />

Angaur, Peleliu<br />

Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur,<br />

Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngercheu,<br />

Tobi<br />

Pteris vittata<br />

English: Chinese brake, Chinese ladder brake,<br />

ladder brake<br />

Pteridaceae Babeldaob, Peleliu<br />

Pueraria phaseoloides English: tropical kudzu, puero Fabaceae Babeldaob<br />

Ravenala<br />

madagascariensis<br />

English: traveler’s palm, traveler’s tree, ravenale Strelitziaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Ruellia tuberosa English: large bell-flower (Samoa) Acanthaceae Babeldaob<br />

Russelia equisetiformis English: coralplant, fountainplant<br />

Scrophulariaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />

Scoparia dulcis English: scoparia, sweet broom Scrophulariaceae Babeldaob, Peleliu<br />

Sesbania cannabina English: canicha, dhaincha, dhunchi, sesbania pea Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob<br />

Setaria parviflora<br />

Sida acuta<br />

English: knotroot bristle grass, knotroot foxtail,<br />

perennial foxtail, slender pige<strong>on</strong> grass, yellow foxtail Poaceae<br />

English: broom weed, Paddy’s lucerne, sou<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn<br />

Malvaceae<br />

sida, spiny-head sida, spiny sida; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: keak<br />

Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Babeldaob, Angaur<br />

Sida spinosa English: prickly sida, spiny sida Malvaceae Angaur<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 />

Stapelia gigantea<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 />

Asclepiadaceae Babeldaob<br />

Swietenia macrophylla<br />

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

mahogany, mahogany<br />

Meliaceae Koror, Kayangel<br />

Synedrella nodiflora<br />

Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />

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

Asteraceae Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu,<br />

synedrella<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 />

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