296 A FLORA OF MANILA 
1. Leaflets small, never more than 5 cm long. 
2. Flowers sessile; upper half of the leaflets broader than the lower. 
1. A. procera 
2. Flowers pedicelled; lower half of the leaflets broader than the upper. 
2. A. lebbeck 
1. Leaflets large, the upper ones 10 to 18 cm long. 
2. Pinnae with 2 pairs of leaflets which are pubescent beneath. 
3. A. saponaria 
2. Pinnae with 1 pair of glabrous leaflets.........0..2022 eee 4. A. acle 
1. A. procera (Roxb.) Benth. Aninapla; Acleng-parang (Tag.). 
An erect, slightly pubescent or nearly glabrous tree 10 to 25 m high. 
Leaves about 40 cm long; pinnae 6 to 10, 15 to 20 cm long; leaflets 12 to 
20, oblong-elliptic, rounded or retuse, 2 to 5 cm long, somewhat. oblique. 
Panicles terminal or in the upper axils, up to 20 cm long, diffuse. , Flowers 
yellowish-white, in globose heads at the ends of the branchlets, the heads 
in flower 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter. Pods oblong, thin, smooth, flattened, 
10 to 15 cm long, 2 to 2.4 em wide, containing 8 to 10 seeds. 
In open dry lands, Masambong, fl. Sept.; widely distributed in the Phil- 
ippines. India to Malaya. 
*2. A. LEBBECK (L.) Benth. Languil (Tag.). 
A nearly glabrous or somewhat pubescent tree 8 to 12 m high. Leaves 
about 25 cm long; pinnae about 6, 15 em long; leaflets 6 to 8, oblong, obtuse, 
somewhat oblique, 2 to 5 cm long, coriaceous. Flowers in long-peduncled, 
axillary, fascicled heads, the peduncles up to 6 cm in length. Heads in 
bud, about 2 cm in diameter, in flower, including the anthers, 3 to 4 cm 
in diameter. Corolla greenish-yellow. Stamens white and green. Pods 
oblong, coriaceous, 15 to 20 em long, 2 to 3 cm wide, fiat, shining, reticulate, 
swollen or impressed opposite the seeds. (FI. Filip. pl. 316.) 
Occasionally cultivated as shade-tree, fl. March—June; not common in 
the Philippines, apparently introduced and cultivated only. A native of 
tropical Africa and Asia, now in most tropical countries. 5 
3. A. saponaria (Lour.) Bl. Gogon-toco, Malatoco (Tag.). 
A small tree 5 to 10 m high. Leaves 30 to 40 cm long; pinnae 4, the 
upper pair usually longer than the lower; leaflets 4 to 8, gradually larger 
toward the ends of the pinnae, 5 to 15 cm long, ovate to elliptic-ovate, 
acuminate, often inequilateral, more or less pubescent. Panicles terminal, 
pubescent, spreading, 15 to 30 cm long. Flowers white, crowded in heads 
at the ends of the ultimate branchlets, heads in flower 1.5 to 2 cm in 
diameter. Calyx pubescent. Pods thin, flat, 7 to 18 cm long, 2.5 to 3 cm 
wide, containing 7 to 12 seeds. . 
In thickets, Masambong, fl. Sept._Oct.; widely distributed in the Philip- 
pines; Malaya. 
4, A. acle (Blanco) Merr. (Pithecolobiwm acle Vid.). Acle (Tag.). 
A tree reaching a height of 20 m or more, glabrous except the inflores- 
cence. Leaves bipinnate, the petiole 2 to 5 cm long; pinnae a single pair; 
leaflets 4 to 8, the upper ones of each pinna the largest, 8 to 18 cm long. 
Inflorescence axillary, pubescent, of several short panicles. Flowers 10 to 
15 in each head, greenish-white, the calyx 3 mm long, the corolla 7 mm 
long. Pods 20 to 40 cm long, 3.5 to 5 cm wide, indehiscent, inflated opposite 
the seeds. Seeds 10 to 12 in each pod, about 2 cm long. 
