204 USEFtJL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



Biigos (Philippines). See Aadypha indica. 



Bukike (Guam). See Clitorw tematea; also called the " queen's cloak " (capade in 



reina). 

 Bulak (Philippines). Vernacular for all cottons ( Gossypium spp. ). 

 Bulakan (Philippines). See Thespesia populneo. 

 Bullock's heart. See Annona reticulata. 

 Bululacao (Philippines). See Arffyreia liliaefolia. 

 Bunga (Philippines). See Areca cathecu. 

 Buntot capon (Philippines). A fern, Asptenium falccUum. 

 Burgrass. See Cenlotheca lappacea. 



Burweed. See the species of Triumfetta; also Urena sinuata. 

 Butabuta (Philippines). See Excoeearia agallocba. 

 Button sed^e. See KyUinga monocfphala. 

 Buyo (Philippines). See Piper belle. 

 Caballero (Guam). See Poinciana pulcherrima. 

 Cabbage. See Gardens. 

 Cabello del ang^el (Spanish). 



A name applied in Guam to the cypress vine, Quamoclit quamodit. 

 Cabinet woods. 



Among the trees furnishing wood suitable for cabinetwork may be mentioned the 

 following: Adenanthera pavonina, Arlocarpus communis, Barringtonia speciosa, Bru- 

 guiera gymnorhiza, CalophyUum inophyUum, Eugenia sp. ("ailbang"), Heritiera lil- 

 toralis, Irdsia bijuga, ilelia azedarach, Ochrocarpus obovalis, Ochrosia mariannensis, 

 Premna gaudichaudii, Termindlia catappa, Thespesia populnea. 

 Cabo negro (Spanish). Bee Saguems pirmaius. 

 Cacabuate or Cacaguate (Guam). 



Local name for the peanut, AracMs hypogaea. 

 Cacao (Spanish). See Theohroma cacao. 



Cacara erosa. Yam-bean. Tcrnip-bean. 



Family Fabaceae. 



Local NAMES. — Hikamas (Guam); Jfcama, Cazotl (Mexico); Kamas, Tfcamas, 

 Hicamas, Sfncamas (PhiUppines); Jfcama dulce (Cuba); Ahipa, Ashipa (South 

 America) ; Fan ko (China). 



A climbing herbaceous plant, with trifoliolate leaves and a turnip-like root. Leaf- 

 lets large, stipellate, membranous, deltoid-ovate, angular, toothed, pubescent beneath 

 or glabrescent; flowers bluish or purplish, in long lax racemes with fascicled pedi- 

 cels, the lower nodes often prolonged into short branches; bracts and bracteoles 

 bristle-Uke, caducous; calyx 2-lipped, the upper lip emarginate, the lower deeply 

 3-toothed; corolla much exserted, wings semilunate with a long projection at the 

 base, the petals subequal; keel obtuse; stamens diadelphous (1 and 9), filaments 

 alternately shorter; style with a crenulate nectarial ring around the base, spirally 

 incurved at the apex, almost as in the Phaseoli; stigma large, round, oblique; l^ume 

 linear, turgid, compressed, laterally contracted between the seeds, of a dark-brown 

 color, sparsely hairy; seeds nearly circular, flat, smooth. 



This plant, which both in Guam and the Philippines bears its Mexican name, was 

 probably brought from Mexico. It is now common in the woods, climbing among 

 the bushes and trees and twining about everything with which it comes in contact 

 The young root is much Uke a turnip in shape and consistency, and is easily peeled 

 like a turnip. It is usually eaten raw, and may be prepared with oil and vinegar 

 in the form of a salad. According to Dr. Edward Palmer it is extensively cultivated 



