Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Report on invasive plant species in Palau (2008 survey)
Appendix 6, Table 3. Species of environmental concern present elsewhere in Palau but not on Angaur
|
Scientific Name |
Common Names (abridged) |
Family |
Present on: |
| Abelmoschus moschatus | English: fautia, musk mallow, musk okra; Palauan: gongul | Malvaceae | Babeldaob, Kayangel, Peleliu, Tobi |
| Acacia confusa | English: Formosa koa, Formosa acacia; Palauan: ianángi, yanangi | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Acacia farnesiana | English: Ellington curse, klu, sweet acacia | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Acacia mangium | English: mangium, brown salwood, black wattle, hickory wattle | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Adenanthera pavonina | English: coral bean tree, red sandalwood tree, red bead tree; Palauan: telengtúngd, telentundalel | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Aeschynomene americana | English: American joint vetch, joint vetch, shyleaf | Fabaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob |
| Agave sisalana | English: sisal, sisal hemp | Agavaceae | Babeldaob |
| Albizia lebbeck | English: siris-tree, rain tree, East Indian walnut; Palauan: ukall ra ngebard | Fabaceae | Koror |
| Allamanda cathartica | English: yellow trumpet vine, golden trumpet, golden allamanda, golden cup | Apocynaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Alocasia cucullata | English: Chinese ape, Chinese taro | Araceae | Koror |
| Alternanthera brasiliana | English: Brazilian joyweed, Joseph’s coat | Amaranthaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Ngercheu |
| Amaranthus dubius | English: amaranth, spleen amaranth | Amaranthaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob |
| Angelonia angustifolia | English: angelonia, narrowleaf angelon | Scrophulariaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Antigonon leptopus | English: Mexican creeper, hearts on a chain, coral vine; Palauan: dilngau | Polygonaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Arundo donax | English: giant reed, Spanish reed, wild cane | Poaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Asparagus densiflorus | English: asparagus fern, sprengeri fern, smilax, regal fern | Liliaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang |
| Asystasia gangetica subsp. gangetica | English: Chinese violet, Philippine violet, coromandel | Acanthaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Kayangel |
| Bacopa procumbens | Scrophulariaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Peleliu | |
| Barleria cristata | English: crested Philippine violet, Philippine violet | Acanthaceae | Koror |
| Barleria lupulina | English: hophead, Philippine violet | Acanthaceae | Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Bauhinia acuminata | English: dwarf white bauhinia | Fabaceae | Koror |
| Bauhinia monandra | English: orchid-tree, St. Thomas-tree, Napoleon's plume | Fabaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Bauhinia purpurea | English: purple orchid tree; purple butterfly tree | Fabaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Bauhinia variegata | English: orchid tree; mountain ebony | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Bryophyllum delagoense | English: chandelier plant | Crassulaceae | Babeldaob |
| Bryophyllum pinnatum | English: life plant, air plant, resurrection plant, Canterbury bells, cathedral bells, Mexican love plant | Crassulaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu, Ngercheu, Sonsorol |
| Calamus spp. | English: rattan; Palauan: bangerenguis ra ngebard | Arecaceae | Babeldaob |
| Calopogonium mucunoides | English: calopo | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Calotropis gigantea | English: calotrope, crown flower, madar | Ascelepiadaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| 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 |
| Ceiba pentandra | English: kapok tree, silk-cotton tree, pacae; Palauan: kalngebárd, kalngebard, kerrekar ngebard | Bombacaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Kayangel |
| Centrosema pubescens | English: centro, butterfly-pea | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob |
| Chamaecrista mimosoides | English: Japanese tea; Palauan: ukellela chedip | Fabaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob |
| Chamaecrista nictitans | English: partridge pea, Japanese tea senna | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob |
| Chloris radiata | English: plush-grass, radiate fingergrass | Poaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Chloris virgata | English: feather finger grass, feathered chloris, feathertop Rhodes grass, feathery Rhodes grass, oldland grass, sweet grass | Poaceae | Babeldaob |
| Cinnamomum verum | English: cinnamon tree; Palauan: ochod ra ngebard | Lauraceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Chelbacheb, Urukthapel |
| Clidemia hirta | English: Koster’s curse, soap bush; Palauan: kúi, kui | Melastomataceae | Babeldaob |
| Clitoria ternatea | English: butterfly pea, Asian pigeonwings; Palauan: kles | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Costus woodsonii | English: Indian-head ginger, red cane; Hawaiian: ‘awapuhi ‘inikini po‘o | Costaceae | Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Crotalaria micans | English: crotalaria | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Crotalaria retusa | English: devil-bean, wedge-leaf crotalaria, wedge-leaf rattlepod | Fabaceae | Peleliu |
| Crotalaria spectabilis | English: rattlebox, showy crotalaria, showy rattlebox, showy rattlepod; Palauan: kuroteraria | Fabaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob |
| Crotalaria trichotoma | English: curara-pea | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Cryptostegia madagascariensis | English: Madagascar rubbervine | Ascelepiadaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Cyperus difformis | English: dirty-Dora, one-arm sedge, rice sedge, small-flower umbrella-plant, variable flat sedge | Cyperaceae | Malakal, Babeldaob |
| Cyperus distans | English: slender cyperus | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Cyperus involucratus | English: umbrella sedge, umbrella plant, dwarf papyrus grass; Palauan: deus | Cyperaceae | Koror |
| Derris elliptica | English: derris; Palauan: deris, dub | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Desmanthus pernambucanus | English: pigeon bundleflower | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Desmanthus virgatus | English: slender mimosa, virgate mimosa | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob |
| Desmodium tortuosum | English: Florida beggarweed, Spanish clover, dixie ticktrefoil | Fabaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Dieffenbachia seguine | English: dieffenbachia, dumb cane | Araceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Digitaria violascens | English: smooth crabgrass, violet crabgrass; Palauan: sau | Poaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob |
| Dissotis rotundifolia | English: dissotis, Spanish shawl, pink lady | Melastomataceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Echinochloa crus-galli | English: barnyard grass, cockspur grass | Poaceae | Babeldaob |
| Eichhornia crassipes | English: water hyacinth; Palauan: bung el ralm | Pontederiaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob |
| Elaeis guineensis | English: African oil palm | Arecaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Epipremnum pinnatum cv. 'Aureum' | English: pothos, money plant | Araceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Episcia reptans | Gesneriaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesand, 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 |
| Eragrostis pilosa | English: hairy love grass, Indian love grass, soft lovegrass | Poaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Eugenia uniflora | English: Surinam cherry, red Brazil cherry | Myrtaceae | Koror |
| Falcataria moluccana | English: Molucca albizia; Palauan: ukall ra ngebard | Fabaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Ficus benjamina | English: weeping fig, baka, Java fig, weeping fig, Benjamin tree | Moraceae | Malakal, Babeldaob, Ngercheu |
| Flemingia macrophylla | Fabaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob | |
| Gliricidia sepium | English: mother of cacao, quickstick, Mexican lilac; Palauanr: rechesengel | Fabaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob, Tobi |
| Gmelina asiatica | English: badhara bush, Asiatic beechberry, oval-leafed gmelina; Palauan: kalngebang? | Lamiaceae | Koror |
| Hamelia patens | English: redhead, scarletbush | Rubiaceae | Koror, Peleliu |
| Hedychium coronarium | English: white ginger, butterfly lily, ginger lily, garland flower | Zingiberaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob |
| Hemigraphis alternata | English: metal leaf; red ivy, cemetery plant (Fiji) | Acanthaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Hevea brasiliensis | English: hevea, Brazilian rubber tree, Para rubber tree | Euphorbiaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Hyptis capitata | English: knobweed | Lamiaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Inga edulis | English: ice cream bean | Fabaceae | Koror |
| Ipomoea carnea subsp. fistulosa | English: bush morning glory, tree ipomoea | Convolvulaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Ipomoea quamoclit | English: Cupid's flower, cypress vine, cypressvine morning-glory, star of Bethlehem, star-glory, sweet-willy; Palauan: asangao | Convolvulaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Jatropha curcas | English: physic nut, purging nut, Barbados nut | Euphorbiaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Jatropha gossypiifolia | English: bellyache bush, cotton-leaved physic nut | Euphorbiaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang |
| Kyllinga brevifolia | English: green kyllinga, green water sedge; Palauan: deus, esechesiding | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Tobi |
| Leonurus japonicus | English: lion’s tail, Chinese motherwort | Lamiaceae | Koror |
| Livistonia chinensis | English: Chinese fan palm, Chinese fountain palm, fountain palm | Arecaceae | Koror |
| 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 |
| Melia azedarach | English: Chinaberry, pride-of-India, indian lilac, Persian lilac, margosa tree, tira | Meliaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Ngercheu |
| Melinis minutiflora | English: melinis, molasses grass | Poaceae | Babeldaob |
| Merremia hederacea | English: ivy woodrose | Convolvulaceae | Koror |
| Mikania micrantha | English: mile-a-minute weed, Chinese creeper, American rope, bittervine; Palauan: teb el yas | Asteraceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Murraya paniculata | English: orange jessamine, satin-wood, Chinese box, Hawaiian mock orange | Rutaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob |
| Nymphaea spp. | English: water lily | Nymphaeaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Ocimum gratissimum | English: wild basil, clove basil, tree basil | Lamiaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob, Tobi |
| Panicum maximum | English: Guinea grass, green panic, buffalograss | Poaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Panicum repens | English: torpedo grass, couch panicum, creeping panic | Poaceae | Koror |
| Paspalum scrobiculatum | English: rice grass; creeping paspalum, ditch millet, Indian paspalum, kodo millet, water couch; Palauan: desum | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu, Ngercheu, Ngeanges, Ngeremdiu |
| Passiflora suberosa | English: wild passionfruit, devil's pumpkin, indigo berry, corky passionflower, corkstem passionflower | Passifloraceae | Koror, Malikal |
| Pennisetum polystachion | English: mission grass, feathery pennisetum; Palauan: desum | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Pennisetum purpureum | English: elephant grass, napier grass, merker grass; Palauan: bokso | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Pennisetum setaceum | English: fountain grass | Poaceae | Ngerkebesang, 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 |
| Pithecellobium dulce | English: Madras thorn, Manila tamarind, sweet inga; Palauan: kamatsíri, kamatsiri | Fabaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Pluchea carolinensis | English: sour bush | Asteraceae | Peleliu |
| Pseuderanthemum carruthersii | English: false eranthemum | Acanthaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob, Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngercheu, Tobi |
| Psidium cattleianum | English: strawberry guava, cherry guava, Cattley guava, Chinese guava | Myrtaceae | Koror |
| Quisqualis indica | English: Rangoon creeper | Combretaceae | Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Sambucus mexicana | English: elderberry, Mexican elder | Caprifoliaceae | Koror |
| Sanchezia parvibracteata | English: sanchezia | Acanthaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Sansevieria trifasciata | English: bowstring hemp, mother-in-law’s tongue; Palauan: kitelel | Agavaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu, Ngercheu, Tobi |
| Schefflera arboricola | English: dwarf brassia, dwarf schefflera, Hawaiian elf schefflera | Araliaceae | Koror |
| Senna alata | English: candle bush; candelabra bush, Roman candle tree, emperor's candlesticks, alcapulco; Palauan: kerula besokel, yult | Fabaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Senna obtusifolia | English: habucha, coffeeweed, sicklepod | Fabaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Senna siamea | English: cassod tree, kassod tree, Siamese cassia, pheasantwood, Thailand shower | Fabaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob |
| Senna surattensis | English: scrambled eggs | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Sesbania grandiflora | English: sesbania, hummingbird tree, sesban, scarlet wisteria tree, corkwood tree; Palauan: katurai | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Ngerchong |
| Setaria sphacelata | English: African bristle grass, golden timothy | Poaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Solanum torvum | English: prickly solanum, devil's fig, turkeyberry, terongan | Solanaceae | Babeldaob |
| Sorghum bicolor | English: Sudan grass | Poaceae | Malakal |
| Sorghum halepense | English: Johnson grass, Aleppo grass, Aleppo milletgrass | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Spathodea campanulata | English: African tulip tree, fireball, fountain tree; Palauan: orsachel kui | Bignoniaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesand, Babeldaob |
| Sporobolus diander | English: Indian dropseed, tussock dropseed | Poaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Ngerchong |
| Stenotaphrum secundatum | English: buffalo grass, St. Augustine grass | Poaceae | Ngerchong |
| Striga asiatica | English: witchweed | Scrophulariaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Stylosanthes guianensis | English: stylo, Brazilian lucerne, tropical lucerne, Nigerian stylo | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Syzygium cumini | English: Java plum; jambolan plum; Palauan: mesegerak, mesekerrák, mesekerrak, mesigerak | Myrtaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Aulupse‘el, Ngerukuid |
| Tephrosia candida | English: white tephrosia, white hoary-pea | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Thevetia peruviana | English: yellow oleander, be-still tree, lucky nut | Apocynaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Kayangel, Peleliu |
| Thunbergia grandiflora | English: Bengal trumpet, blue trumpet vine, clock vine, skyvine, large-flowerd thunbergia; Palauan: bung el etiu | Acanthaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Kayangel |
| Tithonia diversifolia | English: tree marigold, shrub sunflower, Mexican sunflower, Japanese sunflower | Asteraceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Triumfetta rhomboidea | English: Chinese burr, paroquet burr, burr bush | Tiliaceae | Babeldaob |
| Turnera subulata | English: white alder | Turneraceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Urochloa mutica | English: California grass, para grass, buffalo grass, Mauritius grass, signal grass | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob |
| Urochloa subquadripara | English: brachiaria, green summer grass, tropical signalgrass, cori grass | 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 |
| Xenostegia tridentata | English: African morningvine; Palauan: kebeas | Convolvulaceae | Babeldaob |
| Youngia japonica | English: oriental hawksbeard | Asteraceae | Koror |
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