Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)


Report on invasive plant species in Palau (2008 survey)


Appendix 6, Table 3.  Species of environmental concern present elsewhere in Palau but not on Angaur

Scientific Name

Common Names (abridged)

Family

Present on:

Abelmoschus moschatus English: fautia, musk mallow, musk okra; Palauan: gongul Malvaceae Babeldaob, Kayangel, Peleliu, Tobi
Acacia confusa English: Formosa koa, Formosa acacia; Palauan: ianángi, yanangi Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob
Acacia farnesiana English: Ellington curse, klu, sweet acacia Fabaceae Babeldaob
Acacia mangium English: mangium, brown salwood, black wattle, hickory wattle Fabaceae Babeldaob
Adenanthera pavonina English: coral bean tree, red sandalwood tree, red bead tree; Palauan: telengtúngd, telentundalel Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob
Aeschynomene americana English: American joint vetch, joint vetch, shyleaf Fabaceae Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob
Agave sisalana English: sisal, sisal hemp Agavaceae Babeldaob
Albizia lebbeck English: siris-tree, rain tree, East Indian walnut; Palauan: ukall ra ngebard Fabaceae Koror
Allamanda cathartica English: yellow trumpet vine, golden trumpet, golden allamanda, golden cup Apocynaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob
Alocasia cucullata English: Chinese ape, Chinese taro Araceae Koror
Alternanthera brasiliana English: Brazilian joyweed, Joseph’s coat Amaranthaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Ngercheu
Amaranthus dubius English: amaranth, spleen amaranth Amaranthaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob
Angelonia angustifolia English: angelonia, narrowleaf angelon Scrophulariaceae Koror, Babeldaob
Antigonon leptopus English: Mexican creeper, hearts on a chain, coral vine; Palauan: dilngau Polygonaceae Koror, Babeldaob
Arundo donax English: giant reed, Spanish reed, wild cane Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob
Asparagus densiflorus English: asparagus fern, sprengeri fern, smilax, regal fern Liliaceae Koror, Ngerkebesang
Asystasia gangetica subsp. gangetica English: Chinese violet, Philippine violet, coromandel Acanthaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Kayangel
Bacopa procumbens Scrophulariaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Peleliu
Barleria cristata English: crested Philippine violet, Philippine violet Acanthaceae Koror
Barleria lupulina English: hophead, Philippine violet Acanthaceae Babeldaob, Peleliu
Bauhinia acuminata English: dwarf white bauhinia Fabaceae Koror
Bauhinia monandra English: orchid-tree, St. Thomas-tree, Napoleon's plume Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob
Bauhinia purpurea English: purple orchid tree; purple butterfly tree Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob
Bauhinia variegata English: orchid tree; mountain ebony Fabaceae Babeldaob
Bryophyllum delagoense English: chandelier plant Crassulaceae Babeldaob
Bryophyllum pinnatum English: life plant, air plant, resurrection plant, Canterbury bells, cathedral bells, Mexican love plant Crassulaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu, Ngercheu, Sonsorol
Calamus spp. English: rattan; Palauan: bangerenguis ra ngebard Arecaceae Babeldaob
Calopogonium mucunoides English: calopo Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob
Calotropis gigantea English: calotrope, crown flower, madar Ascelepiadaceae Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob, Peleliu
Canna x generalis English: canna lily, common garden canna Cannaceae Koror
Caryota mitis English: Burmese fishtail palm, clustered fishtail palm, tufted fishtail palm Arecaceae Koror
Ceiba pentandra English: kapok tree, silk-cotton tree, pacae; Palauan: kalngebárd, kalngebard, kerrekar ngebard Bombacaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Kayangel
Centrosema pubescens English: centro, butterfly-pea Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob
Chamaecrista mimosoides English: Japanese tea; Palauan: ukellela chedip Fabaceae Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob
Chamaecrista nictitans English: partridge pea, Japanese tea senna Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob
Chloris radiata English: plush-grass, radiate fingergrass Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob
Chloris virgata English: feather finger grass, feathered chloris, feathertop Rhodes grass, feathery Rhodes grass, oldland grass, sweet grass Poaceae Babeldaob
Cinnamomum verum English: cinnamon tree; Palauan: ochod ra ngebard Lauraceae Koror, Babeldaob, Chelbacheb, Urukthapel
Clidemia hirta English: Koster’s curse, soap bush; Palauan: kúi, kui Melastomataceae Babeldaob
Clitoria ternatea English: butterfly pea, Asian pigeonwings; Palauan: kles Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob
Costus woodsonii English: Indian-head ginger, red cane; Hawaiian: ‘awapuhi ‘inikini po‘o Costaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob
Crotalaria micans English: crotalaria Fabaceae Babeldaob
Crotalaria retusa English: devil-bean, wedge-leaf crotalaria, wedge-leaf rattlepod Fabaceae Peleliu
Crotalaria spectabilis English: rattlebox, showy crotalaria, showy rattlebox, showy rattlepod; Palauan: kuroteraria Fabaceae Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob
Crotalaria trichotoma English: curara-pea Fabaceae Babeldaob
Cryptostegia madagascariensis English: Madagascar rubbervine Ascelepiadaceae Koror, Babeldaob
Cyperus difformis English: dirty-Dora, one-arm sedge, rice sedge, small-flower umbrella-plant, variable flat sedge Cyperaceae Malakal, Babeldaob
Cyperus distans English: slender cyperus Cyperaceae Koror, Babeldaob
Cyperus involucratus English: umbrella sedge, umbrella plant, dwarf papyrus grass; Palauan: deus Cyperaceae Koror
Derris elliptica English: derris; Palauan: deris, dub Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob
Desmanthus pernambucanus English: pigeon bundleflower Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob
Desmanthus virgatus English: slender mimosa, virgate mimosa Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob
Desmodium tortuosum English: Florida beggarweed, Spanish clover, dixie ticktrefoil Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob
Dieffenbachia seguine English: dieffenbachia, dumb cane Araceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu
Digitaria violascens English: smooth crabgrass, violet crabgrass; Palauan: sau Poaceae Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob
Dissotis rotundifolia English: dissotis, Spanish shawl, pink lady Melastomataceae Koror, Babeldaob
Echinochloa crus-galli English: barnyard grass, cockspur grass Poaceae Babeldaob
Eichhornia crassipes English: water hyacinth; Palauan: bung el ralm Pontederiaceae Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob
Elaeis guineensis English: African oil palm Arecaceae Koror, Babeldaob
Epipremnum pinnatum cv. 'Aureum' English: pothos, money plant Araceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob
Episcia reptans Gesneriaceae Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob
Eragrostis atrovirens English: thalia love grass, wiry lovegrass; Palauan: ouemoket Poaceae Babeldaob
Eragrostis ciliaris English: gophertail grass, gophertail lovegrass, lovegrass, woolly love grass; Palauan: ouemoket Poaceae Babeldaob
Eragrostis pilosa English: hairy love grass, Indian love grass, soft lovegrass Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob
Eugenia uniflora English: Surinam cherry, red Brazil cherry Myrtaceae Koror
Falcataria moluccana English: Molucca albizia; Palauan: ukall ra ngebard Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob
Ficus benjamina English: weeping fig, baka, Java fig, weeping fig, Benjamin tree Moraceae Malakal, Babeldaob, Ngercheu
Flemingia macrophylla Fabaceae Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob
Gliricidia sepium English: mother of cacao, quickstick, Mexican lilac; Palauanr: rechesengel Fabaceae Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob, Tobi
Gmelina asiatica English: badhara bush, Asiatic beechberry, oval-leafed gmelina; Palauan: kalngebang? Lamiaceae Koror
Hamelia patens English: redhead, scarletbush Rubiaceae Koror, Peleliu
Hedychium coronarium English: white ginger, butterfly lily, ginger lily, garland flower Zingiberaceae Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob
Hemigraphis alternata English: metal leaf; red ivy, cemetery plant (Fiji) Acanthaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob
Hevea brasiliensis English: hevea, Brazilian rubber tree, Para rubber tree Euphorbiaceae Koror, Babeldaob
Hyptis capitata English: knobweed Lamiaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob
Inga edulis English: ice cream bean Fabaceae Koror
Ipomoea carnea subsp. fistulosa English: bush morning glory, tree ipomoea Convolvulaceae Koror, Babeldaob
Ipomoea quamoclit English: Cupid's flower, cypress vine, cypressvine morning-glory, star of Bethlehem, star-glory, sweet-willy; Palauan: asangao Convolvulaceae Koror, Babeldaob
Jatropha curcas English: physic nut, purging nut, Barbados nut Euphorbiaceae Koror, Babeldaob
Jatropha gossypiifolia English: bellyache bush, cotton-leaved physic nut Euphorbiaceae Koror, Ngerkebesang
Kyllinga brevifolia English: green kyllinga, green water sedge; Palauan: deus, esechesiding Cyperaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Tobi
Leonurus japonicus English: lion’s tail, Chinese motherwort Lamiaceae Koror
Livistonia chinensis English: Chinese fan palm, Chinese fountain palm, fountain palm Arecaceae Koror
Macroptilium atropurpureum English: siratro, purple bushbean Fabaceae Babeldaob
Macroptilium lathyroides English: cow pea, phasey bean, wild bean Fabaceae Babeldaob
Melaleuca quinquenervia English: melaleuca, cajeput, paper bark tree, punk tree Myrtaceae Babeldaob
Melia azedarach English: Chinaberry, pride-of-India, indian lilac, Persian lilac, margosa tree, tira Meliaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Ngercheu
Melinis minutiflora English: melinis, molasses grass Poaceae Babeldaob
Merremia hederacea English: ivy woodrose Convolvulaceae Koror
Mikania micrantha English: mile-a-minute weed, Chinese creeper, American rope, bittervine; Palauan: teb el yas Asteraceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu
Murraya paniculata English: orange jessamine, satin-wood, Chinese box, Hawaiian mock orange Rutaceae Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob
Nymphaea spp. English: water lily Nymphaeaceae Koror, Babeldaob
Ocimum gratissimum English: wild basil, clove basil, tree basil Lamiaceae Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob, Tobi
Panicum maximum English: Guinea grass, green panic, buffalograss Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob
Panicum repens English: torpedo grass, couch panicum, creeping panic Poaceae Koror
Paspalum scrobiculatum English: rice grass; creeping paspalum, ditch millet, Indian paspalum, kodo millet, water couch; Palauan: desum Poaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu, Ngercheu, Ngeanges, Ngeremdiu
Passiflora suberosa English: wild passionfruit, devil's pumpkin, indigo berry, corky passionflower, corkstem passionflower Passifloraceae Koror, Malikal
Pennisetum polystachion English: mission grass, feathery pennisetum; Palauan: desum Poaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu
Pennisetum purpureum English: elephant grass, napier grass, merker grass; Palauan: bokso Poaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu
Pennisetum setaceum English: fountain grass Poaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob
Pereskia aculeata English: Barbados gooseberry, leafy cactus, lemon vine, pereskia creeper, primitive cactus, Spanish gooseberry Cactaceae Ngercheu
Pistia stratiotes English: water lettuce, tropical duckweed Araceae Babeldaob
Pithecellobium dulce English: Madras thorn, Manila tamarind, sweet inga; Palauan: kamatsíri, kamatsiri Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob
Pluchea carolinensis English: sour bush Asteraceae Peleliu
Pseuderanthemum carruthersii English: false eranthemum Acanthaceae Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob, Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngercheu, Tobi
Psidium cattleianum English: strawberry guava, cherry guava, Cattley guava, Chinese guava Myrtaceae Koror
Quisqualis indica English: Rangoon creeper Combretaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob
Sambucus mexicana English: elderberry, Mexican elder Caprifoliaceae Koror
Sanchezia parvibracteata English: sanchezia Acanthaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob
Sansevieria trifasciata English: bowstring hemp, mother-in-law’s tongue; Palauan: kitelel Agavaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu, Ngercheu, Tobi
Schefflera arboricola English: dwarf brassia, dwarf schefflera, Hawaiian elf schefflera Araliaceae Koror
Senna alata English: candle bush; candelabra bush, Roman candle tree, emperor's candlesticks, alcapulco; Palauan: kerula besokel, yult Fabaceae Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob, Peleliu
Senna obtusifolia English: habucha, coffeeweed, sicklepod Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Peleliu
Senna siamea English: cassod tree, kassod tree, Siamese cassia, pheasantwood, Thailand shower Fabaceae Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob
Senna surattensis English: scrambled eggs Fabaceae Babeldaob
Sesbania grandiflora English: sesbania, hummingbird tree, sesban, scarlet wisteria tree, corkwood tree; Palauan: katurai Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Ngerchong
Setaria sphacelata English: African bristle grass, golden timothy Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob
Solanum torvum English: prickly solanum, devil's fig, turkeyberry, terongan Solanaceae Babeldaob
Sorghum bicolor English: Sudan grass Poaceae Malakal
Sorghum halepense English: Johnson grass, Aleppo grass, Aleppo milletgrass Poaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob
Spathodea campanulata English: African tulip tree, fireball, fountain tree; Palauan: orsachel kui Bignoniaceae Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob
Sporobolus diander English: Indian dropseed, tussock dropseed Poaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Ngerchong
Stenotaphrum secundatum English: buffalo grass, St. Augustine grass Poaceae Ngerchong
Striga asiatica English: witchweed Scrophulariaceae Koror, Babeldaob
Stylosanthes guianensis English: stylo, Brazilian lucerne, tropical lucerne, Nigerian stylo Fabaceae Babeldaob
Syzygium cumini English: Java plum; jambolan plum; Palauan: mesegerak, mesekerrák, mesekerrak, mesigerak Myrtaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Aulupse‘el, Ngerukuid
Tephrosia candida English: white tephrosia, white hoary-pea Fabaceae Babeldaob
Thevetia peruviana English: yellow oleander, be-still tree, lucky nut Apocynaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Kayangel, Peleliu
Thunbergia grandiflora English: Bengal trumpet, blue trumpet vine, clock vine, skyvine, large-flowerd thunbergia; Palauan: bung el etiu Acanthaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Kayangel
Tithonia diversifolia English: tree marigold, shrub sunflower, Mexican sunflower, Japanese sunflower Asteraceae Koror, Babeldaob
Triumfetta rhomboidea English: Chinese burr, paroquet burr, burr bush Tiliaceae Babeldaob
Turnera subulata English: white alder Turneraceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob
Urochloa mutica English: California grass, para grass, buffalo grass, Mauritius grass, signal grass Poaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob
Urochloa subquadripara English: brachiaria, green summer grass, tropical signalgrass, cori grass Poaceae Malakal, Sonsorol
Vitex parviflora English: small-leaved vitex, smallflower chastetree Verbenaceae Malakal (Toirechuil)
Xanthosoma sagittifolium English: new cocoyam, tania, yautia; Palauan: bisech ra ruk, eball Araceae Koror, Peleliu, Sonsorol
Xenostegia tridentata English: African morningvine; Palauan: kebeas Convolvulaceae Babeldaob
Youngia japonica English: oriental hawksbeard Asteraceae Koror

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