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Ajo (Spanish). See Allium mtivioa. 



Ajonjoli (Spanish) . See Sesamum orientale. 



Akankan dangkulo ((Juani). See Stizolohiuin gigantevm. 



Akankan kalatun (Guam). See Stizololiiuni, prurlens. 



Akankan-tasi (Guam). See CanavaU obtusifolium. 



Alacran, flor del (Panama). See Ileliotropium indicum. 



Alaihai-tasi (Guam). See Ipomocd jies-caprae. 



Alalag ((tuam). See Argyrela tiUaefolia. 



Alalag-tasi (Guam). See Tpomoea 2>cii-caprae. 



Alambrillo (Spanish). 



Name in (Tuam ff)r a climbing fern, Lygodkim scandcns. 



Alangilang- (Philippines). See Canangium odoratuni; also called "ilangilang." 



Alang-itiigit (Philippines). See Ehretia microphyUa. 



Alapasotes ( Philippines) . See Chenopodium ambrosioides. 



Albahaca (Spanish). See Ocimum basUieum and 0. canum. 



Albahaca morada (Spanish). See Ocimum sanchun. 



Alcaparro (Spanish) . See Capparis viariana. 



Aleurites moluccana. Candlenut tree. 



Family Euphorbiaceae. 



Local names. — 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 Philipjiine 

 name "lumbang," or the Caroline Island name "raguar." The natives say the nuts 

 were 1)rought 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 liglit 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 

 c-astor oil, but causing no nausea nor griping, and having the further advantage of a 

 nutty flavor and of being more promjit in its effects. (Journ. de Pharm. 3e ser., 

 vol. 24, p. 228. 1853. ) 



REFKIiEXCES: 



Alcurltea moluccana (L.) Willd. Sp. I'l. 4':5UU. 1805. 



Jntropna moluccana L. Sp. PI. 2:100G. 1753. 

 Aleurites triloba. Same as A. moluccana. 

 Alfalfa. See Medicago saliva. 



Algse. Seaweeds. 



Local names. — Lumut (Guam, Malay Archipelago); Lumot (Philippines); Limn 



(Samoa, Hawaii); Rimu (Tahiti, Mangaia). 



Among the edible seaweeds growing on the shores of Guam are the gelatinous 



Gracilaria conferroides (L.) J. Ag. and the peppery Caiderpa clarifera (Turn.) Ag. 



The first, called in Guam by the Philippine name "gulaman," is gathered by the 



natives and bleached in the sun. It is used f(jr making jellies and blancmange in the 



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