296 USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



Ifil or Ifit (Guam). Intsia bijuga; in the Philippines called "ipil." 

 I'i (Samoa). See Oxalis corniculata. 



Ilangilang (Guam, Philippines). See Canangium odoratum. 

 Illuminating oils. 



The following plants yield oils used for lighting: Aleurites moluccana, Calophyllum 

 inophyllum, Cocos nueifera, Jatropha curcas, Ricinus communis, Sesamum orientate, 

 Xyloearpus granatum. 

 Impatiens balsamina. Gakden balsam. 



Family Impatientaceae. 



Local names. — Belen (Mexico); Sulangga, Camantigui (Philippines); Touch- 

 me-not (United States). 

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

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

 and girls make use of it to dye their ringer 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. 



References: 



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

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

 Indian almond. See Terminalia catappa. 

 Indian corn. See Zea mays. 

 Indian joint-vetch.. See Aeschynomene indica. 

 Indian licorice. See Abrus abrus. 

 Indian mallow. See Abutilon indicum. 

 Indian mercury. See Acalypha indica. 

 Indian mulberry. See Morinda citrifolia. 

 Indian pennywort. See Centella asiatica. 

 Indian shot. See Canna indica. 

 Indigo. See Indigofera anil and I. tinctoria. 

 Indigofera anil. Indigo. 



Family Fabaceae. 



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

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

 pinnate leaves and axillary sessile racemes of many small 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. 



References: 

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

 Indigofera tinctoria. Indigo. 



Local names. — Afiilis (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. 



References: 



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

 Inga dulcis. Same as Pithecolobium dulce. 



