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Algodon (Spanish) or Atgodon (Guam). See Gossypium barbadense. 
Algodon de Manila ((ruam). See Ceiba pentandra. 
Algodoncillo (Porto Rico). See Asclepias curassavica. 
Algodonero (Spanish). See Gossypium arboreum. 
Alhucema (Cuba). See Mesosphuerum pectinatum. 
Aligbangon (Philippines). See Commelina benghalensis and Commelina nudiflora. 
Alimodias (Philippines). See Cote lacryma-jobi. 
Alipata (Philippines). See Mrcoccaria agallocha. 
Alligator pear. See Persea persea. 
The cultivation of this plant, though many times attempted, has never been suc- 
cessful on the island of Guam. 
Allium cepa. ONION. 
Family Liliaceae. 
LocaL NAMES.—Seboyas (Guam); Cebolla (Spanish); Ceboya, Lasona (Philip- 
pines). 
Onions are frequently planted in Guam, but they do not thrive well. Only very 
small bulbs are produced, but these are much relished by the natives. 
REFERENCES: 
Allium cepa L. Sp. Pl. 1:3800. 1753. 
Allium sativum. GARLIC. 
Local NAmrEs.—Ahos (Guam); Ajo (Spanish); Bawang, Ganda (Philippines). 
Garlic is cultivated perhaps more extensively than onions, though the conditions 
on the island are scarcely more favorable to it than to them. It is a favorite ingre- 
dient in many dishes of the Chamorros, 
REFERENCES: 
Allium sativum L. Sp. Pl. 1: 296, 1753. 
Almendra (Spanish). 
The fruit of Teriminalia catappa. 
Almendro (Spanish). See Terminalia catappa. 
Almond, Indian. See Terminalia catappa. 
Almond, Java. See Canarium indicum. 
Almond, Malabar. See Terminalia catappa. 
Aloalo-sina (Samoa). See Mussaenda frondosa, 
Aloalo-tai (Samoa). See Clerodendron inerime. 
Alocasia indica. GIANT TARO. ACRID TARO. 
Family Araceae. 
LocaL NAMes.—Piga (Guam); Biga (Philippines); Via, Dranu (Fiji); Ape, 
Ta’amu (Samoa). 
This great arum, which is closely allied to, if not identical with, the following 
species, is so acrid that its juice will blister the skin. It differs from the common 
taro (Caladium colocasia) in having a trunk as well as corm, which is edible. It is a 
huge plant, growing in marshy places, with very large ovate-cordate, bright-green 
leaves and an inflorescence consisting of a convolute spathe inclosing a spadix which 
bears female flowers (ovaries) at its base, male flowers (stamens) higher up, and 
neutral organs in the interval, and ends in a thickened barren portion called the 
appendage. The appendage is marked with reticulated furrows, which distinguish 
this genus from Caladium, in which the appendage is smooth. The flowers have a 
disagreeable odor, 
In Guam there are several varieties of Alocasia recognized, which may be referred 
either to this or to the following species, three of which are called ‘* piga.’’ Two 
other allied varieties are called ‘‘papao,’’ and a third is called ‘‘ baba,” 
