Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Report on invasive plant species in Palau (2002 survey)
Appendix 4. Invasive species of environmental concern by location
Table 2. Invasive species of environmental concern present on Babeldaob
|
Scientific name |
Common Names (abridged) |
Family |
Habit |
| †Abelmoschus moschatus | fautia, musk mallow, musk okra, gongul (Palau) | Malvaceae | herb |
| Acacia auriculiformis | Papuan wattle, auri, earleaf acacia, northern black wattle, ear-pod wattle | Fabaceae | tree |
| *Acacia confusa | Formosa koa, Formosa acacia, ianángi (Palau), yanangi (Palau) | Fabaceae | tree |
| *Acacia farnesiana | Ellington curse, klu, sweet acacia | Fabaceae | shrub |
| Acacia mangium | mangium, brown salwood, black wattle, hickory wattle | Fabaceae | tree |
| Adenanthera pavonina | coral bean tree, red sandalwood tree, red bead tree, lopa, bead tree, false wiliwili, telengtúngd (Palau), telentundalel (Palau)) | Fabaceae | tree |
| *Agave sp. | American aloe, century plant | Agavaceae | succulent |
| Agave sisalana | sisal, sisal hemp | Agavaceae | succulent |
| yellow trumpet vine, golden trumpet, allamanda, brownbud allamanda, golden allamanda, golden cup | Apocynaceae | vine | |
| red ginger | Zingiberaceae | herb | |
| Alternanthera brasiliana | Brazilian joyweed, Joseph’s coat | Amaranthaceae | herb |
| *Antigonon leptopus | Mexican creeper, mountain rose, Confederate vine, chain-of-love, hearts on a chain, love-vine, coral bells, coral vine, dilngau (Palau) | Polygonaceae | vine |
| Arundo donax | giant reed, Spanish reed, wild cane | Poaceae | grass |
| *Asystasia gangetica subsp. gangetica | Chinese violet, Philippine violet, coromandel | Acanthaceae | herb |
|
Bambusa
spp. †(B. vulbaris) |
bamboo, bambuu (Palau), esel (Palau) | Poaceae | tree |
| Barleria lupulina | hophead, Philippine violet | Acanthaceae | shrub |
| *Bauhinia monandra | orchid-tree, St. Thomas-tree, Napoleon's plume | Fabaceae | tree |
| *Bauhinia purpurea | purple orchid tree; purple butterfly tree | Fabaceae | tree |
| *Bauhinia variegata | orchid tree; mountain ebony | Fabaceae | tree |
| Bothriochloa bladhii | blue grass, Australian beardgrass, Caucasian bluestem, desum (Palau) | Poaceae | grass |
| Bryophyllum pinnatum | life plant, air plant, resurrection plant, Canterbury bells, cathedral bells, Mexican love plant | Crassulaceae | succulent |
| ‡Calamus spp. | rattan, bangerenguis ra ngebard (Palau) | Arecaceae | shrub (palm) |
| *Calliandra calothyrsus | powderpuff red calliandra | Fabaceae | shrub |
| Calopogonium mucunoides | calopo | Fabaceae | vine |
| *Calotropis gigantea | calotrope, crown flower, madar | Ascelepiadaceae | shrub |
| Canna indica | canna, canna lily, Indian shot | Cannaceae | herb |
| **Casuarina equisetifolia | casuarina, ironwood, Australian pine, she-oak, horsetail tree, beefwood, agas (Palau), agasu (Palau), ngas (Palau), ngasu (Palau) | Casuarinaceae | tree |
| *Ceiba pentandra | kapok, kapok tree, silk-cotton tree, kalngebard (Palau), kalngebárd (Palau), kerrekar ngebard (Palau) | Bombacaceae | tree |
| burr grass, sand-bur, southern sandbur | Poaceae | grass | |
| centro, butterfly-pea | Fabaceae | vine | |
| Chamaecrista mimosoides | Japanese tea | Fabaceae | herb |
| Chamaecrista nictitans | partridge pea, Japanese tea senna | Fabaceae | shrub |
| swollen fingergrass | Poaceae | grass | |
| plush-grass, radiate fingergrass | Poaceae | grass | |
| Siam weed, triffid weed, bitter bush, Jack in the bush, ngesngesil (Palau) | Asteraceae | shrub | |
| **Chrysopogon aciculatus | Mackie's pest, lovegrass, seed grass, golden beardgrass, iul (Palau) | Poaceae | grass |
| Clerodendrum buchananii var. fallax | red clerodendrum, pagoda-flower, butcherechár (Palau), butecherechar (Palau) | Lamiaceae | shrub |
| pagoda plant, pagoda flower, butcherechár (Palau), butecherechar (Palau) | Lamiaceae | shrub | |
| bronze-leaved clerodendrum, kleuang (Palau) | Lamiaceae | shrub | |
| Koster’s curse, soap bush, kui (Palau), kúi (Palau) | Melastomataceae | shrub | |
| Clitoria ternatea | butterfly pea, Asian pigeonwings, kles (Palau) | Fabaceae | vine |
| *Coffea arabica | coffee, kohi (Palau) | Rubiaceae | tree |
| †Commelina diffusa | commelina, dayflower, wandering Jew, spiderwort | Commelinaceae | herb |
| Crotalaria micans | crotalaria | Fabaceae | shrub |
| *Cryptostegia madagascariensis | Madagascar rubbervine | Asclepiadaceae | vine |
| Cynodon dactylon | Bermuda grass, giant Bermuda grass, bahama grass, devil's grass, couch grass, Indian doab, grama, devilgrass, couchgrass, balama grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Cyperus rotundus | nut grass, nutsedge, purple nutsedge, cocograss | Cyperaceae | sedge |
| Derris elliptica | derris | Fabaceae | vine |
| Desmanthus virgatus | slender mimosa, virgate mimosa | Fabaceae | shrub |
| Desmodium tortuosum | Florida beggarweed, Spanish clover, dixie ticktrefoil | Fabaceae | herb |
| dieffenbachia, dumb cane | Araceae | herb | |
| Henry's crabgrass, smooth crabgrass, tropical crab grass, large crab grass, southern crabgrass, fingergrass, summer grass | Poaceae | grass | |
| ‡Digitaria violascens | smooth crabgrass, violet crabgrass, sau (Palau) | Poaceae | grass |
| Dissotis rotundifolia | dissotis, Spanish shawl, pink lady | Melastomataceae | herb |
| *Eichhornia crassipes | water hyacinth, bung el ralm (Palau) | Pontederiaceae | aquatic herb |
| goosegrass, wiregrass, goose foot, crow's foot, bullgrass, deskim(Palau), kelelamalk (Palau), keteketarmalk (Palau) | Poaceae | grass | |
| pothos, money plant | Araceae | vine | |
| Falcataria moluccana | Molucca albizia, ukall ra ngebard (Palau) | Fabaceae | tree |
| *Flemingia macrophylla | Fabaceae | tree | |
| Flemingia strobilifera | luck plant, wild hops, besungelaiei (Palau) | Fabaceae | shrub |
| *Gliricidia sepium | mother of cacao, quickstick, Mexican lilac, rechesengel (Palau) | Fabaceae | tree |
| **Gmelina ellilptica | kalngebard ra belau (Palau) | Lamiaceae | shrub |
|
*Heliconia spp. †( H. psittacorum) |
heliconia, parrot's-flower, parrot's-plantain, crab claw, lobster claw | Heliconiaceae | herb |
| Hemigraphis alternata | metal leaf; red ivy | Acanthaceae | herb |
| *?Hevea brasiliensis | hevea, Brazilian rubber tree, Para rubber tree | Euphorbiaceae | tree |
| knobweed | Lamiaceae | herb | |
| comb hyptis, comb bushmint, mint weed, purple top | Lamiaceae | herb | |
| Imperata cylindrica | blady grass, cogon grass, satintail, kasoring (Palau) | Poaceae | grass |
| Ipomoea aquatica | aquatic morning glory, swamp cabbage, water spinach, ung-choi, kang kong, kankum (Palau), kangum (Palau), kangkum (Palau) | Convolvulaceae | aquatic herb |
| Ipomoea hederifolia | ivy-leaf morning glory, star ipomoea, trompillo | Convolvulaceae | vine |
| **Ischaemum polystachyum | paddle grass | Poaceae | grass |
| **†Ischaemum rugosum | muraina grass, wrinkle duck-beak, saramatta grass | Poaceae | grass |
| **†Ischaemum timorense | centipede grass, stalkleaf murainagrass, lucuntu grass | Poaceae | grass |
| ‡Jatropha curcas | physic nut, purging nut, Barbados nut | Euphorbiaceae | shrub |
| Kyllinga brevifolia | green kyllinga, green water sedge, esechesiding (Palau) | Cyperaceae | sedge |
| **†‡Kyllinga nemoralis | white kyllinga, whitehead spikesedge, whitewater sedge | Cyperaceae | sedge |
| Lantana camara | lantana | Verbenaceae | shrub |
| Leucaena leucocephala | leucaena, wild tamarind, lead tree, telengtungd (Palau) | Fabaceae | tree |
| siratro, purple bushbean | Fabaceae | vine | |
| Macroptilium lathyroides | cow pea, phasey bean, wild bean | Fabaceae | herb |
| ‡Melaleuca quinquenervia | melaleuca, cajeput, paper bark tree, punk tree | Myrtaceae | tree |
| Melia azedarach | Chinaberry, pride-of-India, indian lilac, Persian lilac, white cedar, margosa tree | Meliaceae | tree |
| †Melinis minutiflora | melinis, molasses grass | Poaceae | grass |
| **Merremia peltata | merremia, kebeas (Palau) | Convolvulaceae | vine |
| Mikania micrantha | mile-a-minute weed, Chinese creeper, American rope, bittervine, teb el yas (Palau) | Asteraceae | vine |
| Mimosa diplotricha | giant sensitive plant, nila grass, mechiuaiu (Palau) | Fabaceae | shrub |
| Mimosa pudica | Fabaceae | herb | |
| Muntingia calabura | jam tree, strawberry tree, Jamaican cherry, Singapore cherry, Panama cherry, Panama berry, ornamental cherry, calabura, sirsen, budo (Palau) | Tiliaceae | tree |
| *Murraya paniculata | orange jessamine, satin-wood, Chinese box, Hawaiian mock orange | Rutaceae | shrub/tree |
| Ocimum gratissimum | wild basil, clove basil, tree basil | Lamiaceae | herb |
| Panicum maximum | Guinea grass, green panic, buffalograss | Poaceae | grass |
| T grass, ti grass, sour grass; sour palpalum, buffalo grass, carabao grass, Hilo grass (Hawai'i), udel ra ngebei (Palau) | Poaceae | grass | |
| Russell river grass, galmarra grass | Poaceae | grass | |
| *Passiflora edulis | passion fruit, yellow passion fruit, purple passion fruit, qarandila, purple granadilla, kudamono (Palau) | Passifloraceae | vine |
| Passiflora foetida | love-in-a-mist, wild passion fruit, passionflower, stinking passionflower, kudamono (Palau) | Passifloraceae | vine |
| †Passiflora quadrangularis | granadilla, giant granadilla, kudamono (Palau) | Passifloraceae | vine |
| Pennisetum polystachion | mission grass, feathery pennisetum, desum (Palau) | Poaceae | grass |
| Pennisetum purpureum | elephant grass, napier grass, merker grass, bokso (Palau) | Poaceae | grass |
| *Pennisetum setaceum | fountain grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Psidium guajava | guava, guabang (Palau), kuabang (Palau) | Myrtaceae | tree |
| *Quisqualis indica | Rangoon creeper | Combretaceae | vine |
| **Saccharum spontaneum | wild cane, false sugarcane, banga ruchel (Palau) | Poaceae | grass |
| **†Sacciolepis indica | glenwood grass | Poaceae | grass |
| *Samanea saman | monkeypod, rain tree, saman | Fabaceae | tree |
| *Sanchezia parvibracteata | sanchezia | Acanthaceae | shrub |
| Sansevieria trifasciata | bowstring hemp, mother-in-law’s tongue, kitelel (Palau) | Agavaceae | herb |
| Senna alata | candle bush; candelabra bush, Roman candle tree, emperor's candlesticks, ringworm bush (Australia), alcapulco | Fabaceae | shrub |
| Senna obtusifolia | habucha, coffeeweed, sicklepod | Fabaceae | herb |
| Senna siamea | cassod tree, kassod tree, Siamese cassia, pheasantwood, Thailand shower | Fabaceae | tree |
| *Sesbania grandiflora | sesbania, hummingbird tree, sesban, scarlet wisteria tree, corkwood tree, katurai (Palau) | Fabaceae | small tree |
| **‡Setaria pumila | foxtail, garden bristle grass, hairy-tail grass, yellow bristlegrass, Queensland pigeon grass (Australia) | Poaceae | grass |
| Solanum torvum | prickly solanum, devil's fig, turkeyberry, terongan | Solanaceae | shrub |
| Sorghum halepense | Johnson grass, Aleppo grass, Aleppo milletgrass | Poaceae | grass |
| *Spathodea campanulata | African tulip tree, fireball, fountain tree, orsachel kui (Palau) | Bignoniaceae | tree |
| Sphagneticola trilobata | wedelia, trailing daisy, Singapore daisy, creeping ox-eye, ngesil ra ngebard (Palau) | Asteraceae | herb |
| **Sporobolus indicus var. major | smutgrass, wiregrass, Indian dropseed | Poaceae | grass |
| Stachytarpheta cayennensis | blue rat's tail, dark-blue snakeweed, false verbena, nettleleaf velvetberry, louch beluu (Palau) | Verbenaceae | herb |
| Stylosanthes guianensis | stylo, Brazilian lucerne, tropical lucerne, Nigerian stylo | Fabaceae | herb |
| Syngonium angustatum | arrowhead plant, goosefoot plant | Araceae | vine |
| *†‡Syzygium cumini | Java plum; jambolan plum, mesegerak (Palau), mesekerrak (Palau), mesekerrák (Palau), mesigerak (Palau) | Myrtaceae | tree |
| *Syzygium jambos | malabar plum, rose apple, Malay apple | Myrtaceae | tree |
| *Tabebuia heterophylla | pink tecoma, pink trumpet tree, white cedar | Bignoniaceae | tree |
| *Tecoma stans | yellow bells, yellow-elder, yellow trumpetbush | Bignoniaceae | small tree |
| Tephrosia candida | white tephrosia, white hoary-pea | Fabaceae | shrub |
| *Thevetia peruviana | yellow oleander, be-still tree, lucky nut | Apocynaceae | small tree |
| Thunbergia grandiflora | Bengal trumpet, blue trumpet vine, clock vine, skyvine, large-flowerd thunbergia,: bung el etiu (Palau) | Acanthaceae | vine |
| *Tithonia diversifolia | tree marigold, shrub sunflower, Mexican sunflower, Japanese sunflower | Asteraceae | shrub |
| Tradescantia spathacea | oyster plant, boat plant, boat lily, moses in a boat, kobesos (Palau) | Commelinaceae | herb |
| *Tradescantia zebrina | wandering zebrina, wandering jew, inchplant | Commelinaceae | herb |
| †Triumfetta rhomboidea | Chinese burr, paroquet burr, burr bush | Tiliaceae | shrub |
| *Turnera subulata | white alder | Turneraceae | shrub |
| Turnera ulmifolia | yellow alder, sage rose, West Indian holly | Turneraceae | shrub |
| **†Urena lobata | hibiscus burr, aramina, caesarweed, pink Chinese burr, urena burr, bur mallow, chosuched e kui (Palau), osuched a rechui (Palau) | Malvaceae | shrub |
| Urochloa mutica | California grass, para grass, buffalo grass, Mauritius grass, signal grass | Poaceae | grass |
*Cultivated
*Native/Micronesian introduction
†Reported present by Fosberg et al. (1979)
‡Reported present by Raulerson et al. (1996)
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