Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Report on invasive plant species in Palau (2002 survey)
Appendix 7. Presence of other invasive species within Palau
Table 3. Other species present elsewhere in Palau but not on Angaur
Scientific name |
Common Names (abridged) |
Family |
Present on: |
Abutilon indicum | albutilon, Indian abutilon, Indian mallow | Malvaceae | Sonsorol |
Alternanthera sessilis | joyweed, sessile joyweed, okula beluulechad (Palau) | Amaranthaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
Alysicarpus vaginalis | alyce-clover, buffalo-clover, one-leaf-clover | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Aulupse‘el |
Amaranthus dubius | amaranth, spleen amaranth | Amaranthaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob |
Amaranthus viridis | green amaranth, pigweed, slender amaranth | Amaranthaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Ngercheu (Carp Resort), Sonsorol |
Annona muricata | sugar apple, sweetsop, custard apple, sugar apple, ngel ra ngebard (Palau) | Annonaceae | Reported present by Fosberg et al. (1979), no location given |
Annona squamosa | bastard ipecac, blood flower, bloodflower milkweed, butterfly weed, false ipecac, milkweed | Asclepiadaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Peleliu, Pulo Ana, Sonsorol |
Bacopa procumbens | Scrophulariaceae | Babeldaob | |
Begonia × semperflorens-cultorum | bedding begonia, perpetual begonia, wax begonia | Begoniaceae | Koror |
Bidens pilosa | beggar’s tick, Spanish needle, cobbler's pegs | Asteraceae | Peleliu |
Bixa orellana | anatto, annato, annatto, arnatto, lipstick tree, burek (Palau) | Bixaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
Breynia disticha | snowbush, snowbush breynia, sweetpea bush, foliage-flower | Euphorbiaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
Cananga odorata | perfume tree, chiráng (Palau), irang (Palau) | Annonaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
Celosia argentea | cockscomb, esechilamalk (Palau) | Amaranthaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Sonsorol |
Centratherum punctatum | Asteraceae | Babeldaob | |
Cleome gynandra | African spider-flower, bastard-mustard, cat's-whiskers, spider wisp, wild spider flower | Capparaceae | Koror |
Cleome viscosa | tickweed, spider flower | Capparaceae | Babeldaob |
Coix lacryma-jobi | adlay, adlay millet, Job's-tears, demairuuch (Palau), tauiir (Palau) | Poaceae | Koror, Ngerekebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu |
Crotalaria incana | fuzzy rattlepod, woolly rattlepod, kuroteraria (Palau) | Fabaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
Crotalaria spectabilis | rattlebox, showy crotalaria, showy rattlebox, showy rattlepod | Fabaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
Crotalaria trichotoma | curara-pea | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
Cyperus cyperinus | long-headed sedge | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Peleliu |
Cyperus difformis | dirty-Dora, one-arm sedge, rice sedge, small-flower umbrella-plant, variable flat sedge | Cyperaceae | Malakal, Babeldaob |
Cyperus distans | slender cyperus | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
Cyperus haspan | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob | |
Cyperus iria | grasshopper’s cyperus, rice flat sedge, umbrella sedge, badel aus (Palau) | Cyperaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob |
Cyperus pilosus | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob | |
Cyrtococcum oxyphyllum | long-leaf cyrtococcum grass | Poaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
Cyrtococcum patens | Poaceae | Babeldaob | |
Desmodium gangeticum | Fabaceae | Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob | |
Desmodium heterocarpon | okula beluu (Palau) | Fabaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
Desmodium heterophyllum | hetero, Spanish clover | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
Digitaria bicornis | southern crabgrass | Poaceae | Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
Digitaria fuscescens | Y grass | Poaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
Eclipta prostrata | eclipta, false daisy, swamp daisy, white eclipta, deberebelela tengadidik (Palau) | Asteraceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Kayangel, Peleliu |
Elaeis guineensis | African oil palm | Arecaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
Eleocharis dulcis | Chinese water-chestnut, ground-chestnut, waternut | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
Elephantopus mollis | elephantopus, elephant’s foot, false tobacco, tobacco weed | Asteraceae | Babeldaob |
Episcia cupreata | episcia, flame violet | Gesneriaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
Eragrostis amabilis | Bug's egg grass, Japanese love grass, ouemoket (Palau) | Poaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Kayangel, Peleliu, Bablomekang, Mecherchar (Eil Malk), Ngeanges, Sonsorol |
Eragrostis pilosa | hairy love grass, Indian love grass, soft lovegrass | Poaceae | Koror |
Eriochloa procera | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob | |
Fimbristylis autumnalis | slender fimbristylis | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
Fimbristylis littoralis | grass-like fimbristylis, lesser fimbristylis, kerngimes (Palau), kederang (Palau) | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
Fuirena umbellata | desum ra mesei (Palau) | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
Gossypium barbadense | cotton, sea island cotton | Malvaceae | Babeldaob |
Heliotropium indicum | Indian heliotrope, turnsole | Boraginaceae | Koror |
Heliotropium procumbens | Boraginaceae | Babeldaob, Peleliu | |
Hemigraphis reptans | Acanthaceae | Aulupse‘el, Urukthapel | |
Hippobroma longiflora | star of Bethlehem, udel ra badrei (Palau) | Campanulaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Bkul a Chesemiich, Ngerchong, Sonsorol |
Impatiens balsamina | impatiens, balsam, garden balsam, rose balsam, spotted snapweed, touch-me-not, hosengka (Palau) | Balsaminaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
Impatiens walleriana | garden impatiens, balsam, busy lizzy, bizzy-lizzie, patient lucy; sultan’s flower | Balsaminaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
Ipomoea carnea subsp. fistulosa | bush morning glory, tree ipomoea | Convolvulaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
Ipomoea quamoclit | Cupid's flower, cypress vine, cypressvine morning-glory, star of Bethlehem, star-glory, sweet-willy, asangao (Palau) | Convolvulaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
Isachne globosa | Poaceae | Koror, Babeldaob | |
Jasminum sambac | Arabian jasmine | Oleaceae | Koror |
Lepidium virginicum | peppergrass, Virginia peppercress, Virginia pepperweed, wild peppercress | Brassicaceae | Peleliu |
Leucas lavandulifolia | Lamiaceae | Babeldaob | |
Malva parviflora | cheeseweed, Egyptian mallow, little mallow, small-flower mallow; | Malvaceae | Babeldaob |
Mitracarpus hirtus | tropical girdlepod | Rubiaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
Moringa oleifera | horseradish tree, drumstick tree, ben nut, morango, malungkai (Palau) | Moringaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Peleliu |
Oplismenus hirtellus | basket grass, woods grass | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
Orthosiphon aristatus | cat’s whiskers, chemadecharebub (Palau), emadecharebub (Palau) | Lamiaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
Oxalis barrelieri | Oxalidaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob | |
Paspalum scrobiculatum | rice grass; creeping paspalum, ditch millet, Indian paspalum, kodo millet, water couch, desum (Palau) | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
Persea americana | avocado, alligator pear, bata (Palau) | Lauraceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
Phaseolus lunatus | lima bean, butter bean, Burma bean, haricot bean, Madagascar bean, sieva bean, sugar bean | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
Phyllanthus debilis | Euphorbiaceae | Koror, Malakal | |
Phyllanthus urinaria | Euphorbiaceae | Koror | |
Physalis minima | sunberry | Solanaceae | Babeldaob, Peleliu |
Piriqueta racemosa | Turneraceae | Koror, Babeldaob | |
Pseuderanthemum carruthersii | Acanthaceae | Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu, Sonsorol, Tobi | |
Pueraria montana var. lobata | kudzu, Japanese arrowroot | Fabaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
Pueraria phaseoloides | tropical kudzu, puero | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
Ruellia tuberosa | Acanthaceae | Babeldaob | |
Russelia equisetiformis | coralplant, fountainplant | Scrophulariaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob |
Scoparia dulcis | scoparia, sweet broom | Scrophulariaceae | Babeldaob, Peleliu |
Sesbania cannabina | canicha, dhaincha, dhunchi, sesbania pea | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob |
Sigesbeckia orientalis | Indian weed, small yellow crown-beard, yellow crown-head | Asteraceae | Babeldaob |
Solanum americanum | American nightshade, black nightshade, glossy nightshade | Solanaceae | Koror, Malakal |
Solenostemon scutellarioides | coleus | Lamiaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Kayangel |
Sorghum bicolor | Sudan grass | Poaceae | Malakal |
Spermacoce latifolia | Rubiaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob | |
Spermacoce mauritiana | Rubiaceae | Babeldaob | |
Spermacoce ocymoides | purple-leaved button weed | Rubiaceae | Babeldaob |
Stenotaphrum secundatum | buffalo grass, St. Augustine grass | Poaceae | Ngerchong |
Stictocardia tiliifolia | stictocardia, crimson morning-glory | Convolvulaceae | Koror |
Youngia japonica | oriental hawksbeard | Asteraceae | Koror |
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