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Appendix 2 Table 1. Species that are invasive elsewhere in similar ecosystems but are not known to be present in <strong>Kosrae</strong> Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names Family Habit Acacia c<strong>on</strong>fusa Acacia farnesiana Acacia l<strong>on</strong>gifolia English: Formosa koa, Formosa acacia; Other: sosigi, shoshigi, sosugi, boiffuring (Guam and CNMI–Chamorro); serepa, soschghi (CNMI– Carolinian); pilampwoia (Pohnpei); ianángi, yanangi (Palau) English: Ellingt<strong>on</strong> curse, klu, sweet acacia; French: cassie; Other: aroma, popinac, kandaroma (Guam, CNMI); kolu (Hawai'i); vaivai vakavat<strong>on</strong>a, vaivai vakavot<strong>on</strong>a, ban baburi, oki (Fiji); te kaibakoa (Kiribati); debena (Nauru) (Swarbrick, 1997) English: Sydney golden wattle, golden wattle, l<strong>on</strong>g-leaved wattle, l<strong>on</strong>gleaved acacia, sallow wattle, coast wattle, golden rods Fabaceae Fabaceae Fabaceae Acacia mangium English: mangium; Other: tuhkehn pwelmwahu (Pohnpei) Fabaceae tree Acacia mearnsii English: black wattle Fabaceae tree Acacia melanoxyl<strong>on</strong> English: Australian blackwood, blackwood acacia Fabaceae tree Acacia nilotica English: prickly acacia, Egyptian thorn, Nile acacia, algaroba, babul, gum arabic tree; Other: tiare (New Caled<strong>on</strong>ia) Fabaceae tree Acacia spp. English: acacia Fabaceae shrub/tree Adenanthera abrosperma English: giddy giddy (Australia) Fabaceae tree Agave sisalana English: sisal, sisal hemp; Other: ndali, natali (Fiji) Agavaceae herb Ailanthus altissima English: tree <strong>of</strong> heaven Simaroubaceae tree Albizia chinensis English: Chinese albizia Fabaceae tree Albizia lebbeck English: siris-tree, rain tree, East Indian walnut, kokko, woman's-t<strong>on</strong>gue tree, soros-tree, raom tree ; French: bois noir; Other: tr<strong>on</strong>gk<strong>on</strong>-mames, tr<strong>on</strong>k<strong>on</strong> mames, mamis (Guam); kalaskas, tr<strong>on</strong>gk<strong>on</strong>-kalaskas (CNMI– Chamorro); schepil kalaskas (CNMI–Carolinian); ukall ra ngebard Fabaceae tree (Palau); gumorningabchey; ngumorrningobchey (Yap); 'ohai (Hawai'i); vaivai, vaivai ni vavalangi, vaivai ni vavalagi (Fiji); tamaligi pa’epa’e (Samoa); kasia (T<strong>on</strong>ga) Albizia lophantha English: plume albizia, plume acacia, stink bean, brush wattle Fabaceae shrub/tree Aleurites moluccana English: candlenut, Indian walnut; French: bancoulier; Other: lumbang (Guam), raguar (Caroline Islands); sakan, shakan (Pohnpei); lama (American Samoa and Samoa); kukui (Hawaii); tuitui (Niue, T<strong>on</strong>ga), 'ama (Marquesas); lauthe, lauthi, toto, sikethi, tuitui, waiwai, sikeli, nggerenggere (Fiji); tahii tiairi, ti’a’iri, tutui, tahiri (French Polynesia). Euphorbiaceae Alpinia purpurata English: red ginger; Other: thevunga (Fiji); ‘awapuhi ‘ula’ula (Hawai'i) Zingiberaceae herb Alst<strong>on</strong>ia macrophylla Alternanthera philoxeroides Anacardium occidentale Andropog<strong>on</strong> gayanus Andropog<strong>on</strong> glomeratus Andropog<strong>on</strong> virginicus Angiopteris evecta Ann<strong>on</strong>a glabra English: devil-tree Apocynaceae tree English: alligator weed Amaranthaceae herb English: cashew, cashew nut; French: anacardier, pomme de cojou, acajou a pommes; Other: kasoi (Guam), 'apu initia (Samoa); kesiu (T<strong>on</strong>ga) Anacardiaceae tree shrub English: gamba grass Poaceae grass English: bush beardgrass, bushy bluestem Poaceae grass English: broomsedge, yellow bluestem, whisky grass Poaceae grass English: king’s fern; Other: bersarm, bersarm dermarm (Palau), payuit, umpai (Pohnpei); m<strong>on</strong>g, m<strong>on</strong>gm<strong>on</strong>g (Yap) English: p<strong>on</strong>d apple, alligator apple, bullock's heart, cherimoyer; Other: uto ni mbulumakau, uto ni bulumakau, kaitambo, kaitambu (Fiji). Marattiaceae Ann<strong>on</strong>aceae Anredera cordifolia English: Madeira vine, mign<strong>on</strong>ette vine, lamb's tails; Other: filikafa (Niue) Basellaceae tree tree tree fern tree vine 14