224 USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



Chagua (Ciiiam). 



(u'luial name for "plant" in the vernacular of the island. 

 Chaguan humatag ((niani). A sedge, Cypcr us rotund us. 

 Chaguan lemae ((niani). 



A sedge, KylUngn vionocephala; so called from the fancied resemblance of its heads 

 to miniature breadfruits (lemae). 



Chaguan-tais. See Halodide uninervis. 



Chara ((iiiain)- Sea jnirslane, Sesuvium portidncastruin. 



Chara fibrosa. See Aigx. 



Charcoal. 



The principal trees which furnish wood for making charcoal are the lemoncito 

 ( Triphaitin Irifolinta) , the mangrove {Hhizophora mucronata), the adbau {Eugenia sp.), 

 and an unidentified tree abundant on Orote Peninsula called "laldhag." 

 Chavica betle. Same as Piper hetle. 



Chenopodiaceae. Goosefoot family. 



Tills family is represented in Guam by the two following species: 



Chenopodium album. Lambs-quarters. 



Family Chenopodiaceae. 



Local names. — Cenizo (Spanish); Quelites (Mexico); Kiletes (Guam). 

 An erect herbaceous weed, with rhombic-ovate or lanceolate, dentate, sinuate, or 

 lobed leaves; flowers small, green, sessile; spikes terminal or axillary, often panicled; 

 calyx segments usually inclosing the utricle, strongly keeled in fruit; seed horizontal, 

 black, shining, firmly attached to the pericarp; embryo a complete ring. 



Spread over the world in temperate and tropical regions, in Guam growing in 

 waste places. The young shoots are cooked like spinach. 

 References: 



Chenopodium album \j. Sp. PI. 1: 219. 1753. 



Chenopodium ambrosioides. Mexican tea. 



Family Chenopodiaceae. 



Local names.— Apasotes, Alapasotes, Pasotes (Guam, Philippines); Basote 



(Porto Rico); Epazote, Yepazotl (Mexico); Ambrosine, The du Mexique 



(France). 



An erect puberulous, aromatic plant. Stem angled; leaves alternate, short- 



petioled, oblong or lanceolate, obtuse, sinuately toothed, the upper ones entire; 



flowers minute, in slender axillary clusters and terminal simple or panicled spikes; 



sepals inclosing the utricle; seed horizontal, smooth, shining, the margin obtuse. 



A species probably of Mexican origin, now widely spread over the warmer regions 

 of the world. In Mexico a kind of tea is made of it. In France it is cultivated and 

 is known as " the du Mexique." In Guam it is found in many gardens together 

 with manzanilla ( Chri/santhemum indicum), hierlm de Santa Maria {Artemisia vulgaris) , 

 anis {Foeniculum foenieulum), and hierba buena {Mentlia arvensis). 

 References: 



Chenopodium ambrosioides L. Sp. PL 1 : 219. 1753. 



Cherry pepper. See Capsicum annuum cerasiforme. 



Chestnut, Polynesian. See Bocoa edulis. 



Chichitun ((iuam). Local name for Achyranlhes aspera. 



Chico (Guam, Philippines). Local name for the sapodilla {Sapota zapotilla)^ 



Chile or Sile (Philippines). See Capsicum annuum and C. frutescens. 



China dulce (Porto Rico). See Citrus aurantium sinensis. 



