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Philip. (1885) 111, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 121; Merr. in Philip. 
Bureau Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 22; Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) 
Bot. 15. 
Inga grandiflora Wall. Cat. (1832) No. 5285, nomen nudum. 
Palawan, Panay, Negros, Mindanao, Merrill Phil. Pl. 1166, F. B. 3800 
Curran, 23939 Cortes & Knapp, 22829 Ponce, 5616 Everett, Ahern 447. 
In beach forests, Malay Peninsula to New Guinea and the Aru Islands. 
Local names: Honok (C. Bis.); kasai (P.. Bis.); maganhop-sa-baibai 
(P. Bis.) ; nap (Sul.). 
2. SAMANEA (Bentham) Merrill 
SAMANEA SAMAN (Jacq.) Merr. in Journ. Wash. Acad. Sci. 6 (1916) 47. 
Mimosa saman Jacq. Fragm. (1800) 15, t. 9. 
Inga saman Willd. Sp. Pl. 4 (1806) 1024. 
Pithecolobium saman Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 3 (1844) 101; 
F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 76; Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3 
(1877-83) t. 309; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 5; Merr. in Govt. 
Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 31. 
Enterolobium saman Prain ex King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66° 
(1897) 352; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 15, Fl. Manila 
(1912) 225. 
Introduced from tropical America about 1860, now widely planted as a 
shade tree, in places spontaneous. Pantropic in cultivation; the rain tree. 
Local name: Acacia (Sp.). 
3. PITHECOLOBIUM Martius 
PITHECOLOBIUM ANGULATUM (Grah.) Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 
Bot. 3 (1844) 208, Trans. Linn. Soc. 30 (1875) 580; F.-Vill. Novis. 
App. (1880) 76; Ceron Cat. Pl. Herb. Manila (1892) 72; Perk. 
Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 4; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) 
Bot. 19. 
Inga angulata Grah. in Wall. Cat. (1832) No. 5271, nomen nudum. 
Northern Luzon (Cagayan) to Palawan, Panay, and Negros. In thickets 
and secondary forests at low and medium altitudes. 
The Philippine form is the var. intermedium Prain in Journ. As. Soe. 
Beng. 66* (1897) 275. Pithecolobium clypearia (Jack) Benth., although 
currently retained as a distinct species, is not clearly distinguishable, and 
the latter name should perhaps be adopted as Jack’s name is older than 
Graham’s. India, through Malaya to the Moluccas. 
Local names: Bagalhga, bagalunga (P. Bis.); bakan (Bik.); barokmok 
(Mang.); bunsikag (Tagb.); maganhop-sa-tayon (P. Bis.); potkipot (P. 
Bis.). 
PITHECOLOBIUM APOENSE Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1910) 694. 
Mindanao (Davao), Elmer 11710. In forests, altitude about 1,200 m. 
Endemic. 
Local name: Magatkarot (Mbo.). 
PITHECOLOBIUM CAULOSTACHYUM Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 
(1915) Bot. 10. 
Samar, Merrill Phil. Pl. 1637. In forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 
