Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Report on invasive plant species in Palau
Appendix 4. Invasive species of environmental concern by location
Table 4. Invasive species of environmental concern present on Kayangel
|
Scientific name |
Common Names (abridged) |
Family |
Habit |
| Acacia auriculiformis | Papuan wattle, auri, earleaf acacia, northern black wattle, ear-pod wattle | Fabaceae | tree |
| **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 |
| Cenchrus echinatus | burr grass, sand-bur, southern sandbur | Poaceae | grass |
| †Clerodendrum buchananii var. fallax | red clerodendrum, pagoda-flower, butcherechár (Palau), butecherechar (Palau) | Lamiaceae | shrub |
| Clerodendrum quadriloculare | bronze-leaved clerodendrum, kleuang (Palau) | Lamiaceae | shrub |
| †Eleusine indica | goosegrass, wiregrass, goose foot, crow's foot, bullgrass, deskim(Palau), kelelamalk (Palau), keteketarmalk (Palau) | Poaceae | grass |
| **Merremia peltata | merremia, kebeas (Palau) | Convolvulaceae | vine |
| Muntingia calabura | jam tree, strawberry tree, Jamaican cherry, Singapore cherry, Panama cherry, Panama berry, ornamental cherry, calabura, sirsen, budo (Palau) | Tiliaceae | tree |
| **Operculina turpethum | Other: ongucheta rekung (Palau) | Convolvulaceae | vine |
| *Samanea saman | monkeypod, rain tree, saman | Fabaceae | tree |
| Stachytarpheta cayennensis | blue rat's tail, dark-blue snakeweed, false verbena, nettleleaf velvetberry, louch beluu (Palau) | Verbenaceae | herb |
| Thunbergia grandiflora | Bengal trumpet, blue trumpet vine, clock vine, skyvine, large-flowerd thunbergia,: bung el etiu (Palau) | Acanthaceae | vine |
| *?Timonius timon | liberal (Palau) | Rubiaceae | tree |
| *?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 |
*Cultivated
**Native/Micronesian introduction
†Reported present by Fosberg et al. (1979)
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