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Table 2. O<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r invasive plant species not seen or reported <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> be present in <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names Family Habit<br />

Leucas cephalotes Lamiaceae herb<br />

Lim<strong>on</strong>ia acidissima English: elephant-apple, Indian wood-apple, wood-apple Rutaceae tree<br />

Lindernia<br />

nummulariifolia<br />

Scrophulariaceae herb<br />

Lobelia zeylanica English: white root Campanulaceae herb<br />

Lobularia maritima English: sweet alyssum Brassicaceae herb<br />

Lygodium palmatum<br />

English: Hartford fern, American climbing fern, creeping fern,<br />

Windsor fern<br />

Schizaeaceae fern<br />

Malachra capitata English: malachra, yellow leafbract Malvaceae herb<br />

Malvastrum americanum English: Indian Valley false mallow Malvaceae herb<br />

Malvastrum<br />

coromandelianum<br />

English: false mallow, prickly malvastrum Malvaceae herb<br />

Malvaviscus arboreus<br />

English: Chinese hat, firecracker hibiscus, malvaviscus, sleeping<br />

hibiscus, Turk's cap, wax mallow<br />

Malvaceae shrub<br />

Martynia annua English: devil's claw, iceplant, small-fruit devil's claw, tiger's-claw Martyniaceae herb<br />

Medicago lupulina English: black medic, hop-clover, n<strong>on</strong>esuch, yellow trefoil Fabaceae herb<br />

Medicago polymorpha<br />

English: burr medic, California bur-clover, hairy medic, <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>d burclover,<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>d medic<br />

Fabaceae herb<br />

Medicago rugosa English: gama medic, rugose medick, wrinkled medick Fabaceae herb<br />

Melilotus albus<br />

English: Bokhara clover, h<strong>on</strong>ey clover, white melilot, white sweet<br />

clover<br />

Fabaceae herb<br />

Melilotus indicus<br />

English: Indian sweet-clover, King Island melilot, small melilot, sourclover<br />

Fabaceae herb<br />

Melochia corchorifolia Sterculiaceae herb<br />

Mentha x piperita English: mint, peppermint Lamiaceae herb<br />

Merremia bracteata C<strong>on</strong>volvulaceae vine<br />

Merremia dissecta English: noyau vine, white c<strong>on</strong>volvulus creeper C<strong>on</strong>volvulaceae vine<br />

Merremia hirta C<strong>on</strong>volvulaceae vine<br />

Merremia quinquefolia C<strong>on</strong>volvulaceae vine<br />

Mikania scandens English: climbing hempweed, climbing hempvine Asteraceae vine<br />

Nelumbo nucifera English: East Indian lotus, lotus, lotusroot, oriental lotus, sacred lotus Nelumb<strong>on</strong>aceae aquatic herb<br />

Nicandra physalodes English: apple <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Peru, sho<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>lyplant Solanaceae herb<br />

Ocimum basilicum English: basil, comm<strong>on</strong> basil, sweet basil; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: rur a ked Lamiaceae herb<br />

Oldenlandia pumila Rubiaceae herb<br />

Opuntia dillenii English: dildo, Eltham indian fig, sweet prickly-pear Cactaceae cactus<br />

Opuntia ficus-indica<br />

English: Barbary-fig, Indian-fig, Indian-fig prickly-pear, missi<strong>on</strong><br />

cactus, missi<strong>on</strong> prickly-pear, prickly-pear, smooth mountain pricklypear,<br />

Cactaceae cactus<br />

smooth prickly-pear, spineless cactus, tuberous prickly-pear<br />

Opuntia stricta English: erect prickly-pear, sou<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn spineless cactus Cactaceae cactus<br />

Oxalis debilis English: pink wood-sorrel, lilac oxalis Oxalidaceae herb<br />

Oxalis latifolia<br />

English: broadleaf woodsorrel, fishtail oxalis, pink shamrock, purpleflowered<br />

oxalis, shamrock<br />

Oxalidaceae herb<br />

Passiflora subpeltata English: white passi<strong>on</strong>flower Passifloraceae vine<br />

Pectis linifolia Asteraceae herb<br />

Persicaria chinense English: Chinese knotweed, red bush Polyg<strong>on</strong>aceae herb<br />

Persicaria glabra Polyg<strong>on</strong>aceae herb<br />

Persicaria lapathifolia<br />

English: curly<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>p knotweed, pale knotweed, pale persicaria, pale<br />

smartweed, pale willow weed, willow weed<br />

Polyg<strong>on</strong>aceae herb<br />

Persicaria orientalis<br />

English: kiss-me-over-<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>-garden-gate, lady's thumb, prince'sfea<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r,<br />

prince's-plume, princess-fea<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r<br />

Polyg<strong>on</strong>aceae herb<br />

Petroselinum crispum English: parsley Apiaceae herb<br />

Phyllanthus tenellus English: l<strong>on</strong>g-stalk phyllanthus, Mascarene Island leaf-flower Euphorbiaceae herb<br />

Phyllanthus virgatus English: seed-under-leaf Euphorbiaceae herb<br />

Phy<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>lacca octandra Engish: pokeweed, Sou<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn pokeberry, ink weed (Australia) Phy<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>laccaceae shrub<br />

Pinus caribaea English: Caribbean pine, Bahamas pine Pinaceae tree<br />

Piper peltatum English: largeleaf fingertree Piperaceae herb<br />

<strong>Plant</strong>ago debilis <strong>Plant</strong>aginaceae herb<br />

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