224 « USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



Chagua (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. 

 Char a (Guam). Sea purslane, Sesuvium portulacastrum. 

 Chara fibrosa. See Algse. 

 Charcoal. 



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

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

 and an unidentified tree abundant on Orote Peninsula called '.'lalahag." 

 Chavica betle. Same as Piper belle. 



Chenopodiaceae. Goosefoot 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 pubei'ulous, 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) , 

 anis (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 edulis. 



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. 



