296 USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



Ifil or Ifit (Guam). InUva hijugn; in 11h' I'liilijiiiiiu's callecl "ipil." 



I'i (Samoa). Heo Oralis rornindato. 



Ilang-ilang (Gnam, Philippines). See Canaiujium vduratum. 



Illuminating oils. 



The following jilants j'ield oils used for lighting: Aleurites moluccana, CahyphyUum 

 iitojdu/llinii, Cucon micifera, Jatropha curcus, Ricinus communis, Sesamtim orientale, 

 Xi/l'X'iii'jiiis (J rn Datum. 



Impatiens balsamina. Garden balham. 



Family Inipatientaceae. 



Local names. — Belen (Mexico); Sulangga, Caniantigui (Philippines); Touch- 

 me-not ( rnited States). 

 This well-known garden plant is found in most gardens of Guam, and in j^laces 

 has escaped from cultivation. In the Philippmes, according to Mercado, the women 

 and girls make use of it to dye their finger nails. In Chamba, northern India, the 

 yeeds are eaten by the natives, and an oil is «'xpressed from them which is used as 

 food and also for burning. 

 References: 

 IinpiUieiis balsamina L. Sp. PI. 2: 938. 1753. 



Imumu (Guam). Name of a poisonous tree; not identified. 



Indian almond. See Terminulia catappa. 



Indian corn. See Zea mays. 



Indian joint-vetch. See Aeschynomene indica. 



Indian licorice. See Ahrus abrus. * 



Indian mallow. See Abutilon indicum, 



Indian mercury. See Acalyplm indica. 



Indian mulberry. See Morinda citrifolia. 



Indian pennywort. See Centella asiatica. 



Indian shot. See Canna indica. 



Indigo. See Tndigofera anil and /. tinctoria. 



Indigofera anil. Indigo. 



Family Fabaceae. 



Local names. — Anilis (Guam); Aiiil (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 flowers. 

 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. 

 Eeperences: 



Indigofera and L. Mant. 2: 272. 1771. 

 Indigofera tinctoria. Indigo. 



Local names. — Anilis (Guam); Anil (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 tinctoria L. Sp. PI. 2: 751. 1753. 

 Inga dulcis. Same as PithecoloMinn dulce. 



