Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Report on invasive plant species in Palau (2008 survey)
Appendix 6, Table 2. Species of environmental concern present elsewhere in Palau but not on Babeldaob
|
Scientific Name |
Common Names (abridged) |
Family |
Present on: |
| Abrus precatorius | English: bead vine, coral bead plant, precatory, precatory bean, red beadvine, rosary pea | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Angaur |
| Albizia lebbeck | English: siris-tree, rain tree, East Indian walnut; Palauan: ukall ra ngebard | Fabaceae | Koror |
| Alocasia cucullata | English: Chinese ape, Chinese taro | Araceae | Koror |
| Amaranthus spinosus | English: edlebur, needle burr, spiny amaranth, thorny pigweed | Amaranthaceae | Angaur |
| Asparagus densiflorus | English: asparagus fern, sprengeri fern, smilax, regal fern | Liliaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang |
| Barleria cristata | English: crested Philippine violet, Philippine violet | Acanthaceae | Koror |
| Bauhinia acuminata | English: dwarf white bauhinia | Fabaceae | Koror |
| 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 |
| Cenchrus brownii | English: burgrass, burr grass, sand-bur, slimbristle sandbur | Poaceae | Malakal, Angaur, Peleliu |
| Costus woodsonii | English: Indian-head ginger, red cane; Hawaiian: ‘awapuhi ‘inikini po‘o | Costaceae | Ngerkebesang |
| Crinum asiaticum | English: Asiatic poisonbulb, crinum, false spider lily, giant crinum lily, poisonbulb; Palauan: bisecherad ra ngebard | Liliaceae | Koror, Angaur, Ngerchong, Sonsorol |
| Crotalaria retusa | English: devil-bean, wedge-leaf crotalaria, wedge-leaf rattlepod | Fabaceae | Peleliu |
| Cyperus involucratus | English: umbrella sedge, umbrella plant, dwarf papyrus grass; Palauan: deus | Cyperaceae | Koror |
| Eugenia uniflora | English: Surinam cherry, red Brazil cherry | Myrtaceae | Koror |
| Eustachys petraea | English: pinewoods fingergrass | Poaceae | Angaur |
| Gmelina asiatica | English: badhara bush, Asiatic beechberry, oval-leafed gmelina; Palauan: kalngebang? | Lamiaceae | Koror |
| Hamelia patens | English: redhead, scarletbush | Rubiaceae | Koror, Peleliu |
| Inga edulis | English: ice cream bean | Fabaceae | Koror |
| Jatropha gossypiifolia | English: bellyache bush, cotton-leaved physic nut | Euphorbiaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang |
| Leonurus japonicus | English: lion’s tail, Chinese motherwort | Lamiaceae | Koror |
| Livistonia chinensis | English: Chinese fan palm, Chinese fountain palm, fountain palm | Arecaceae | Koror |
| Merremia hederacea | English: ivy woodrose | Convolvulaceae | Koror |
| Panicum repens | English: torpedo grass, couch panicum, creeping panic | Poaceae | Koror |
| Passiflora suberosa | English: wild passionfruit, devil's pumpkin, indigo berry, corky passionflower, corkstem passionflower | Passifloraceae | Koror, Malikal |
| Pereskia aculeata | English: Barbados gooseberry, leafy cactus, lemon vine, pereskia creeper, primitive cactus, Spanish gooseberry | Cactaceae | Ngercheu |
| Pluchea carolinensis | English: sour bush | Asteraceae | Peleliu |
| Psidium cattleianum | English: strawberry guava, cherry guava, Cattley guava, Chinese guava | Myrtaceae | Koror |
| Ricinus communis | English: castor bean, castor-oil plant; Palauan: gelug, uluchula skoki | Euphorbiaceae | Angaur, Peleliu |
| Sambucus mexicana | English: elderberry, Mexican elder | Caprifoliaceae | Koror |
| Schefflera arboricola | English: dwarf brassia, dwarf schefflera, Hawaiian elf schefflera | Araliaceae | Koror |
| Sorghum bicolor | English: Sudan grass | Poaceae | Malakal |
| Stenotaphrum secundatum | English: buffalo grass, St. Augustine grass | Poaceae | Ngerchong |
| Urochloa reptans | English: creeping panic grass, running grass | Poaceae | Angaur |
| Urochloa subquadripara | English: brachiaria, green summer grass, tropical signalgrass | 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 |
| Youngia japonica | English: oriental hawksbeard | Asteraceae | Koror |
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