36 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS sa 
MORACEAE 
1. FATOUA Gaudichaud 
FATOUA PILOSA Gaudich. Bot. Frey. Voy. (1826) 509; F.-Vill. Novis. 
App. (1880) 198; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 145, Rev. 
Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 249. 
Fatoua japonica Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 2 (1856) t. 38; Valeton 
in Bull. Dept. Agr. Ind. Néerl. 10 (1907) 5; Merr. Fl. Manila 
(1912) 179. 
Urtica japonica Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) 70, non Linn. f. 
Urtica manillensis Walp. Nov. Act. Acad. Nat: Cur. 19 (1848) 
Suppl. 1: 423. 
Northern Luzon to Mindanao; in dry thickets, on walls, cliffs, etc., at 
low altitudes. Japan and China southward to Malaya. 
Local names: Sarungkar-a-babasit (Ilk.); sikir (Ilk.). 
2. PARATROPHIS Blume 
PARATROPHIS GRANDIFOLIA Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1814. 
Palawan, Luzon (Sorsogon), Elmer 13176, B. S. 28882 Ramos. In damp 
forests at low and medium altitudes. Scarcely other than a large-leaved 
form of Paratrophis philippinensis F.-Vill. Endemic. j 
Local name: Magtonob (Mbo.). 
PARATROPHIS PHILIPPINENSIS (Bureau) F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 
98; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 145, Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. 
(1886) 250. 
Uromorus philippinensis Bureau in DC. Prodr. 17 (1873) 237; Vidal 
Cat. Pl. Prov. Manila (1880) 43. 
Luzon (Laguna, Tayabas, Albay), Samar, Mindanao, Cuming 919, F. B. 
12674 Rosenbluth & Tamesis, Merrill 1087, Phil. Pl. 1638, Clemens 569, 
Elmer 10827. In damp forests at low and medium altitudes. Endemic. 
Local names: Agusus (Tag.); bulaus (Neg.); spai (Bag.). 
8. MORUS Tournefort 
MORUS ALBA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 986; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 705, 
ed. 2 (1845) 489, ed. 8, 3 (1879) 109, t. 209; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 
(1880) 198; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 39, t. 85, f. D (var. 
latifolia Bureau); Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 
404, Fl. Manila (1912) 178, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 122. 
Morus indica Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 986; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 17 
(1858-59) 279. 
The mulberry, widely distributed in the Philippines in cultivation, is 
thoroughly naturalized in the Batan Islands and northern Luzon (Caga- 
yan); perhaps of ancient introduction here. According to Blanco the 
mulberry was first introduced into the Philippines in 1780. A native of 
tropical Asia, now in all warm countries. 
Local names: Amingit (Ig.); améras (Ilk.); méra (Ibn.); moral (Sp.) ; 
moraya (Ibn.); morera (Sp.); tanud (Iv.); tanyud (Iv.). 
4, PSEUDOTROPHIS Warburg 
PSEUDOTROPHIS MINDANAENSIS Warb. in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. 
(1905) 165. 
Paratrophis caudata Merr. in Philip. Journ, Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 183. 
