This page lists common names of species profiled on PIER by common name in the Ulithian language.
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| Common name(s) | Scientific name (+Family) | Often-used other Latin names | Habit |
Primarily a threat
at high elevations? |
| fadel | Chrysopogon aciculatus (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| fathil | Eleusine indica (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| fathil | Eragrostis amabilis (Poaceae) | Eragrostis tenella (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. | grass | No |
| fathil | Paspalum conjugatum (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| fathil | Zoysia matrella (Poaceae) | Agrostis matrella L.; Osterdamia matrella (L.) Kuntze; Zoysia pungens Willd. | grass | No |
| fole | Alocasia macrorrhizos (Araceae) | Alocasia indica Schott; Alocasia plumbea Van Houtte; Arum indicum Lour.; Arum macrorrhizon L.; Colocasia indica (Lour.) Kunth | herb | No |
| gaelun | Mirabilis jalapa (Nyctaginaceae) | herb | No | |
| giab | Crinum asiaticum (Amaryllidaceae) | Crinum amabile Donn ex Ker Gawl. | herb | No |
| habulbul | Chamaesyce hirta (Euphorbiaceae) | Euphorbia hirta L. | herb | No |
| haeleng | Senna sophera (Fabaceae) | Cassia sophera L. | shrub | No |
| harafath | Syzygium malaccense (Myrtaceae) | Caryophyllus malaccensis (L.) Stokes; Eugenia malaccensis L. | tree | No |
| hathongethong | Abelmoschus moschatus (Malvaceae) | Abelmoschus sagittifolius (Kurz) Merr. [=Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosus]; Hibiscus abelmoschus L.; Hibiscus sagittifolius Kurz [=Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosus] | herb | No |
| hiop | Crinum asiaticum (Amaryllidaceae) | Crinum amabile Donn ex Ker Gawl. | herb | No |
| ioth | Colocasia esculenta (Araceae) | herb | No | |
| irelepsech | Thevetia peruviana (Apocynaceae) | Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold; Thevetia nerifolia Juss. ex Steud. | tree | No |
| kangkong | Ipomoea aquatica (Convolvulaceae) | Ipomoea reptans sensu J. W. Parham in Dept. Agr. Fiji Bull. 35. | aquatic herb | No |
| koi | Achyranthes aspera (Amaranthaceae) | Achyranthes canescens R. Br. | herb | No |
| komoti | Ipomoea batatas (Convolvulaceae) | vine | No | |
| lach | Casuarina equisetifolia (Casuarinaceae) | Casuarina litorea L. var. litorea; Casuarina littorea Rumph. | tree | No |
| mukh | Capsicum frutescens (Solanaceae) | herb | No | |
| piapi | Phyllanthus amarus (Phyllanthaceae) | Phyllanthus niruri sensu various Pacific botanists. | herb | No |
| prais | Melia azedarach (Meliaceae) | tree | No | |
| sugar | Muntingia calabura (Muntinginaceae) | tree | No | |
| tomaho | Nicotiana tabacum (Solanaceae) | herb | No | |
| waluwol | Amaranthus viridis (Amaranthaceae) | Amaranthus gracilis Desf., nom. nud. | herb | No |
| warapig | Caesalpinia pulcherrima (Fabaceae) | Poinciana pulcherrima L. | shrub/tree | No |
| warapig | Delonix regia (Fabaceae) | Poinciana regia Bojer ex Hook. | tree | No |