Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Report on invasive plant species in Palau (2002 survey)
Appendix 6. Presence of invasive species of environmental concern within Palau
Table 8. Species of environmental concern present elsewhere in Palau but not in Hatohobei State
|
Scientific name |
Common Names (abridged) |
Family |
Present on: |
| Abelmoschus moschatus | fautia, musk mallow, musk okra, gongul (Palau) | Malvaceae | Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Acacia confusa | Formosa koa, Formosa acacia, ianángi (Palau), yanangi (Palau) | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Acacia farnesiana | Ellington curse, klu, sweet acacia | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Acacia mangium | mangium, brown salwood, black wattle, hickory wattle | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Adenanthera pavonina | coral bean tree, red sandalwood tree, red bead tree, lopa, bead tree, false wiliwili, telengtúngd (Palau), telentundalel (Palau)) | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Agave sisalana | sisal, sisal hemp | Agavaceae | Babeldaob |
| Agave sp. | American aloe, century plant | Agavaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu (Carp Resort |
| Albizia lebbeck | siris-tree, rain tree, East Indian walnut, kokko, woman's-tongue tree, ukall ra ngebard (Palau) | Fabaceae | Koror |
| yellow trumpet vine, golden trumpet, allamanda, brownbud allamanda, golden allamanda, golden cup | Apocynaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob | |
| red ginger | Zingiberaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur | |
| Alternanthera brasiliana | Brazilian joyweed, Joseph’s coat | Amaranthaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Ngercheu (Carp Resort) |
| Antigonon leptopus | Mexican creeper, mountain rose, Confederate vine, chain-of-love, hearts on a chain, love-vine, coral bells, coral vine, dilngau (Palau) | Polygonaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Arundo donax | giant reed, Spanish reed, wild cane | Poaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Asparagus densiflorus | asparagus fern, sprengeri fern, smilax, regal fern | Liliaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang |
| Asystasia gangetica subsp. gangetica | Chinese violet, Philippine violet, coromandel | Acanthaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Bambusa spp. | bamboo, bambuu (Palau), esel (Palau) | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Sonsorol |
| Barleria lupulina | hophead, Philippine violet | Acanthaceae | Babeldaob |
| Bauhinia acuminata | dwarf white bauhinia | Fabaceae | Koror |
| Bauhinia monandra | orchid-tree, St. Thomas-tree, Napoleon's plume | Fabaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Bauhinia purpurea | purple orchid tree; purple butterfly tree | Fabaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Bauhinia variegata | orchid tree; mountain ebony | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Bothriochloa bladhii | blue grass, Australian beardgrass, Caucasian bluestem, desum (Palau) | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Bkul a Chesemiich |
| Bryophyllum pinnatum | life plant, air plant, resurrection plant, Canterbury bells, cathedral bells, Mexican love plant | Crassulaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu, Ngercheu (Carp Resort, Sonsorol |
| Calamus spp. | rattan, bangerenguis ra ngebard (Palau) | Arecaceae | Babeldaob |
| Calliandra calothyrsus | powderpuff red calliandra | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Calliandra haematocephala | red powder puff | Fabaceae | Koror |
| Calopogonium mucunoides | calopo | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Calotropis gigantea | calotrope, crown flower, madar | Ascelepiadaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Ceiba pentandra | kapok, kapok tree, silk-cotton tree, kalngebard (Palau), kalngebárd (Palau), kerrekar ngebard (Palau) | Bombacaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Kayangel |
| Cenchrus brownii | burr grass, burr grass, sand-bur, slimbristle sandbur | Poaceae | Malakal, Angaur, Peleliu |
| centro, butterfly-pea | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob | |
| Chamaecrista mimosoides | Japanese tea | Fabaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Chamaecrista nictitans | partridge pea, Japanese tea senna | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob |
| swollen fingergrass | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu | |
| plush-grass, radiate fingergrass | Poaceae | Koror, Babeldaob | |
| Chromolaena odorata | Siam weed, triffid weed, bitter bush, Jack in the bush, ngesngesil (Palau) | Asteraceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngidech |
| Cinnamomum verum | cinnamon tree | Lauraceae |
Reported present by Fosberg et al.(1979), no location given |
| Clerodendrum buchananii var. fallax | red clerodendrum, pagoda-flower, butcherechár (Palau), butecherechar (Palau) | Lamiaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu, Aulupse‘el, Ngercheu (Carp Resort), Ngchelobel, Ngeanges, Ngeremdiu, Ngidech, Ulong, Urukthapel |
| pagoda plant, pagoda flower, butcherechár (Palau), butecherechar (Palau) | Lamiaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu | |
| bronze-leaved clerodendrum, kleuang (Palau) | Lamiaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngercheu (Carp Resort) | |
| Koster’s curse, soap bush, kui (Palau), kúi (Palau) | Melastomataceae | Malakal, Babeldaob | |
| Clitoria ternatea | butterfly pea, Asian pigeonwings, kles (Palau) | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Coffea arabica | coffee, kohi (Palau) | Rubiaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Commelina diffusa | commelina, dayflower, wandering Jew, spiderwort | Commelinaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob |
| Crotalaria micans | crotalaria | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Cryptostegia madagascariensis | Madagascar rubbervine | Asclepiadaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Cyperus involucratus | umbrella sedge, umbrella plant, dwarf papyrus grass, deus (Palau) | Cyperaceae | Koror |
| Cyperus rotundus | nut grass, nutsedge, purple nutsedge, cocograss | Cyperaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu (Carp Resort) |
| Derris elliptica | derris | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Desmanthus virgatus | slender mimosa, virgate mimosa | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerekbesang, Babeldaob, |
| Desmodium tortuosum | Florida beggarweed, Spanish clover, dixie ticktrefoil | Fabaceae | Koror |
| dieffenbachia, dumb cane | Araceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu | |
| Henry's crabgrass, smooth crabgrass, tropical crab grass, large crab grass, southern crabgrass, fingergrass, summer grass | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu (Carp Resort), Ngerchong, Ngidech, Pulo Ana | |
| Digitaria violascens | smooth crabgrass, violet crabgrass, sau (Palau) | Poaceae | Babeldaob |
| Dissotis rotundifolia | dissotis, Spanish shawl, pink lady | Melastomataceae | Koror |
| Eichhornia crassipes | water hyacinth, bung el ralm (Palau) | Pontederiaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Elaeocarpus angustifolius | blue fig, blue marble tree, quandong (Australia) | Elaeocarpaceae |
Reported present by Fosberg et al.(1979), no location given |
| pothos, money plant | Araceae | Koror (cult.), Malakal, Ngerkebesang | |
| Falcataria moluccana | Molucca albizia, ukall ra ngebard (Palau) | Fabaceae | Koror |
| Ficus elastica | India rubber tree, rubber plant, komunokí (Palau) | Moraceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang |
| Flemingia macrophylla | Fabaceae | Koror, Babeldaob | |
| Flemingia strobilifera | luck plant, wild hops, besungelaiei (Palau) | Fabaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang |
| Gmelina ellilptica | kalngebard ra belau (Palau) | Lamiaceae | Malakal, Babeldaob |
| Hedychium coronarium | white ginger, butterfly lily, ginger lily, garland flower | Zingiberaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang |
| Heliconia spp. | heliconia, parrot's-flower, parrot's-plantain, crab claw, lobster claw | Heliconiaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang |
| Hemigraphis alternata | metal leaf; red ivy | Acanthaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang |
| Hevea brasiliensis | hevea, Brazilian rubber tree, Para rubber tree | Euphorbiaceae | Koror?, Babeldaob? |
| Hyptis capitata | knobweed | Lamiaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang |
| comb hyptis, comb bushmint, mint weed, purple top | Lamiaceae | Babeldaob, Angaur | |
| Imperata cylindrica | blady grass, cogon grass, satintail, kasoring (Palau) | Poaceae | Babeldaob |
| Inga edulis | ice cream bean | Fabaceae | Koror |
| aquatic morning glory, swamp cabbage, water spinach, ung-choi, kang kong, kankum (Palau), kangum (Palau), kangkum (Palau) | Convolvulaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu | |
| Ipomoea hederifolia | ivy-leaf morning glory, star ipomoea, trompillo | Convolvulaceae | Babeldaob |
| Ischaemum polystachyum | paddle grass | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Aulupse‘el |
| Ischaemum rugosum | muraina grass, wrinkle duck-beak, saramatta grass | Poaceae | Babeldaob |
| Ischaemum timorense | centipede grass, stalkleaf murainagrass, lucuntu grass | Poaceae | Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Jacaranda mimosifolia | jacaranda | Bignoniaceae | Koror |
| Jatropha curcas | physic nut, purging nut, Barbados nut | Euphorbiaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, |
| Jatropha gossypiifolia | bellyache bush, cotton-leaved physic nut | Euphorbiaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang |
| Kyllinga brevifolia | green kyllinga, green water sedge, esechesiding (Palau) | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Kyllinga nemoralis | white kyllinga, whitehead spikesedge, whitewater sedge | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Sonsorol |
| Lantana camara | lantana | Verbenaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu (Carp Resort) |
| Leonurus japonicus | lion’s tail, Chinese motherwort | Lamiaceae | Koror |
| Leucaena leucocephala | leucaena, wild tamarind, lead tree, telengtungd (Palau) | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu (Carp Resort), Ngerchong, Sonsorol |
| siratro, purple bushbean | Fabaceae | Babeldaob | |
| Macroptilium lathyroides | cow pea, phasey bean, wild bean | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Melaleuca quinquenervia | melaleuca, cajeput, paper bark tree, punk tree | Myrtaceae | Babeldaob |
| Melia azedarach | Chinaberry, pride-of-India, indian lilac, Persian lilac, white cedar, margosa tree | Meliaceae | Koror |
| Melinis minutiflora | melinis, molasses grass | Poaceae | Babeldaob |
| Merremia peltata | merremia, kebeas (Palau) | Convolvulaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Kayangel |
| Mikania micrantha | mile-a-minute weed, Chinese creeper, American rope, bittervine, teb el yas (Palau) | Asteraceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Mimosa diplotricha | giant sensitive plant, nila grass, mechiuaiu (Palau) | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Mimosa pudica | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur | |
| Muntingia calabura | jam tree, strawberry tree, Jamaican cherry, Singapore cherry, Panama cherry, Panama berry, ornamental cherry, calabura, sirsen, budo (Palau) | Tiliaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngercheu (Carp Resort), Merir, Sonsorol |
| Murraya paniculata | orange jessamine, satin-wood, Chinese box, Hawaiian mock orange | Rutaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Nymphaea spp. | water lily | Nymphaeaceae | Koror |
| Operculina turpethum | Other: ongucheta rekung (Palau) | Convolvulaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu, Aulupse‘el |
| Guinea grass, green panic, buffalograss | Poaceae | Koror | |
| torpedo grass, couch panicum, creeping panic | Poaceae | Koror | |
| Russell river grass, galmarra grass | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur | |
| Passiflora edulis | passion fruit, yellow passion fruit, purple passion fruit, qarandila, purple granadilla, kudamono (Palau) | Passifloraceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Passiflora foetida | love-in-a-mist, wild passion fruit, passionflower, stinking passionflower, kudamono (Palau) | Passifloraceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu |
| Passiflora quadrangularis | granadilla, giant granadilla, kudamono (Palau) | Passifloraceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Passiflora suberosa | wild passionfruit, devil's pumpkin, indigo berry, corky passionflower, corkstem passionflower | Passifloraceae | Malakal, Koror |
| Pennisetum polystachion | mission grass, feathery pennisetum, desum (Palau) | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Pennisetum purpureum | elephant grass, napier grass, merker grass, bokso (Palau) | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Pennisetum setaceum | fountain grass | Poaceae | Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Pithecellobium dulce | Madras thorn, Manila tamarind, sweet inga, kamatsiri (Palau), kamatsíri (Palau), opiuma (Palau) | Fabaceae | Koror |
| Plectranthus amboinicus | Mexican mint, Spanish thyme, Cuban oregano | Lamiaceae | Koror |
| Pluchea carolinensis | sour bush | Asteraceae | Peleliu |
| Pluchea indica | Indian fleabane, Indian pluchea, Indian camphorweed | Asteraceae | Angaur, Peleliu |
| Psidium cattleianum | strawberry guava, cherry guava, Cattley guava, Chinese guava | Myrtaceae | Koror |
| Psidium guajava | guava, guabang (Palau), kuabang (Palau) | Myrtaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Bkul a Chesemiich, Ngerchong, Sonsorol |
| Quisqualis indica | Rangoon creeper | Combretaceae | Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Ricinus communis | castor bean, castor-oil plant, gelug (Palau), maskerekur (Palau), uluchula skoki (Palau) | Euphorbiaceae | Angaur, Peleliu |
| Saccharum spontaneum | wild cane, false sugarcane, banga ruchel (Palau) | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Sacciolepis indica | glenwood grass | Poaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Samanea saman | monkeypod, rain tree, saman | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu |
| Sambucus mexicana | elderberry, Mexican elder | Caprifoliaceae | Koror |
| Sanchezia parvibracteata | sanchezia | Acanthaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Schefflera actinophylla | octopus tree, umbrella tree, ivy palm | Araliaceae | Koror (eradicated?) |
| Schefflera arboricola | dwarf brassia, dwarf schefflera, Hawaiian elf schefflera | Araliaceae | Koror |
| Senna alata | candle bush; candelabra bush, Roman candle tree, emperor's candlesticks, ringworm bush (Australia), alcapulco | Fabaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang |
| Senna obtusifolia | habucha, coffeeweed, sicklepod | Fabaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Senna siamea | cassod tree, kassod tree, Siamese cassia, pheasantwood, Thailand shower | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Sesbania grandiflora | sesbania, hummingbird tree, sesban, scarlet wisteria tree, corkwood tree, katurai (Palau) | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob |
| Setaria pumila | foxtail, garden bristle grass, hairy-tail grass, yellow bristlegrass, Queensland pigeon grass (Australia) | Poaceae | Babeldaob |
| Solanum torvum | prickly solanum, devil's fig, turkeyberry, terongan | Solanaceae | Babeldaob |
| Sorghum halepense | Johnson grass, Aleppo grass, Aleppo milletgrass | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Spathodea campanulata | African tulip tree, fireball, fountain tree, orsachel kui (Palau) | Bignoniaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Sphagneticola trilobata | wedelia, trailing daisy, Singapore daisy, creeping ox-eye, ngesil ra ngebard (Palau) | Asteraceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu |
| Stachytarpheta cayennensis | blue rat's tail, dark-blue snakeweed, false verbena, nettleleaf velvetberry, louch beluu (Palau) | Verbenaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngidech, Urukthapel |
| Stylosanthes guianensis | stylo, Brazilian lucerne, tropical lucerne, Nigerian stylo | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Syngonium angustatum | arrowhead plant, goosefoot plant | Araceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu |
| Syzygium cumini | Java plum; jambolan plum, mesegerak (Palau), mesekerrak (Palau), mesekerrák (Palau), mesigerak (Palau) | Myrtaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Aulupse‘el |
| Syzygium jambos | malabar plum, rose apple, Malay apple | Myrtaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Tabebuia heterophylla | pink tecoma, pink trumpet tree, white cedar | Bignoniaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Tephrosia candida | white tephrosia, white hoary-pea | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Thevetia peruviana | yellow oleander, be-still tree, lucky nut | Apocynaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Thunbergia grandiflora | Bengal trumpet, blue trumpet vine, clock vine, skyvine, large-flowerd thunbergia,: bung el etiu (Palau) | Acanthaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Kayangel |
| Timonius timon | liberal (Palau) | Rubiaceae | Ngerkebesang, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu, Bkul a Chesemiich, Ngercheu (Carp Resort), Ngerchong, Ngchelobel, Ngeanges (Neco) |
| Tithonia diversifolia | tree marigold, shrub sunflower, Mexican sunflower, Japanese sunflower | Asteraceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Tradescantia spathacea | oyster plant, boat plant, boat lily, moses in a boat, kobesos (Palau) | Commelinaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngercheu (Carp Resort), Sonsorol |
| Tradescantia zebrina | wandering zebrina, wandering jew, inchplant | Commelinaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngercheu (Carp Resort) |
| Triumfetta rhomboidea | Chinese burr, paroquet burr, burr bush | Tiliaceae | Babeldaob |
| Turnera subulata | white alder | Turneraceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Turnera ulmifolia | yellow alder, sage rose, West Indian holly | Turneraceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu |
| Urena lobata | hibiscus burr, aramina, caesarweed, pink Chinese burr, urena burr, bur mallow, chosuched e kui (Palau), osuched a rechui (Palau) | Malvaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur |
| Urochloa mutica | California grass, para grass, buffalo grass, Mauritius grass, signal grass | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob |
| Urochloa subquadripara | brachiaria, green summer grass, tropical signalgrass, cori grass | Poaceae | Malakal |
| Vitex parviflora | small-leaved vitex, smallflower chastetree) | Verbenaceae | Reported present by Fosberg et al. (1979) in Malakal (Toirechuil) |
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