Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Report on invasive plant species in Palau (2008 survey)
Appendix 6, Table 1. Species of environmental concern present elsewhere in Palau but not on Koror, Ngerkebesang or Malakal
|
Scientific Name |
Common Names (abridged) |
Family |
Present on: |
| Abelmoschus moschatus | English: fautia, musk mallow, musk okra; Palauan: gongul | Malvaceae | Babeldaob, Kayangel, Peleliu, Tobi |
| Acacia farnesiana | English: Ellington curse, klu, sweet acacia | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Acacia mangium | English: mangium, brown salwood, black wattle, hickory wattle | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Agave sisalana | English: sisal, sisal hemp | Agavaceae | Babeldaob |
| Amaranthus spinosus | English: edlebur, needle burr, spiny amaranth, thorny pigweed | Amaranthaceae | Angaur |
| Barleria lupulina | English: hophead, Philippine violet | Acanthaceae | Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Bauhinia variegata | English: orchid tree; mountain ebony | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Bryophyllum delagoense | English: chandelier plant | Crassulaceae | Babeldaob |
| Calamus spp. | English: rattan; Palauan: bangerenguis ra ngebard | Arecaceae | Babeldaob |
| Chloris virgata | English: feather finger grass, feathered chloris, feathertop Rhodes grass, feathery Rhodes grass, oldland grass, sweet grass | Poaceae | Babeldaob |
| Crotalaria micans | English: crotalaria | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Crotalaria retusa | English: devil-bean, wedge-leaf crotalaria, wedge-leaf rattlepod | Fabaceae | Peleliu |
| Crotalaria trichotoma | English: curara-pea | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Echinochloa crus-galli | English: barnyard grass, cockspur grass | Poaceae | 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 |
| Eustachys petraea | English: pinewoods fingergrass | Poaceae | Angaur |
| Hyptis pectinata | English: comb hyptis, comb bushmint, mint weed, purple top | Lamiaceae | Babeldaob, Kayangel |
| 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 |
| Melinis minutiflora | English: melinis, molasses grass | Poaceae | 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 |
| Pluchea carolinensis | English: sour bush | Asteraceae | Peleliu |
| Ricinus communis | English: castor bean, castor-oil plant; Palauan: gelug, uluchula skoki | Euphorbiaceae | Angaur, Peleliu |
| Senna surattensis | English: scrambled eggs | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Solanum torvum | English: prickly solanum, devil's fig, turkeyberry, terongan | Solanaceae | Babeldaob |
| Stenotaphrum secundatum | English: buffalo grass, St. Augustine grass | Poaceae | Ngerchong |
| Stylosanthes guianensis | English: stylo, Brazilian lucerne, tropical lucerne, Nigerian stylo | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Tephrosia candida | English: white tephrosia, white hoary-pea | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Triumfetta rhomboidea | English: Chinese burr, paroquet burr, burr bush | Tiliaceae | Babeldaob |
| Urochloa reptans | English: creeping panic grass, running grass | Poaceae | Angaur |
| Xenostegia tridentata | English: African morningvine; Palauan: kebeas | Convolvulaceae | Babeldaob |
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