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yielded by the trunk is one of the tacamahac gums of commerce; it is agreeably aro- 

 matic, and is used as a scent by the Tahitians. It is of a yellowish-green color and 

 is soluble in alcohol. 



Its wood is hard, strong, and cross-grained, and very hard to split. In Guam it is 

 used for the solid wheels of the carts drawn by bullocks and carabao. It is durable 

 in water, but is so rigid that it can not be bent. In Samoa it is much used for build- 

 ing large canoes. Its strong crooked branches furnish excellent knees for boats, and 

 are used also for stem and stern posts. 

 REFERENCES: 



Calophyllum inophyllum L. Sp. PI. 1 : 513. 1753. 

 Caltrops. See Tribulus cistoides. 

 Calysaccion obovale. See Ochrocarpus obovalis. 

 Camachile or Kamachiles (Guam). See Pithecolobium dulce. 

 Camaluson (Philippines). See Botor tetragonoloba. 

 Camantigui (Philippines). See Impatiens balsamina. 

 Camatis (Philippines). See Lycopersicon lycopersicum. 

 Cambustera (Cuba). See Quamodit quamodit. 

 Camomile, false. See Chrysanthemum indicum. 

 Camote (Spanish) or Kamute (Guam). See Ipomoea batatas. 

 Camoting cahoi (Tagalog). See Manihot manihot. 

 Cam.ph.ire. See Lawsonia inermis. 

 Cana (Spanish). See Bambos and Trichoon roxburghii. 

 Cana espinas, Cana macho. See Bambos blumeana. 

 Cana de aziicar. See Saccharum officinarum. 

 Cana dulce. See Saccharum officinarum. 

 Canafistula (Spanish). See Cassia fistula. 

 Cana hembra (Spanish). See Bambos sp. 

 Cana-pistola (Philippines). See Cassia fistula. 

 Cananga odorata. See Canangium odoratum. 



Canangium odoratum. ILANGILANG. YLANGYLANG. 



Family Anonaceae. 



LOCAL NAMES. Alangilang (Guam, Philippines); Moso / oi (Samoa); Moto-oi 

 (Rarotonga). 



A tree bearing a profusion of greenish yellow fragrant flowers, with long, fringe- 

 like petals, from which the perfume "ilangilang" is made. Leaves alternate, simple, 

 entire, ovate-oblong, finely acuminate, puberulous beneath; sepals 3; petals 6, in 

 two series, narrowly linear; stamens many, linear, borne at the base of the ovary, 

 the connective produced into a lanceolate, acute process; ovaries many; style oblong; 

 ripe carpels about 12, ovoid or obovoid, black, 6 to 12-seeded. 



Bark of tree smooth, ashy; trunk straight normally, but in Guam often twisted 

 out of shape by hurricanes. Its wood is soft and white, and not very durable, but 

 in Samoa the natives make small canoes of it, and the Malayans hollow out the 

 trunks into drums or tomtoms. In Guam straight trunks of sufficient size for canoes 

 are never found. 



This tree is found in Java, the Philippines, and in many islands of the Pacific. It is 

 widely cultivated in the Tropics. Its introduction into Guam is comparatively recent; 

 but the fruit-eating pigeons are spreading it gradually over the island. The natives 

 sometimes use its flowers to perfume coconut oil. In Samoa it is very highly 

 esteemed. Its fringe-like flowers are there strung into wreaths and garlands by the 

 natives, together with the drupes of Pandanus and the scarlet fruit of Capsicum. 

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