1 7() USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



Agave vivipara. Maguey. 



Family Aniaryllitlareae. 



LocAi, NA.MKs. — JJrio de Talo (Ouaiii); Magiiay, Maguey (Philippines); Teo- 

 uietl (Mexico). 

 An Agave of Mexican origin, now spread in the Philippines and India, bearing 

 bulbs which si)rout before falling to the ground. It has Vjeen introduced into Guam, 

 where it is called by the natives the "tree lily." The leaves resemble those of Ar/ave 

 (itiiericdiHi, but have few spines on the margin. The flower scape grows to the height 

 of 4.5 meters. From the leaves the natives get a fiber with wliich tliey wrtij) their 

 cigars. In the Philippines it is sometimes used for making violin strings," and in 

 India it is used for cordage and twine. 



Refekences: 



Agave vivipara L. Sp. I'l. 1: 823. 1753. 



Agboy (Philipiiines). See ifussaenda frondosa. 



Ageratum eonyzoid.es. (tOATWeed. 



Family Asteraceae. 



A low, weedy, pubescent composite Avith terminal corymbs of blue or white 

 liowers forming small discoid heads. Leaves ovate, on hispid petioles, obtuse, cre- 

 nate, truncate or cordate at the base. 



It is of American origin, but is now widely spread throughout the Pacific and has 

 found its way to many tropical countries. It yields a vegetable proximate principle 

 known as "coumarin," which is also found in the allied genus Eupatorium. 



References: 

 Ageratum conyzoides L. Sp. PI. 2: 839. 1753. 

 Aggag, Aggak, or Akgak (Guam). See Pandanaceae and Pandanus tectorius. 



Agho (Philippines). See Leucaena glauca. 



Agoho (Philippines). See Casuarina equisetifolia. 



Agsom or Apson (Guam). 



Vernacular name, signifying "sour," applied to O.valis cornicidata, and (improperly) 

 to Meibomia triflora. This confusion of two plants under one name may be compared 

 with that in case of the name shamrockamong the Irish, which is sometimes applied 

 to an Oxalis, sometimes to a Trifolium. The resemblance in both cases is chiefly in 

 the trifoliolate leaves. 



Aguanak (Guam). 



The name of a tree not identified, mentioned by Governor Olive y Garcia in a 

 report to the Captain-General of the Philippines as yielding strong wood used in the 

 construction of houses. 



Aguardiente (Spanish). See Cocos nucifera. 



Ahgao or Ajgao (Guam). See Premna gaudichaudii. 



Ahgap (Guam). Same as Ahgao. 



Ahonholi ((iuam). See Sesamum orientale. 



Ahos (Guam). See Allium sativum. 



Aizoaceae. Carpet-weed family. 



The only representative of this family in Guam is the seaside purslane, Sesuvium 

 portulacastrum. 



Aji (Spanish). See Capsicum anmium and C. frutescens. 



«Kew Bulletin, 1893, p. 80. 



