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Table 8. 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 in S<strong>on</strong>sorol State<br />
Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names (abridged) Family Present <strong>on</strong>:<br />
Acalypha indica English: copperleaf, Indian-nettle, ricinela Euphorbiaceae Babeldaob, Angaur<br />
Acalypha lanceolata<br />
Euphorbiaceae<br />
Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel,<br />
Peleliu<br />
Ageratum c<strong>on</strong>yzoides<br />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
English: chick weed, goatweed, whiteweed;<br />
Asteraceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: ngmak<br />
Angaur, Ngchus<br />
Alysicarpus<br />
bupleurifolius<br />
English: sweet alys Fabaceae Malakal, Babeldaob<br />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
Alysicarpus vaginalis English: alyce-clover, buffalo-clover, <strong>on</strong>e-leaf-clover Fabaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />
Aulupse‘el<br />
Ammannia baccifera English: amania, m<strong>on</strong>arch redstem Lythraceae Peleliu<br />
Aniseia martinicensis English: whitejacket C<strong>on</strong>volvulaceae Babeldaob<br />
Ann<strong>on</strong>a glabra<br />
English: p<strong>on</strong>d apple, alliga<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>r apple, bullock's heart,<br />
cherimoyer<br />
Ann<strong>on</strong>aceae Babeldaob<br />
Ann<strong>on</strong>a squamosa<br />
English: custard apple, sugar apple, sweetsop;<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: ngel ra ngebard<br />
Ann<strong>on</strong>aceae Koror<br />
Averrhoa bilimbi<br />
English: bilimbi, cucumber tree, tree sorrel;<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: imekure, imekurs, oterebekii<br />
Oxalidaceae<br />
Koror, Ngerkebesang,<br />
Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu,<br />
Aulupse‘el<br />
Basella alba<br />
English: Ceyl<strong>on</strong> spinach, Indian spinach, Malabar<br />
nightshade, Malabar spinach, vine spinach<br />
Basellaceae Ngeanges<br />
Beg<strong>on</strong>ia ×<br />
English: bedding beg<strong>on</strong>ia, perpetual beg<strong>on</strong>ia, wax<br />
semperflorens-cul<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rum beg<strong>on</strong>ia<br />
Beg<strong>on</strong>iaceae Koror<br />
Bidens pilosa<br />
English: beggar’s tick, Spanish needle, cobbler's<br />
pegs<br />
Asteraceae Peleliu<br />
Bixa orellana<br />
English: anat<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>, anna<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>, annat<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>, arnat<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>, lipstick<br />
tree; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: búrek, burk<br />
Bixaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Blechum pyramidatum English: green shrimp plant, Browne’s blechum Acanthaceae<br />
Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />
Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu<br />
Breynia disticha<br />
English: snowbush, snowbush breynia, sweetpea<br />
bush, foliage-flower<br />
Euphorbiaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Brucea javanica English: Java brucea, Macassar kerneltree Simaroubaceae Babeldaob<br />
Buchnera americana English: American bluehearts, bupleurum Orobanchaceae Babeldaob<br />
English: Barbados flower-fence, dwarf poinciana,<br />
Caesalpinia pulcherrima<br />
pride <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Barbados<br />
Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Caladium bicolor<br />
English: caladium, elephant's-ear, fancy-leaf<br />
Koror; Ngerkebesang,<br />
Araceae<br />
caladium, heart-<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>-Jesus<br />
Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu<br />
Cala<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>a majestica Marantaceae Koror<br />
Calliandra calothyrsus English: powderpuff red calliandra Fabaceae Babeldaob<br />
Calliandra<br />
haema<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>cephala<br />
English: red powder puff Fabaceae Koror<br />
Calliandra surinamensis English: Surinamese stickpea Fabaceae Koror<br />
Callisia fragrans English: fragrant inch plant, basketplant, spir<strong>on</strong>ema Commelinaceae Ngercheu<br />
Cananga odorata<br />
English: perfume tree; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: chiráng, ilangilang,<br />
irang<br />
Babeldaob<br />
Koror, Ngerkebesang,<br />
Ann<strong>on</strong>aceae<br />
Catharanthus roseus<br />
English: Cape periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle,<br />
Koror, Ngerkebesang,<br />
Apocynaceae<br />
old-maid, rose periwinkle<br />
Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu<br />
Centra<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rum<br />
English: Brazilian but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n flower, centra<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rum, lark<br />
punctatum<br />
daisy<br />
Asteraceae Babeldaob<br />
Chamaesyce<br />
hypericifolia<br />
Chamaesyce prostrata<br />
English: beach spurge, graceful spurge; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />
karkar, kerkar<br />
English: creeping splurge, prostrate spurge, red<br />
caustic creeper<br />
Chamaesyce thymifolia English: red caustic creeper, thyme-leafed spurge<br />
Euphorbiaceae<br />
Euphorbiaceae<br />
Euphorbiaceae<br />
Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel,<br />
Peleliu<br />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />
Ngchelobel, Ngchus<br />
Koror, Ngerkebesang,<br />
Babeldaob, Angaur, Ngchus,<br />
Ngeremdiu<br />
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