302 USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



Java almond tree. See Canarium indicum. 

 Jayi (Guam) . See Lens phaseoloides. 

 Jequirity beans. See Abrus abrus. 

 Jicama (Spanish ) . See Cacara erosa. 

 Jicara (Spanish). See Crescentia alata. 

 Job's tears. See Coix lachryma-jobi. 

 Joga. See Yoga. 



Jujube tree. See Zizyphus jujuba. 

 Jungle rice. See Echinochloa colona. 

 Junig (Spanish). See Tournefortia argentea. 

 Junquillo Oloroso (Spanish). See Andropogon nardus. 

 Justicia picta L. Same as Graptophyllum pictum. 

 Kabaikabai (Philippines). See Sophora tomentosa. 

 Kabatiti (Philippines). See Colubrina asiatica. 

 Kadius or Kad-yos (Philippines). See Cajan cajan. 

 Kafo, Kafok, or Kafu (Guam). See Pandanus and J\ fragrans. 

 Kahana (Philippines). See Coffea arabica. 



Kahel or Kahet (Guam). See Citrus aurantium and C. anrantium sinensis. 

 Kahlau or Kahlao (Guam). See Phymatodes phymatodes. 

 Kakaguate, Kakahuate (Guam). See Arachis hypogaea. 

 Kakao (Guam). See Theobroma cacao. 

 Kalabasang pula (Philippines). 

 A red or orange squash, according to Padre Blanco, Cucurbita maxima. 



Kalamasa (Guam). 



The general name in Guam for the various forms of pumpkins and squashes 

 (Cucurbita spp. ) . See under Gardens. 



Kalamismis or Kamaluson (Philippines). See Rotor tctragonoloba. 

 Kalubai (Philippines). See Lagenaria lagenaria. 

 Kalumpag-sa-lati (Philippines.) See Xylocarpus granatum. 

 Kamachiles (Guam). 



A name derived from the Mexican "guamachil," applied in Guam to Pithecolobium 

 dulce. 



Kamalindo (Guam). See Tamarindus indica. 



Kamani, Kamanu (Hawaii). See Calophyllum inophyllumc 



Kamas (Philippines). See Cacara erosa. 



Kamote or Kamute (Guam). 



A name of Mexican origin used in Guam for the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), 

 which was introduced from Mexico and the Hawaiian Islands. 



Kamoting-kahoi (Philippines). See Manihot manihot. 

 Kamuku nanofe (Guam). See Taeniophyllum fasdola. 

 Kansion (Guam). 

 Vernacular name for a young coconut having a sweet edible rind. 



Kape (Easter Island, Rarotonga). See Alocasia macrorrhiza. 

 Kapok (Philippines, Java). See Ceiba pentandra. 

 Karampalit (Philippines). See Sesuvium portulacastrum. 



