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Oxalis corniculata. AVoohsorrei.. 



Family Oxalitlae-eae. 



Local names. — Agssoin, Apsou (Gnain) ; I'i (Samoa); Koki ( Kar(ili>uij;a) ; N'iiia- 

 gera(Cul)a); Vinagvillo (Porto Rico). 

 A procumlient, herbaceous plant, usually pubescent with appressed hairs, freely 

 branching from the l)ase, often creeping. Leaves trifoliolate, leatiets ol)conlate, 

 minutely reticulated; stipules united to base of petals; flowers yellow, growing in 

 umbel-like cymes; peduncles 1 to 5-flowered but mcstly 2-flowered, pedicels pubes- 

 cent, retlexed; sepals 5, pubescent; petals 5, emarginate; stamens 10, monadelphous 

 at base, 5 longer and 5 shorter; ovary a-eelled; ovules several in ea(;li cavity; styles 

 5, separate, persistent, stigmas terminal; capsule oblong, appressed-pubescent; seeds 

 compressed, transversely ridged. 



Common in waste places and fields on the island. The plant is.antis(!orbutic and 

 is used in India as a remedy in dysentery. The Chamorro name signifies "sour" 

 and is also applied to Meihomia trijiora (see agsom). It was first colk'cted in Guam 

 by Freycinet, who recorded it as OraUx repeiis. 



Widely distributed in the warmer regions of the earth. 

 References: 



Oxalis corniculata L. Sp. PI. 1: 435. 1753. 



Ox-eye bean. See Stizolobiuin giyantemii. 

 Pacao (jr Pakao (Guam). See Gailandina criMa. 

 Pachyrhizus bulbosus. Same as Cacara erom. 

 Pachyrhizus jicamas. Same as Cacara erosa. 



Pacpac or Pakpak (Guam). 



A small tree mentioned by Governor Olive in his list, from which pikes and 

 handles of garden implements are made; not identified. 

 Paddy (British East Indies). See Oryza saliva. 

 Padi (Malayan). See Oryza sativa. 

 Pago (Guam). See Pariti tiUacewii. 



Pahong or Pahon (Guam). See Pandanus and P. duhius. 

 Paingot (Guam). See Pandanus si). 



Paipay (Guam). 



A tree included in the list of Don Felipe de la Corte, yielding timbers 4 meters 

 long and 15 cm. in diameter, used for the framework of roofs of houses and handles 

 for fusinos or thrust hoes. It is subject to the attacks of termites, and therefore not 

 so extensively used in Guam as other woods which are immune; not identified. 

 Pajon (Spanish). See Pandanus dubius. 

 Pajuil (I'orto Rico). See Anacardium occidentcdc 

 Pakpak langao (Philippines). See Meihomia triflora. 

 Palaga-hilitai nv Q,uelitai (Guam). See Meihomia umhellata. 

 Palai (ir' Palay. The Philippine name for uncooked rice. See Oryza sativa. 

 Palang-palang (Philippines). See C'anavali oisiforme, and (\ (ihlnsifoliutn. 

 Palilalia (Guam). See Schychmvskya interrupta. 

 Pal-lam or Pallang (Philippines) . See Botor tetragonoloba. 

 Palm, betel-nut. See Areca caihecu. 

 Palm, black-fiber. See Saguenis pinnatns. 

 Palm, coconut. See Cocus mucifera. 

 Palm, date. See Phoenix dactylifera. 

 Palra, gomutu. See Sagun-ns j)iiiii<Uns. 



