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China-berry tree. See Melia nzedarach. 



Chinese-ink berry. See Q'stnim jxtllidnm. 



Chocolate, chocolate bean or nut, chocolate tree. See Tlieobroma cacao. 



Chopag (Guam). 

 One of the principal timber trees of the island, Ochrocarpus ohovalis. 



Chosgo iir Chosg-u (Guam). 



A small-sized euphorbiaceous tree, GlocMd'wn marianvm, yielding very strong wood 

 which is used by the natives of Guam for making cart shafts. 



Chotda ( Guam) . 



Vernacular name for banana plant or green banana; the ripe fruit is called " aga." 



Chrysanthemum indicum. Indian Chrysanthemum. False camomile. 



Family Asteraceae. 



Local names.— Manzanilla (Guam, Philippines); Rosa de Japon (Philippines); 

 Giil-daoonde, Giil daudi (Hindustan). 

 This well-known cultivated plant is used medicinally by the natives of Guam, who, 

 like the Filipinos, erroneously apply to it the Spanish name for camomile. It is a 

 perennial composite with alternate, divided leaves and blooms during the cold season. 

 Involucre hemispherical, composed of imbricated scales which are membranous at 

 the edges; receptacle naked; pappus none. It was described by Padre Blanco in the 

 first edition of his Flora de Filipinas (p. 631) under the name of matricaria 

 choiiioiiiilht. 



The flowers in the form of an infusion are used as a remedy for intermittent fevers, 

 and are valued by women as a remedy for hysteria and monthly irregularities. 

 References: 



Chn/santhemum indicum L. Sp. PI. 2: 889. 1753. 



Chrysodium aureum. Same as Acrosfichum aureum. See under Ferns. 

 Chrysopog-on aciculatus Trin. Same as Andropogon aciciUatus. 

 Chupa (Guam). The vernacular name for tobacco. 



Chuti or Chiute (Guam). 



A shrub or small tree, having white gamopetalous flowers, referred by Gaudichaud 

 to the Apocynaceae. Not identified. 



Cidra (Spanish). 



The Citron. See Citrus medica. The name is also sometimes incorrectly applied to 

 large^ thick-skinned, citron-like shaddocks {Citrus decumana). 

 Cinamomo (Guam, Philippines). The henna bush, Lawsonia inermis. 

 Citron. See Citrus medica. 

 Citronella oil. See Andropogon nardus. 

 Citrullus citruUus. See Gardens. 

 Citrus. Oranges. Citrons. Lemons. Limes. 



The existing classification of the fruits belonging to the genus Citrus is far from 

 satisfactory. So many intergrading varieties of oranges, citrons, lemons, limes, pome- 

 los, shaddocks, and their allies occur that it is difficult to delimit them and impossible 

 to determine their origin. Thus the lemon, lime, and citron are by some authors con- 

 sidered distinct species and by others subspecies or varieties of the same species 

 [Citrus medica L. ). They are very different from one another and grow perfectly 

 true to seed; so that, if they are simply varieties of the same species, they have 

 probably developed under widely different conditions and in regions remote from 

 one another. The cultivated forms of the true citron closely resemble the shaddock 

 in their thick rind, while the acid lime, which is spherical in shape and smooth- 

 skinned more nearly approaches the orange, differing radically from the lemon 

 which resembles the typical citron in its oblong shape and in having a nipple at the 



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