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root-bark as a specific for intestinal worms. The powdered rind is an excellent 

 remedy in chronic diarrhea and dysentery. 



Cultivated in many of the gardens of the natives. 



References: 

 Punica granatum L. Sp. PI. 1: 472. 1753. 

 Pupulo, Pupulu (Guam). See Piper betle. 

 Pursaetha scandens. Same as Lens phaseoloides. 

 Purslane. See Portulaca oleracea and P. quadrifida. 

 Purslane, sea or seaside. See Semvium portulacastrum. 

 Putat ( Malay ) . See Barringtonia racemosa and B. speciosa. 

 Puting ( Guam ) . See Barringtonia speciosa. 



Pyrethrum indicum and P. sinense. Same as Chrysanthemum indicum. 

 Pyrrhanthus littoreus. Same as Lumnilzera littorea. 

 Quamoclit quamoclit. Cypress vine. 



Family Convolvulaceae. 



Local names. — Cabello del angel (Guam); Cambustera (Cuba). 

 This pretty scarlet-flowered twining plant has escaped from cultivation and grows 

 in many places on the island far from human habitations. It is also planted by the 

 natives in their gardens and allowed to run along the fences of their inclosures. 



References: 



Quamoclit quamoclit (L. ) Britton in Britton & Brown, 111. Fl. 3 : 22. 1898. 

 Ipomoea quamoclit L. Sp. PI. 1 : 159. 1753. 

 Quelites, duiletes (Mexico, Guam). Same as kelites, kiletes, kuletes. 

 Quilulu (Guam). Same as kilulu; see Thespesia populnea. 

 Raguar (Guam, Caroline Islands). . See Aleurites moluccana. 

 Rain tree. See Pithecolobium saman. 

 Rarnalina. See Lichenes. 

 Ramie. See under Boehmeria lenacissima. 

 Rattan. See Calamus sp. 

 Rattlebox or Rattlepod. See Crolalaria. 



Raual or Rauwel (Yap, Caroline Islands). See Pangium edule. 

 Rauwolfia. See Ochrosia mariannensis. 



Red-flowered Mangrove. See Lumnitzera littorea and L. pedicellata. 

 Red pepper. See Capsicum annuum. 



Redwood, Red sandalwood (India). See Adenanthera pavonina. 

 Reed. See Trichoon roxburghii. 

 Reseda (Central America). See Laiosonia inermis. 

 Resin. 



The principal resin-yielding tree on the island is the daog, or tacmahac tree 

 ( Calophyllum inophyllum). See last name. 



Rhamnaceae. Buckthorn family. 



This family is represented in Guam by the indigenous gasoso (Colubrina asiatica) 

 and the introduced jujube tree or manzanas (Zizyphus jujuba) . 

 Rhizoclonium. See under A Igse. 

 Rhizophora mucronata. Four-petaled mangrove. Plate lxiv. 



Family Rhizophoraceae. 



Local names. — Mangle hembra (Guam); Tongo (Samoa); Dongo (Fiji); Bakao, 



. Bakauan, Bakawan (Philippines). 



