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Table 9. 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 Ha<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>hobei State<br />
Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names (abridged) Family Present <strong>on</strong>:<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 />
English: knotroot bristle grass, knotroot foxtail,<br />
perennial foxtail, slender pige<strong>on</strong> grass, yellow foxtail Poaceae<br />
Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Sida acuta<br />
English: broom weed, Paddy’s lucerne, sou<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn<br />
sida, spiny-head sida, spiny sida; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: keak<br />
Malvaceae Babeldaob, Angaur<br />
Sida rhombifolia<br />
English: arrow-leaf sida, Cuban jute, Paddy's<br />
lucerne, Queensland-hemp, teaweed; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />
keak<br />
Malvaceae<br />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />
Angaur, Peleliu, Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g<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 />
Koror, Ngerkebesang,<br />
Spermacoce ovalifolia English: broadleaf false but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>nweed Rubiaceae Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel,<br />
Peleliu, Ngercheu, Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g<br />
English: bastard vervain, blue porterweed, Brazilian<br />
Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />
Stachytarpheta<br />
tea, Jamaica vervain, joee, light blue snakeweed; Verbenaceae Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu,<br />
jamaicensis<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: louch beluu<br />
Aulupse‘el<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 />
English: Cinderella weed (Australia), porter bush,<br />
synedrella<br />
Asteraceae<br />
Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />
Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu,<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<br />
Tabebuia heterophylla English: pink tecoma, pink trumpet tree, white cedar Bign<strong>on</strong>iaceae<br />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />
Kayangel<br />
Tabebuia pallida<br />
English: Cuban pink trumpet tree, white cedar,<br />
whitewood<br />
Bign<strong>on</strong>iaceae Koror<br />
Tagetes erecta<br />
English: African marigold, Aztec marigold, big<br />
marigold, French marigold, marigold, saffr<strong>on</strong> Asteraceae Koror<br />
marigold<br />
Tridax procumbens English: coat but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ns, tridax daisy Asteraceae Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu<br />
Uraria lagopodioides Fabaceae Babeldaob<br />
Zornia gibbosa Fabaceae Babeldaob<br />
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