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SANDORICUM Cavanilles 
SANDORICUM KOETJAPE (Burm. f.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. Bot. 7 
(1912) 237. 
Melia koetjape Burm. f. F). Ind. (1768) 101. 
Sandoricum indicum Cav. Diss. 4 (1787) 359, t. 202, 208; Safford 369. 
G. E. S. 471. 
Widely distributed in the Indo-Malayan region, introduced in Guam. 
MELIA Linnaeus 
MELIA AZEDARACH Linn. Sp. Pl. (1758) 384; Safford 322. 
McGregor 446. 
A native of tropical Asia, now cultivated in all warm countries. 
XYLOCARPUS Koenig 
XYLOCARPUS GRANATUM Koen. Naturf. 20 (1784) 2; Safford 460. 
McGregor 481, Cabras Island, along the seashore. 
Along the seashore, India to Malaya, Australia, and Polynesia. 
MALPIGHIACEAE 
GALPHIMIA Cavanilles 
GALPHIMIA GLAUCA Cay. in Anal. Hist. Nat. 1 (1799) 387. 
G. E. S. 277, apparently from recently introduced plants. 
A native of Mexico, now cultivated in many tropical countries. 
EUPHORBIACEAE 
ACALYPHA Linnaeus 
ACALYPHA INDICA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 1003; Safford 173. 
G. E. S. 80. 
Tropics of both hemispheres. 
ALEURITES Forster 
ALEURITES MOLUCCANA (Linn.) Willd. Sp. Pl. 4* (1805) 590; Safford 
177. 
Jatropha moluccana Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 1006. 
G. E. S. 86, 381, locally known by its Philippine (Tagalog) name 
lumbang. 
India to Polynesia, introduced in tropical America. 
CLAOXYLON A. Jussieu 
CLAOXYLON MARIANNUM Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15’ (1866) 783; 
Safford 230. 
G. E. S. 7, 474, local name cator. 
The type was collected in Guam by Gaudichaud, and the species is not 
known from any other region. It is very closely allied to several other 
species of the Malayan region. 
