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Ajo (Spanish). See Allium sativum. 
Ajonjoli (Spanish). See Sesamum orientale. 
Akdnkan dangkulo (Guam). See Stizolobinin gigantewm. 
Akdnkan kaldtun (Guam). See Stizolobium pruriens. 
Akdnkan-tasi (Guam). See Canavali obtusifolium. 
Alacran, flor del (Panama). See //eliotropium indicuin. 
Alaihai-tasi (Guam). See Jpomoed pes-caprae, 
Aldlag (Guam). See Argyreia tiliaefolia, 
Aldlag-tasi (Guam). See Ipomoea pes-caprae. 
Alambrillo (Spanish). 
Name in Guam fora climbing fern, Lygodiwn scandens. 
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Alangilang (Philippines). See Canangium odoratum; also called ‘‘ilangilang.’’ 
Alangitngit (Philippines). See Hhretia microphylla, 
Alapasotes (Philippines). See Chenopodium ambrosivides. 
Albahaca (Spanish). See Ocimum basiliewm and O. canum. 
Albahaca morada (Spanish). See Ocimum sanctum. 
Alcaparro (Spanish). See Capparis mariana. 
Aleurites moluccana. CANDLENUT TREE. 
Family Euphorbiaceae. 
Locan NAMrES.—Lumbang, Raguar (Guam); Lumbang, Capili (Philippines): 
Kukui (Hawaii); Lama (Samoa); Raguar (Caroline Islands); Akhrot (Bengal). 
A handsome tree with spreading branches, alternate, lobed, pubescent leaves of a 
pale color, rounded or cordate at the base, with two glands at the top of the petiole. 
Flowers small, white, in terminal lax cymes; fruit fleshy, coriaceous, globose, with 
4 shallow furrows; seeds one or two, rugose, gibbous. 
The candlenut tree is widely spread over Polynesia, a great part of Malaysia, and 
the Philippine Islands. It is remarkable that it has not established itself in Guam. 
Only a few specimens grow on the island, which are called either by the Philippine 
name ‘“lumbang,’’ or the Caroline Island name ‘‘raguar.’’ The natives say the nuts 
were brought here from the Caroline Islands. They have not come into use in Guam. 
Throughout Polynesia the nuts, strung on cocoanut-leaflet ribs, served the natives 
for candles to light their houses. In Hawaii they are roasted, chopped up, mixed 
with seaweed, and served at native feasts as a relish. They yield an oil which is 
very fluid, of an amber color, without smell, insoluble in alcohol, readily saponifiable, 
and quickly drying. This oil is a mild cathartic, acting in the same manner as 
castor oil, but causing no nausea nor griping, and having the further advantage of a 
nutty flavor and of being more prompt in its effects. (Journ, de Pharm. 3e ser., 
vol. 24, p. 228. 1843.) 
REFERENCES: 
Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. Sp. Pl. 4": 590, 1805, 
Jatropha moluccana L, Sp. Pl. 2:1006, 1753. 
Aleurites triloba. Same as A. moluccana. 
Alfalfa. See Medicago sativa. 
Algee. SEAWEEDS. 
Loca, NAMES.—Lumut (Guam, Malay Archipelago); Lumot (Philippines); Limu 
(Samoa, Hawaii); Rimu (Tahiti, Mangaia). 
Among the edible seaweeds growing on the shores of Guam are the gelatinous 
Gracilaria confervoides (L.) J. Ag. and the peppery Caulerpa clavifera (Turn.) Ag. 
The first, called in Guam by the Philippine name ‘‘gulamdan,”’ is gathered by the 
natives and bleached in the sun. It is used for making jellies and blanemange in the 
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