296 USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 
Ifil or Ifit (Guam). Jntsia hijuga; in the Philippines called ‘ipil.”? 
Ti (Samoa). See Owalis corniculata. 
Nangilang (Guam, Philippines). See Canangium odoratum. 
Tluminating oils. 
The following plants yield oils used for lighting: Aleurites moluccana, Calophyllum 
inophyllum, Cocos nucifera, Jatropha curcas, Ricinus communis, Sesamum orientale, 
NXylocarpus granatum. 
Impatiens balsamina. GARDEN BALSAM, 
Family Impatientaceae. 
LocaL NAMES.—Belen (Mexico); Sulangga, Camantigui (Philippines); Touch- 
me-not (United States). 
This well-known garden plant is found in most gardens of Guam, and in places 
has escaped from cultivation. In the Philippines, according to Mercado, the women 
and girls make use of it to dye their finger nails, In Chamba, northern India, the 
seeds are eaten by the natives, and an oil is expressed from them which is used as 
food and also for burning. 
REFERENCES: 
Impatiens balsamina L. Sp. Pl. 2: 938. 1753. 
Imumu (Guam). Name of a poisonous tree; not identified. 
Indian almond. See Zerminalia catappa. 
Indian corn. See Zea mays. 
Indian joint-vetch. See Aeschynomene indica. 
Indian licorice. See Abrus abrus. 
Indian mallow. See Abutilon indicum. 
Indian mercury. See Acalypha indica. 
Indian mulberry. See Morinda citrifolia. 
Indian pennywort. See Centella asiatica. 
Indian shot. See Canna indica. 
Indigo. See Indigofera anil and I. tinctoria. 
Indigofera anil. INDIGo. 
Family Fabaceae. 
Local NAMES.—Afiilis (Guam); Afiil (Spanish); Tagum (Philippines). 
Low shrub very common in abandoned clearings, slightly pubescent with odd 
pinnate leaves and axillary sessile racemes of many small greenish purplish fiowers. 
Stipules awl-shaped; calyx lobes triangular; standard roundish; keel spurred; leaf- 
lets 3 to 7 pairs, spathulate-oblong; pod oblong-linear, cylindrical, not torulose, 
much thickened along the dorsal line, 3 to 6-seeded. 
This, like the next, is a well-known dye plant, introduced into the island more 
than a century ago. 
REFERENCES: 
Indigofera anil L. Mant. 2: 272. 1771. 
Indigofera tinctoria. INvIGo. 
Loca Names.—Afiilis (Guam); Afil (Spanish); Tagum (Philippines). 
Low shrub like the last and in similar places. Leaflets 4 to 6 pairs, oval or obovate- 
oblong; pods many-seeded, slightly torulose or swollen at intervals, and somewhat 
thickened along the line of dehiscence. 
Like the last, a dye plant introduced long ago. Neither is utilized by the natives. 
REFERENCES: 
Indigofera tinetoria L, Sp. Pl. 2:751. 1753. 
Inga dulcis. Same as Pithecolobium dulce. 
