What is "palaua"

Palaua is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. This genus is endemic to Palau.

Palaua is a genus of malvaceous plants native to the Andes. It shares with Malope and Kitaibelia the property of possessing capitate schizocarps, and was formerly classified with them in a subfamily Malopoideae or tribe Malopeae. It is now considered to be more closely related to Sphaeralcea, and to other Andean mallows.

Palaua may refer to:

• Palaua (plant), a plant genus in the family Actinidiaceae
• Palaua (gastropod), a land snail genus in the family Euconulidae