Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Report on invasive plant species in Palau (2008 survey)
Appendix 7, Table 8. Other species present elsewhere in Palau but not in Sonsorol State
|
Scientific Name |
Common Names (abridged) |
Family |
Present on: |
| Acalypha indica | English: copperleaf, Indian-nettle, ricinela | Euphorbiaceae | Babeldaob, Angaur |
| Acalypha lanceolata | Euphorbiaceae | Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu | |
| Ageratum conyzoides | English: chick weed, goatweed, whiteweed; Palauan: ngmak | Asteraceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Ngchus |
| Alysicarpus bupleurifolius | English: sweet alys | Fabaceae | Malakal, Babeldaob |
| Alysicarpus vaginalis | English: alyce-clover, buffalo-clover, one-leaf-clover | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Aulupse‘el |
| Ammannia baccifera | English: amania, monarch redstem | Lythraceae | Peleliu |
| Aniseia martinicensis | English: whitejacket | Convolvulaceae | Babeldaob |
| Annona glabra | English: pond apple, alligator apple, bullock's heart, cherimoyer | Annonaceae | Babeldaob |
| Annona squamosa | English: custard apple, sugar apple, sweetsop; Palauan: ngel ra ngebard | Annonaceae | Koror |
| Averrhoa bilimbi | English: bilimbi, cucumber tree, tree sorrel; Palauan: imekure, imekurs, oterebekii | Oxalidaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Aulupse‘el |
| Basella alba | English: Ceylon spinach, Indian spinach, Malabar nightshade, Malabar spinach, vine spinach | Basellaceae | Ngeanges |
| Begonia × semperflorens-cultorum | English: bedding begonia, perpetual begonia, wax begonia | Begoniaceae | Koror |
| Bidens pilosa | English: beggar’s tick, Spanish needle, cobbler's pegs | Asteraceae | Peleliu |
| Bixa orellana | English: anatto, annato, annatto, arnatto, lipstick tree; Palauan: búrek, burk | Bixaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Blechum pyramidatum | English: green shrimp plant, Browne’s blechum | Acanthaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu |
| Breynia disticha | English: snowbush, snowbush breynia, sweetpea bush, foliage-flower | Euphorbiaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Brucea javanica | English: Java brucea, Macassar kerneltree | Simaroubaceae | Babeldaob |
| Buchnera americana | English: American bluehearts, bupleurum | Orobanchaceae | Babeldaob |
| Caesalpinia pulcherrima | English: Barbados flower-fence, dwarf poinciana, pride of Barbados | Fabaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Caladium bicolor | English: caladium, elephant's-ear, fancy-leaf caladium, heart-of-Jesus | Araceae | Koror; Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu |
| Calathea majestica | Marantaceae | Koror | |
| Calliandra calothyrsus | English: powderpuff red calliandra | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Calliandra haematocephala | English: red powder puff | Fabaceae | Koror |
| Calliandra surinamensis | English: Surinamese stickpea | Fabaceae | Koror |
| Callisia fragrans | English: fragrant inch plant, basketplant, spironema | Commelinaceae | Ngercheu |
| Cananga odorata | English: perfume tree; Palauan: chiráng, ilang-ilang, irang | Annonaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Catharanthus roseus | English: Cape periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, old-maid, rose periwinkle | Apocynaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu |
| Centratherum punctatum | English: Brazilian button flower, centratherum, lark daisy | Asteraceae | Babeldaob |
| Chamaesyce hypericifolia | English: beach spurge, graceful spurge; Palauan: karkar, kerkar | Euphorbiaceae | Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu |
| Chamaesyce prostrata | English: creeping splurge, prostrate spurge, red caustic creeper | Euphorbiaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Ngchelobel, Ngchus |
| Chamaesyce thymifolia | English: red caustic creeper, thyme-leafed spurge | Euphorbiaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Ngchus, Ngeremdiu |
| Citrus aurantiifolia | English: Key lime, lime, Mexican lime, sour lime, West Indian lime; Palauan: malchianged | Rutaceae | Koror, Peleliu |
| Cleome gynandra | English: African spider-flower, bastard-mustard, cat's-whiskers, spider wisp, wild spider flower | Capparaceae | Koror |
| Cleome viscosa | English: tickweed, spider flower | Capparaceae | Babeldaob |
| Coffea arabica | English: coffee; Palauan: kohi | Rubiaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Coffea liberica | English: Liberian coffee | Rubiaceae | Koror |
| Coix lacryma-jobi | English: adlay, adlay millet, Job's-tears; Palauan: demairuuch, tauiir | Poaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Commelina diffusa | English: commelina, dayflower, wandering Jew, spiderwort | Commelinaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob |
| Conyza bonariensis | English: flax-leaf fleabane, hairy fleabane, hairy horseweed, wavy-leaf fleabane | Asteraceae | Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu |
| Conyza canadensis | English: butterweed, Canadian horseweed, Canadian fleabane, hogweed, horseweed | Asteraceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu, Ngerchong |
| Corchorus aestuans | Tiliaceae | Babeldaob | |
| Coreopsis lanceolata | English: garden coreopsis, lanceleaf tickseed, tickseed | Asteraceae | Koror |
| Cosmos sp. | English: cosmos | Asteraceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur |
| Crassocephalum crepidioides | English: thickhead, fireweed, redflower ragleaf | Asteraceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur, Urukthapel |
| Crotalaria incana | English: fuzzy rattlepod, woolly rattlepod; Palauan: kuroteraria | Fabaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Crotalaria pallida | English: salts rattlebox, smooth crotalaria, smooth rattlebox, smooth rattlepod, streaked rattlepod, striped crotalaria | Fabaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur |
| Delonix regia | English: flame tree, flamboyant, poinciana; Palauan: nangiosákura, nangyo | Fabaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu |
| Desmodium gangeticum | Fabaceae | Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob | |
| Desmodium heterophyllum | English: hetero, Spanish clover | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Desmodium incanum | English: kaimi clover, Spanish clover | Fabaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu |
| Desmodium triflorum | English: creeping tick trefoil, three-flower beggarweed, tropical trefoil; Palauan: olmud, olumúd, olumud | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur |
| Dichanthium annulatum | English: Angleton grass, bluestem, Diaz bluestem, Hindi grass, Kleberg bluestem, marvel grass, sheda grass | Poaceae | Babeldaob |
| Digitaria bicornis | English: southern crabgrass | Poaceae | Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Eclipta prostrata | English: eclipta, false daisy, swamp daisy, white eclipta; Palauan: deberebelela tengadidik | Asteraceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Kayangel, Peleliu |
| Eleocharis dulcis | English: Chinese water-chestnut, ground-chestnut, waternut; Palauan: kerdikes | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Elephantopus mollis | English: elephantopus, elephant’s foot, false tobacco, tobacco weed | Asteraceae | Babeldaob |
| Emilia sonchifolia | English: Cupid's shaving-brush, emilia, Flora's paint brush, purple sow thistle, sow thistle | Asteraceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Angaur, Aulupse‘el |
| Episcia cupreata | English: episcia, flame violet | Gesneriaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Erechtites hieraciifolius | English: American burnweed, American fireweed, burnweed, fireweed, Malayan groundsel, pilewort | Asteraceae | Babeldaob |
| Euphorbia cyathophora | English: dwarf poinsettia, fire-on-the-mountain, Mexican fire plant, painted spurge, wild poinsettia | Euphorbiaceae | Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu |
| Euphorbia graminea | English: grassleaf spurge | Euphorbiaceae | Ngercheu |
| Euphorbia pulcherrima | English: Christmas flower, Mexican flameleaf, painted leaf, poinsettia; Palauan: becheselrak | Euphorbiaceae | Koror |
| Ficus elastica | English: India rubber tree, rubber plant; Palauan: komunokí, komunoki | Moraceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang |
| Gomphrena globosa | English: bachelor's-button, globe amaranth, pearly everlasting; Palauan: botang | Amaranthaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Angaur, Ngercheu |
| Gossypium barbadense | English: cotton, sea island cotton | Malvaceae | Babeldaob |
| Heliconia spp. | English: heliconia, parrot's-flower, parrot's-plantain, crab claw, lobster claw | Heliconiaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Heliotropium procumbens | English: heliotrope, prostrate heliotrope, slender heliotrope | Boraginaceae | Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu |
| Impatiens balsamina | English: impatiens, balsam, garden balsam, rose balsam, spotted snapweed, touch-me-not; Palauan: hosengka | Balsaminaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Impatiens walleriana | English: garden impatiens, balsam, busy lizzy, bizzy-lizzie, patient lucy; sultan’s flower | Balsaminaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Ipomoea batatas | English: sweet potato; Palauan: emutii | Convolvulaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur |
| Ixora coccinea | English: flame of the forest, jungle geranium, red ixora | Rubiaceae | Koror |
| Jacaranda mimosifolia | English: jacaranda | Bignoniaceae | Koror |
| Jasminum sambac | English: Arabian jasmine | Oleaceae | Koror |
| Lepidium virginicum | English: peppergrass, Virginia peppercress, Virginia pepperweed, wild peppercress | Brassicaceae | Angaur, Peleliu, Ngerchong |
| Leucas lavandulifolia | Lamiaceae | Babeldaob | |
| Malva parviflora | English: cheeseweed, Egyptian mallow, little mallow, small-flower mallow | Malvaceae | Babeldaob |
| Malvaviscus penduliflorus | English: Turk's cap | Malvaceae | Kayangel |
| Melampodium divaricatum | English: blackfoot, golden button | Asteraceae | Babeldaob |
| Merremia umbellata | English: yellow wood rose | Convolvulaceae | Koror |
| Mitracarpus hirtus | English: tropical girdlepod | Rubiaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Momordica charantia | English: balsam-apple, bitter-melon, bitter gourd, balsam pear, squirting cucumber, cerasee, peria; Palauan: markoso | Cucurbitaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu |
| Moringa oleifera | English: horseradish tree, drumstick tree, ben nut, morango; Palauan: malungkai | Moringaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngercheu |
| Nerium oleander | English: mountain rose, oleander | Apocynaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Nicotiana tabacum | English: tobacco; Palauan: dekool, dekoul, derool, tobaco | Solanaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob |
| Ochroma pyramidale | English: balsa, corkwood, down tree | Bombacaceae | Babeldaob |
| Oldenlandia corymbosa | English: Old World diamondflower | Rubiaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu |
| Opuntia sp. | English: drooping tree pear, prickly pear | Cactaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu, Tobi |
| Orthosiphon aristatus | English: cat’s whiskers; Palauan: emadecharebub | Lamiaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Oxalis barrelieri | Oxalidaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob | |
| Passiflora edulis | English: passion fruit, yellow passion fruit, purple passion fruit, qarandila, purple granadilla; Palauan: kudamono | Passifloraceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Passiflora quadrangularis | English: granadilla, giant granadilla; Palauan: kudamono | Passifloraceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Persea americana | English: avocado, alligator pear; Palauan: bata | Lauraceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Phaseolus lunatus | English: lima bean, butter bean, Burma bean, haricot bean, Madagascar bean, sieva bean, sugar bean | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Phyla nodiflora | English: fogfruit, lippia, phyla | Verbenaceae | Angaur, Peleliu |
| Phyllanthus debilis | Euphorbiaceae | Koror, Malakal | |
| Physalis angulata | English: annual ground cherry; Palauan: bubeubedul | Solanaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu |
| Physalis minima | English: sunberry | Solanaceae | Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Physalis peruviana | English: Cape gooseberry, goldenberry, gooseberry-tomato, Peruvian ground-cherry, Peruvian-cherry | Solanaceae | Koror |
| Pilea nummulariifolia | English: creeping Charlie | Urticaceae | Koror |
| Piriqueta racemosa | English: ridgid stripeseed | Turneraceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Pityrogramma calomelanos | English: Dixie silverback fern, gold fern (var. austroamericana), gold-dust fern (var. austroamericana), silver fern | Pteridaceae | Babeldaob |
| Plectranthus amboinicus | English: Mexican mint, Spanish thyme, Cuban oregano | Lamiaceae | Koror |
| Pluchea indica | English: Indian fleabane, Indian pluchea, Indian camphorweed | Asteraceae | Angaur, Peleliu |
| Polygala paniculata | English: island snake-root; Palauan: keskus ra mekesong | Polygalaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngerchong |
| Polypremum procumbens | English: juniper leaf | Loganiaceae | Angaur |
| Portulaca oleracea | English: pigweed, purslane; Palauan: bungaruau ra sers | Portulacaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngercheu, Tobi |
| Pteris vittata | English: Chinese brake, Chinese ladder brake, ladder brake | Pteridaceae | Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Pueraria phaseoloides | English: tropical kudzu, puero | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Ravenala madagascariensis | English: traveler’s palm, traveler’s tree, ravenale | Strelitziaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Ruellia tuberosa | English: large bell-flower (Samoa) | Acanthaceae | Babeldaob |
| Russelia equisetiformis | English: coralplant, fountainplant | Scrophulariaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Scoparia dulcis | English: scoparia, sweet broom | Scrophulariaceae | Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Sesbania cannabina | English: canicha, dhaincha, dhunchi, sesbania pea | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob |
| Setaria parviflora | English: knotroot bristle grass, knotroot foxtail, perennial foxtail, slender pigeon grass, yellow foxtail | Poaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Sida acuta | English: broom weed, Paddy’s lucerne, southern sida, spiny-head sida, spiny sida; Palauan: keak | Malvaceae | Babeldaob, Angaur |
| Sida rhombifolia | English: arrow-leaf sida, Cuban jute, Paddy's lucerne, Queensland-hemp, teaweed; Palauan: keak | Malvaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngerchong |
| Sida spinosa | English: prickly sida, spiny sida | Malvaceae | Angaur |
| Sigesbeckia orientalis | English: Indian weed, small yellow crown-beard, yellow crown-head | Asteraceae | Babeldaob |
| Solanum americanum | English: American nightshade, black nightshade, glossy nightshade | Solanaceae | Koror, Malakal |
| Solanum nigrum | English: black-berry night shade (Australia), black nightshade, poisonberry | Solanaceae | Malakal |
| Solenostemon scutellarioides | English: coleus | Lamiaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Kayangel |
| Spermacoce exilis | English: Mauritius false buttonweed | Rubiaceae | Babeldaob |
| Spermacoce latifolia | English: buttonweed, oval leaf false buttonweed | Rubiaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Spermacoce ocymoides | English: purple-leaved button weed | Rubiaceae | Babeldaob |
| Spermacoce ovalifolia | English: broadleaf false buttonweed | Rubiaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngercheu, Ngerchong |
| Spermacoce remota | English: buttonweed; Palauan: okula beluu | Rubiaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngercheu, Ngchus, Ngemelis, Ngerchong, Ngeremdiu, Tobi |
| Stachytarpheta jamaicensis | English: bastard vervain, blue porterweed, Brazilian tea, Jamaica vervain, joee, light blue snakeweed; Palauan: louch beluu | Verbenaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu, Aulupse‘el |
| Stapelia gigantea | English: carrion flower, starfish flower, zulu-giant, giant toad plant | Asclepiadaceae | Babeldaob |
| Swietenia macrophylla | English: Honduras mahogany, large-leaved mahogany, mahogany | Meliaceae | Koror, Kayangel |
| Syzygium jambos | English: malabar plum, rose apple, Malay apple | Myrtaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Syzygium malaccense | English: Malay-apple, mountain-apple, Otaheite-apple, pomerac, rose-apple; Palauan: kidel | Myrtaceae | Koror, Tobi |
| Tabebuia heterophylla | English: pink tecoma, pink trumpet tree, white cedar | Bignoniaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Kayangel |
| Tabebuia pallida | English: Cuban pink trumpet tree, white cedar, whitewood | Bignoniaceae | Koror |
| Tagetes erecta | English: African marigold, Aztec marigold, big marigold, French marigold, marigold, saffron marigold | Asteraceae | Koror |
| Tridax procumbens | English: coat buttons, tridax daisy | Asteraceae | Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu |
| Uraria lagopodioides | Fabaceae | Babeldaob | |
| Zornia gibbosa | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
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