Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Report on invasive plant species in Palau (2002 survey)
Appendix 7. Presence of other invasive species within Palau
Table 4. Other species present elsewhere in Palau but not on Kayangel
|
Scientific name |
Common Names (abridged) |
Family |
Present on: |
| Abutilon indicum | albutilon, Indian abutilon, Indian mallow | Malvaceae | Sonsorol |
| Acalypha indica | copperleaf, Indian-nettle, ricinela | Euphorbiaceae | Babeldaob, Angaur |
| Achyranthes aspera | chaff-flower, devil's horsewhip; prickly chaff-flower, louch beluu (Palau), louch el beluu (Palau) | Amaranthaceae | Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngeanges, Merir, Sonsorol, Tobi |
| Ageratum conyzoides | billygoat-weed, chick week, goatweed, whiteweed, ngmak (Palau) | Asteraceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Ngchus |
| Alternanthera sessilis | joyweed, sessile joyweed, okula beluulechad (Palau) | Amaranthaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Alysicarpus vaginalis | alyce-clover, buffalo-clover, one-leaf-clover | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Aulupse‘el |
| Amaranthus dubius | amaranth, spleen amaranth | Amaranthaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob |
| Amaranthus spinosus | edlebur, needle burr, spiny amaranth, thorny pigweed | Amaranthaceae | Angaur |
| Amaranthus viridis | green amaranth, pigweed, slender amaranth | Amaranthaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Ngercheu (Carp Resort), Sonsorol |
| Annona muricata | soursop, prickly custard apple, sausab (Palau) | Annonaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Ngchus, Pulo Ana, Sonsorol |
| Annona squamosa | sugar apple, sweetsop, custard apple, sugar apple, ngel ra ngebard (Palau) | Annonaceae | Reported present by Fosberg et al. (1979), no location given |
| Asclepias curassavica | bastard ipecac, blood flower, bloodflower milkweed, butterfly weed, false ipecac, milkweed | Asclepiadaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Peleliu, Pulo Ana, Sonsorol |
| Averrhoa bilimbi | bilimbi, cucumber tree, tree cucumber, tree sorrel | Oxalidaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Aulupse‘el |
| Axonopus compressus | blanket grass, carpetgrass | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu |
| Bacopa procumbens | Scrophulariaceae | Babeldaob | |
| Begonia × semperflorens-cultorum | bedding begonia, perpetual begonia, wax begonia | Begoniaceae | Koror |
| Bidens pilosa | beggar’s tick, Spanish needle, cobbler's pegs | Asteraceae | Peleliu |
| Bixa orellana | anatto, annato, annatto, arnatto, lipstick tree, burek (Palau) | Bixaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Blechum pyramidata | green shrimp plant, Browne’s blechum | Acanthaceae | Malakal, Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Sonsorol |
| Breynia disticha | snowbush, snowbush breynia, sweetpea bush, foliage-flower | Euphorbiaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Caladium bicolor | caladium, elephant's-ear, fancy-leaf caladium, heart-of-Jesus | Araceae | Koror; Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu |
| Cananga odorata | perfume tree, chiráng (Palau), irang (Palau) | Annonaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Catharanthus roseus | Cape periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, old-maid, rose periwinkle, rosy periwinkle | Apocynaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu |
| Celosia argentea | cockscomb, esechilamalk (Palau) | Amaranthaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Sonsorol |
| Centratherum punctatum | Asteraceae | Babeldaob | |
| Chamaesyce hirta | asthma plant, garden spurge, pill-bearing spurge, hairy spurge, udall (Palau) | Euphorbiaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Urukthapel, Ngeanges, Ngerchong, Merir, Sonsorol, Tobi |
| Chamaesyce hypericifolia | beach spurge, graceful spurge | Euphorbiaceae | Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu |
| Chamaesyce prostrata | creeping splurge, prostrate spurge, red caustic creeper | Euphorbiaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Ngchus |
| Chamaesyce thymifolia | red caustic creeper, thyme-leafed spurge | Euphorbiaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur |
| Cleome gynandra | African spider-flower, bastard-mustard, cat's-whiskers, spider wisp, wild spider flower | Capparaceae | Koror |
| Cleome viscosa | tickweed, spider flower | Capparaceae | Babeldaob |
| Coix lacryma-jobi | adlay, adlay millet, Job's-tears, demairuuch (Palau), tauiir (Palau) | Poaceae | Koror, Ngerekebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Conyza bonariensis | flax-leaf fleabane, hairy fleabane, hairy horseweed, wavy-leaf fleabane | Asteraceae | Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu |
| Conyza canadensis | butterweed, Canadian horseweed, Canadian fleabane, hogweed, horseweed | Asteraceae | Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu (Carp Resort), Ngerchong |
| Cosmos sp. | cosmos | Asteraceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur |
| Crassocephalum crepidoides | thickhead, fireweed, redflower ragleaf | Asteraceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur, Urukthapel |
| Crotalaria incana | fuzzy rattlepod, woolly rattlepod, kuroteraria (Palau) | Fabaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Crotalaria pallida | salts rattlebox, smooth crotalaria, smooth rattlebox, smooth rattlepod, streaked rattlepod, striped crotalaria | Fabaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur |
| Crotalaria spectabilis | rattlebox, showy crotalaria, showy rattlebox, showy rattlepod | Fabaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Crotalaria trichotoma | curara-pea | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Cyperus compressus | flat sedge | Cyperaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Angaur, Sonsorol |
| Cyperus cyperinus | long-headed sedge | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Cyperus difformis | dirty-Dora, one-arm sedge, rice sedge, small-flower umbrella-plant, variable flat sedge | Cyperaceae | Malakal, Babeldaob |
| Cyperus distans | slender cyperus | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Cyperus haspan | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob | |
| Cyperus iria | grasshopper’s cyperus, rice flat sedge, umbrella sedge, badel aus (Palau) | Cyperaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob |
| Cyperus pilosus | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob | |
| Cyrtococcum oxyphyllum | long-leaf cyrtococcum grass | Poaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Cyrtococcum patens | Poaceae | Babeldaob | |
| Dactyloctenium aegyptium | beach wiregrass, button grass, coast button grass, comb fringe grass, crowfoot grass, duck grass, finger comb grass | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Fanna, Sonsorol |
| Datura metel | datura, downy thorn-apple, Hindu datura, Hindu thorn-apple, hoary thorn-apple, horn-of-plenty, jimson-weed, purple thorn-apple | Solanaceae | Malakal, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu |
| Delonix regia | flame tree, flamboyant, poinciana, nangiosákura (Palau), nangiosikura (Palau), nangyo (Palau) | Fabaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu |
| Desmodium gangeticum | Fabaceae | Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob | |
| Desmodium heterocarpon | okula beluu (Palau) | Fabaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Desmodium heterophyllum | hetero, Spanish clover | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Desmodium incanum | kaimi clover, Spanish clover | Fabaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu |
| Desmodium triflorum | creeping tick trefoil, three-flower beggarweed, tropical trefoil, olmud (Palau) | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur |
| Digitaria bicornis | southern crabgrass | Poaceae | Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Digitaria fuscescens | Y grass | Poaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Dioscorea bulbifera | aerial yam, air-potato, bitter yam, cheeky yam, potato yam, belloi (Palau) | Dioscoreaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Aulupse‘el, Sonsorol |
| Duranta erecta | duranta, golden dewdrop, pigeon-berry, sky-flower | Verbenaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Peleliu, Ngercheu (Carp Resort), Sonsorol |
| Echinochloa colona | awnless barnyard grass (Australia), corn panic grass, Deccan grass, jungle ricegrass, jungle rice, millet-rice, pigeon millet | Poaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Aulupse‘el |
| Elaeis guineensis | African oil palm | Arecaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Eleocharis dulcis | Chinese water-chestnut, ground-chestnut, waternut | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Elephantopus mollis | elephantopus, elephant’s foot, false tobacco, tobacco weed | Asteraceae | Babeldaob |
| Emilia sonchifolia | Cupid's shaving-brush, emilia, Flora's paint brush, purple sow thistle, sow thistle | Asteraceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Aulupse‘el |
| Episcia cupreata | episcia, flame violet | Gesneriaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Eragrostis amabilis | hairy love grass, Indian love grass, soft lovegrass | Poaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Kayangel, Peleliu, Bablomekang, Mecherchar (Eil Malk), Ngeanges, Sonsorol |
| Eriochloa procera | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob | |
| Euphorbia cyathophora | dwarf poinsettia, fire-on-the-mountain, Mexican fire plant, painted spurge, wild poinsettia | Euphorbiaceae | Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu (Carp Resort) |
| Eustachys petraea | Poaceae | Angaur | |
| Fimbristylis autumnalis | slender fimbristylis | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Fimbristylis littoralis | grass-like fimbristylis, lesser fimbristylis, kerngimes (Palau), kederang (Palau) | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Fuirena umbellata | desum ra mesei (Palau) | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Gomphrena globosa | bachelor's-button, bozu, globe amaranth, pearly everlasting, botang (Palau) | Amaranthaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Angaur, Ngercheu (Carp Resort) |
| Gossypium barbadense | cotton, sea island cotton | Malvaceae | Babeldaob |
| Heliotropium indicum | Indian heliotrope, turnsole | Boraginaceae | Koror |
| Heliotropium procumbens | Boraginaceae | Babeldaob, Peleliu | |
| Hemigraphis reptans | Acanthaceae | Aulupse‘el, Urukthapel | |
| Hippobroma longiflora | star of Bethlehem, udel ra badrei (Palau) | Campanulaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Bkul a Chesemiich, Ngerchong, Sonsorol |
| Impatiens balsamina | impatiens, balsam, garden balsam, rose balsam, spotted snapweed, touch-me-not, hosengka (Palau) | Balsaminaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Impatiens walleriana | garden impatiens, balsam, busy lizzy, bizzy-lizzie, patient lucy; sultan’s flower | Balsaminaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Imperata conferta | plume grass | Poaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Aulupse‘el |
| Ipomoea carnea subsp. fistulosa | bush morning glory, tree ipomoea | Convolvulaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Ipomoea quamoclit | Cupid's flower, cypress vine, cypressvine morning-glory, star of Bethlehem, star-glory, sweet-willy, asangao (Palau) | Convolvulaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Ipomoea triloba | Aiea morning-glory, little bell, orech (Palau), torech (Palau) | Convolvulaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur |
| Isachne globosa | Poaceae | Koror, Babeldaob | |
| Jasminum sambac | Arabian jasmine | Oleaceae | Koror |
| Lepidium virginicum | peppergrass, Virginia peppercress, Virginia pepperweed, wild peppercress | Brassicaceae | Peleliu |
| Leucas lavandulifolia | Lamiaceae | Babeldaob | |
| Lindernia antipoda | ilemelakel (Palau) | Scrophulariaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur |
| Ludwigia hyssopifolia | Onagraceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur | |
| Ludwigia octovalvis | willow primrose, false primrose, yellow willow herb, erur (Palau) | Onagraceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu |
| Malva parviflora | cheeseweed, Egyptian mallow, little mallow, small-flower mallow; | Malvaceae | Babeldaob |
| Mitracarpus hirtus | tropical girdlepod | Rubiaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Momordica charantia | balsam-apple, bitter-melon, bitter gourd, balsam pear, squirting cucumber, cerasee, peria, markoso (Palau), markosong (Palau) | Cucurbitaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu (Carp Resort) |
| Moringa oleifera | horseradish tree, drumstick tree, ben nut, morango, malungkai (Palau) | Moringaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Oldenlandia corymbosa | Rubiaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu | |
| Oplismenus hirtellus | basket grass, woods grass | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Opuntia sp. | drooping tree pear, prickly pear | Cactaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu (Carp Resort), Tobi |
| Orthosiphon aristatus | cat’s whiskers, chemadecharebub (Palau), emadecharebub (Palau) | Lamiaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Oxalis barrelieri | Oxalidaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob | |
| Paspalum scrobiculatum | rice grass; creeping paspalum, ditch millet, Indian paspalum, kodo millet, water couch, desum (Palau) | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Peperomia pellucida | rtertiil (Palau) | Piperaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Sonsorol |
| Persea americana | avocado, alligator pear, bata (Palau) | Lauraceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Phaseolus lunatus | lima bean, butter bean, Burma bean, haricot bean, Madagascar bean, sieva bean, sugar bean | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Phyla nodiflora | fogfruit, lippia, phyla | Verbenaceae | Angaur, Peleliu |
| Phyllanthus debilis | Euphorbiaceae | Koror, Malakal | |
| Phyllanthus urinaria | Euphorbiaceae | Koror | |
| Physalis angulata | annual ground cherry, bubeubedul (Palau) | Solanaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu |
| Physalis minima | sunberry | Solanaceae | Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Pilea microphylla | artillery plant, gunpowder plant, pistol plant, rockweed | Urticaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu (Carp Resort), Ngerchong, Urukthapel, Sonsorol |
| Piriqueta racemosa | Turneraceae | Koror, Babeldaob | |
| Polygala paniculata | island snake-root, keskus ra mekesong (Palau) | Polygalaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu |
| Polygonum minus | smartweed | Polygonaceae | Angaur, Peleliu |
| Pseuderanthemum carruthersii | Acanthaceae | Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Peleliu, Sonsorol, Tobi | |
| Pueraria montana var. lobata | kudzu, Japanese arrowroot | Fabaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Pueraria phaseoloides | tropical kudzu, puero | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Ruellia tuberosa | Acanthaceae | Babeldaob | |
| Russelia equisetiformis | coralplant, fountainplant | Scrophulariaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob |
| Scoparia dulcis | scoparia, sweet broom | Scrophulariaceae | Babeldaob, Peleliu |
| Senna occidentalis | antbush, coffee senna, korriu (Palau) | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Angaur |
| Sesbania cannabina | canicha, dhaincha, dhunchi, sesbania pea | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob |
| Sida acuta | broom weed, Paddy’s lucerne, southern sida, spiny-head sida, spiny sida, keak (Palau) | Malvaceae | Babeldaob, Angaur |
| Sida rhombifolia | arrow-leaf sida, Cuban jute, Paddy's lucerne, Queensland-hemp, teaweed, keak (Palau) | Malvaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngerchong |
| Sida spinosa | prickly sida, spiny sida | Malvaceae | Angaur |
| Sigesbeckia orientalis | Indian weed, small yellow crown-beard, yellow crown-head | Asteraceae | Babeldaob |
| Solanum americanum | American nightshade, black nightshade, glossy nightshade | Solanaceae | Koror, Malakal |
| Sorghum bicolor | Sudan grass | Poaceae | Malakal |
| Spermacoce latifolia | Rubiaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob | |
| Spermacoce mauritiana | Rubiaceae | Babeldaob | |
| Spermacoce ocymoides | purple-leaved button weed | Rubiaceae | Babeldaob |
| Stachytarpheta jamaicensis | bastard vervain, blue porterweed, Brazilian tea, Jamaica vervain, joee, light blue snakeweed, louch beluu (Palau) | Verbenaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Aulupse‘el |
| Stenotaphrum secundatum | buffalo grass, St. Augustine grass | Poaceae | Ngerchong |
| Stictocardia tiliifolia | stictocardia, crimson morning-glory | Convolvulaceae | Koror |
| Tridax procumbens | coat buttons, tridax daisy | Asteraceae | Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu |
| Urochloa reptans | creeping panic grass, running grass | Poaceae | Angaur |
| Vernonia cinerea | ironweed, little ironweed, vernonia | Asteraceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Merir, Pulo Ana, Sonsorol, Tobi |
| Youngia japonica | oriental hawksbeard | Asteraceae | Koror |
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