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A recent introduction, now thoroughly naturalized and very abundant 
along streams in Benguet, Merrill Phil. Pl. 1731. A native of tropical 
America, now pantropic. 
Local name: Botete (Ig.). 
2. GYNANDROPSIS de Candolle 
GYNANDROPSIS GYNANDRA (Linn.) comb. nov. 
Cleome gynandra Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 671; C. B. Rob. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 182. 
Cleome pentaphylla Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2 (1763) 938. 
Gynandropsis pentaphylla DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 238; Mig. Fl. Ind. 
Bat. 1’ (1858) 96; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 10; Merr. in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 58, Fl. Manila (1912) 216, Sp. 
Blancoanae (1918) 158. 
Pedicellaria pentaphylla Schrank in Roem. & Usteri Mag. Bot. 3° 
(1790) 8, 10; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 18. 
Sinapistrum pentaphyllum Medic. in Index Kew. 2 (1895) 914. 
Cleome alliacea Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 522. 
Cleome alliodora Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 368, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 
307, t. 238. 
Throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes, a weed in 
waste places; often abundant especially near the sea. Pantropic. 
Local names: Apoi-apoian (Tag.); balabalandian (Tag.); halaya (P. 
Bis.) ; hulaya (P. Bis.) ; tantandék (Ilk.) ; tantandék-a-dadakél (Ilk.). 
GYNANDROPSIS SPECIOSA (HBK.) DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 238; F.-Vill. 
Novis. App. (1880) 10; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 
24, 27 (1905) 18, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 158. 
Cleome speciosa HBK. Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 5 (1817) 84, t. 436. 
Cleome pentaphylla Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 5238, non Linn. 
Cleome gigantea Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 364, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 307, 
t. 234, non Linn. 
Luzon (Union, Manila, Cavite), Leyte, B. S. 21085 Ramos, Wenzel 1066, 
Merrill 8502, Sp. Blancoanae 149. Occasional in waste places, old clearings, 
etc. A native of tropical America, now pantropic. 
3. POLANISIA Rafinesque 
2?O0LANISIA ICOSANDRA (Linn.) W. & A. Prodr. (1834) 22; A. Gray Bot. 
Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 68; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 
Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 77. 
Cleome icosandra Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 672. 
Polanisia viscosa DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 242; Blanco FI. Filip. ed. 2 
(1845) 364, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 308; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 17 (1858) 
97; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 10; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 
(1885) 94, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 47; Merr. in Govt. Lab. 
Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 17, Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 
407, Fl. Manila (1912) 216, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 158. 
Cleome viscosa Linn. 1. c.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1887) 522. 
Cleome acutifolia Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 7 (1915) 2574. 
Throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes in the settled 
areas; a common weed. Pantropic. 
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