204 USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



Bugos (Philippines). See Acalypha indica. 



Bukike (Guam). See Clitorio, tern'alea; also called the " queen's cloak" (capa de la 



reina). 

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

 Bulakan (Philippines). See Thespesia populnea . 

 Bullock's heart. See Annona reticulata. 

 Bululacao (Philippines). See Argyreia tiliaefolia. 

 Bunga (Philippines). See Areca cathecu. 

 Buntot capon (Philippines). A fern, Asplenium falcatum. 

 Burgrass. See Ceniotheca lappacea. 



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

 Butabuta (Philippines). See Excoecaria agallocha. 

 Button sedge. See Kyllinga monocephala. 

 Buyo (Philippines). See Piper betle. 

 Caballero (Guam). See Poinciana pulcherrima. 

 Cabbage. See Gardens. 

 Cabello del angel (Spanish). 



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

 Cabinet woods. 



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

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

 guiera gymnorhiza, Calophyllum inophyllum, Eugenia sp. ("aabang"), Heritiera lit- 

 toralis, Intsia bijuga, Melia azedarach, Ochrocarpus obovalis, Ochrosia mariannensis, 

 Premna gaudichaudii, Terminalia calappa, Thespesia popidnea. 

 Cabo negro (Spanish). See Saguerus pinnatus. 

 Cacahuate or Cacaguate (Guam). 



Local name for the peanut, Arachis hypogaea. 

 Cacao (Spanish). See Tlieobroma cacao. 



Cacara erosa. Yam-bean. Turnip-bean. 



Family Fabaceae. 



Local names. — Hikamas (Guam); Jfcama, Cazotl (Mexico); Kamas, Ticamas, 

 Hicamas, Sincamas (Philippines); Jicama 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, angu'ar, 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-like, 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 thePhaseoli; stigma large, round, oblique; legume 

 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 like 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 



