224 USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



Chag-ua (Guam). 



General name for "plant" in the vernacular of the island. 

 Chaguan humatag- (Guam) . A sedge, Cyperus rotundus. 

 Chaguan lemae (Guam). 



A sedge, Kyllinga monocephala; so called from the fancied resemblance of its heads 

 to miniature breadfruits (lemae). 

 Chaguan-tais. See Halodule uninervis. 

 Chara (Guam). Sea purslane, Sesuvium portutacastrum. 

 Chara fibrosa. See Algse. 

 Charcoal. 



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

 ( Triphasia trifoliata) , the mangrove (Rhizophora mucronata), the adban ( Eugenia sp. ), 

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

 Chavica be tie. Same as Piper betle. 



Chenopodiaceae. GOOSEPOOT FAMILY. 



This 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 L. 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 ( Chrysanthemum indicum), hierba de Santa Maria (Artemisia vulgaris) , 

 an is (Foeniculum foeniculum), and hierba buena (Mentha arvensis). 

 REFERENCES: 



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



Cherry pepper. See Capsicum annuum cerasiforme. 



Chestnut, Polynesian. See Bocoa edulw. 



Chichitun (Guam). Local name for Achyranthes 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. 



