296 USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



Ifll or Iflt (Guam). Intsia bijuga; in the Philippines called "ipil." 

 n (Samoa). See Oxalis comiciUata. 



nangilang (Guam, Philippines). See Canwiffium odoratum. 

 Uluminating oils. 



The following plants yield oils used for lighting: Aleurites inoliuxana, CalophyUnm 

 inophyUiim, Cocos nucifera, Jcdropha cureai, Ricinus communis, Sesamum orientate, 

 Xylocarpus granaium. 



Impatiens balsamina. Garden balsam. 



Family Impatientaceae. 



Local names. — Belen (Mexico); Snlangga, Camantigni (Philippines); Touch- 

 me-not (United States). 

 Tliis well-known garden plant is found in most gardens of Guam, and in places 

 has escaped from cultivation. In the Philippmes, according to Mercado, the women 

 and girls make use of it to dye their finger nails. In Chamba, northern India, the 

 seeds are eaten by the natives, and an oil is expressed from them which is used as 

 food and also for burning. 

 Refekences: 



Impatiens balsamina L. Sp. PI. 2: 938. 1753. 

 Imumu (Guam). Name of a poisonous tree; not identified. 

 Indian almond. See TerminoMa catappa. 

 Indian com. See Zea mays. 

 Indian joint-vetch.. See Aeschyrumiene indica. 

 Indian licorice. See Abrus abrus. 

 Indian mallow. See Abtiiilon indicum. 

 Indian merciiry. See Acalypha indica. 

 Indian mulberry. See Morinda cUrifolia. 

 Indian pennywort. See Cenldla amUica. 

 Indian shot. See Canna indica. 

 Indigo. See Indigofera anU and I. (inctoria. 



Indigofera anil. Indigo. 



Family Fabaceae. 



Local names. — Anilis (Guam); Anil (Spanish); Ti^tim (Philippines). 

 Low shrub very common in abandoned clearings, slightly pubescent with odd 

 piimate leaves and axillary sessile racemes of many sinall greenish purplish flowers. 

 Stipules awl-shaped; calyx lobes triangular; standard roundish; keel spurred; leaf- 

 lets 3 to 7 pairs, spathulate-oblong; pod oblong-linear, cylindrical, not torulose, 

 much thickened along the dorsal line, 3 to 6-seeded. 



This, like the next, is a well-known dye plant, introduced into the island more 

 than a century ago. 

 Eepehences: 

 Indigofera anil L. Mant. 2: 272. 1771. 

 Indigofera tinctoria. Indigo. 



Local names. — Anilis (Guam); Anil (Spanish); Tagum (Philippines). 

 Low shrub like the last and in similar places. Leaflets 4 to 6 pairs, oval or obovate- 

 oblong; pods many-seeded, slightly torulose or swollen at intervals, and somewhat 

 thickened along the line of dehiscence. 

 Like the last, a dye plant introduced long ago. Neither is utilized by the natives. 

 Eeferences: 



Indigofera tinctoria L. Sp. PI. 2:751. 1753. 

 Inga dulcis. Same as Pithecolobium dulce. 



