This page lists common names of species profiled on PIER by common name in the Kosraean language.
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| Common name(s) | Scientific name (+Family) | Often-used other Latin names | Habit |
Primarily a threat
at high elevations? |
| ac | Saccharum spontaneum (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| acfucsracsracsr | Pennisetum purpureum (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| bambu | Bambusa spp. (Poaceae) | tree | No | |
| cutin | Ceiba pentandra (Malvaceae) | tree | No | |
| ellal | Dioscorea bulbifera (Dioscoreaceae) | vine | No | |
| ilahnglahng | Cananga odorata (Annonaceae) | tree | No | |
| ilanlang | Cananga odorata (Annonaceae) | tree | No | |
| kalme | Angiopteris evecta (Marattiaceae) | Polypodium evecta G. Forst. | fern | No |
| kohkihl | Rubus moluccanus (Rosaceae) | shrub | No | |
| kohtahk | Colocasia esculenta (Araceae) | herb | No | |
| kokol | Rubus moluccanus (Rosaceae) | shrub | No | |
| kokul | Rubus moluccanus (Rosaceae) | shrub | No | |
| kuhfahfah | Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae) | tree | No | |
| kuhtin | Ceiba pentandra (Malvaceae) | tree | No | |
| laim | Citrus aurantiifolia (Rutaceae) | tree | No | |
| mah | Ischaemum polystachyum (Poaceae) | Ischaemum digitatum var. polystachyum ((presl) Hackel | grass | No |
| mahkwekwe | Eleusine indica (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| mahsrihsrihk | Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae) | Eupatorium odoratum L. | shrub | No |
| meshashe | Paspalum conjugatum (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| metekam | Adenanthera pavonina (Fabaceae) | tree | No | |
| metkam | Adenanthera pavonina (Fabaceae) | tree | No | |
| metkem | Adenanthera pavonina (Fabaceae) | tree | No | |
| muh-shah-shruh | Chloris virgata (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| muhsrasre | Paspalum conjugatum (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| mwetkwem | Adenanthera pavonina (Fabaceae) | tree | No | |
| oop | Derris elliptica (Fabaceae) | Paraderris elliptica (Wall.) F. Adema; Pongamia elliptica Wallich | vine | No |
| op | Derris elliptica (Fabaceae) | Paraderris elliptica (Wall.) F. Adema; Pongamia elliptica Wallich | vine | No |
| pala | Merremia peltata (Convolvulaceae) | Ipomoea peltata (L.) Choisy; Merremia nymphaeifolia (Dietr.) Hall. fil.; Operculina peltata (L.) Hall. fil. | vine | No |
| para | Merremia peltata (Convolvulaceae) | Ipomoea peltata (L.) Choisy; Merremia nymphaeifolia (Dietr.) Hall. fil.; Operculina peltata (L.) Hall. fil. | vine | No |
| puhlah | Merremia peltata (Convolvulaceae) | Ipomoea peltata (L.) Choisy; Merremia nymphaeifolia (Dietr.) Hall. fil.; Operculina peltata (L.) Hall. fil. | vine | No |
| pul | Merremia peltata (Convolvulaceae) | Ipomoea peltata (L.) Choisy; Merremia nymphaeifolia (Dietr.) Hall. fil.; Operculina peltata (L.) Hall. fil. | vine | No |
| rapotin | Caesalpinia pulcherrima (Fabaceae) | Poinciana pulcherrima L. | shrub/tree | No |
| repawtin | Caesalpinia pulcherrima (Fabaceae) | Poinciana pulcherrima L. | shrub/tree | No |
| rohbohtin | Leucaena leucocephala (Fabaceae) | Leucaena glauca (L. ex Willd.) Benth. | tree | No |
| ros fonacni | Lantana camara (Verbenaceae) | shrub | No | |
| rosrangrang | Sphagneticola trilobata (Asteraceae) | Thelechitonia trilobata (L.) H. Rob. & Cautrec.; Wedelia trilobata (L.) Hitchc. | herb | No |
| sosap | Annona muricata (Annonaceae) | tree | No | |
| taka | Colocasia esculenta (Araceae) | herb | No | |
| tuhngantuhngan | Leucaena leucocephala (Fabaceae) | Leucaena glauca (L. ex Willd.) Benth. | tree | No |
| unog | Alocasia macrorrhizos (Araceae) | Alocasia indica Schott; Alocasia plumbea Van Houtte; Arum indicum Lour.; Arum macrorrhizon L.; Colocasia indica (Lour.) Kunth | herb | No |
| up | Derris elliptica (Fabaceae) | Paraderris elliptica (Wall.) F. Adema; Pongamia elliptica Wallich | vine | No |