268 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS ca 
CAESALPINIA SEPIARIA Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 32, nomen nudum, FI. 
Ind. ed. 2, 2 (1832) 360; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 69; Vidal 
Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 114; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 
(1910) Bot. 55. 
Caesalpinia benguetensis Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1907) 226. 
Mezoneurum benguetense Elm. op. cit. 1 (1908) 362. 
Luzon (Isabela, Benguet), Merrill Phil. Pl. 1785, Williams 1206, Elmer 
5888, 8720, B. S. 8094 Ramos. In thickets about limestone cliffs and 
bowlders, altitude about 1,200 m. India to Japan southward to Malaya, 
introduced in tropical Africa, America, and Australia. 
Local name: Puto (Ig.). 
EXCLUDED SPECIES 
CAESALPINIA MIMOSOIDES Lam.; F.-Vill. Novis App. (1880) 69. 
30. MEZONEURUM Desfontaines 
MEZONEURUM CUCULLATUM (Roxb.) W. & A. Prodr. (1834) 283; 
Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 258; Merr. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 56. 
Caesalpinia cucullata Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 32, nomenn nudum, 
Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 2 (1882) 358. 
Mezoneurum macrophyllum Blume ex Migq. F1. Ind. Bat. 1* (1855) 104. 
Luzon (Laguna), Mindanao (Lanao), Elmer, Clemens 922. In forests 
along streams and lakes at medium altitudes. India to Yunnan, Indo-China, 
Andaman Islands, and Java. 
MEZONEURUM LATISILIQUUM (Cav.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 
(1909) Bot. 268, 5 (1910) Bot. 57, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 176. 
Bauhinia ? latisiliqua Cav. Ic. 5 (1799) 5, t. 408 p. p. (excl. fol.). 
Mezoneurum glabrum Desf. in Mém. Mus. Paris 4 (1818) 245, t. 10; 
DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 484; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 70; Miq. 
Fl. Ind. Bat. 1* (1855) 103; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 110, 
Rey. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 114; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 15, 
p.p. 
Caesalpinia torquata Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 336. 
Mezoneurum procumbens Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 235, ed. 3, 2 
(1878) 73. 
Luzon (Ilocos Norte) to Mindanao. In thickets and secondary forests 
at low and medium altitudes. Timor. 
Local names: Arayat (Ilk.); dauag (Tag.); dauer (Ilk.); kabit-kabag 
(Tag.); kamit-kabag (Tag.); kAmot-ptisa’ (Tag., Pamp.); sabit (Ig.); 
sagnit (Tag.); sampinit (Tag., Mbo.); sapinit (P. Bis.) sapnit (Tag., 
Pamp.); sift (Bis.); sokit (Yak.); tugabang (Bis.); ugabang (Bis.). 
MEZONEURUM MINDORENSE Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) 
Bot. 232, 5 (1910) Bot. 57. 
Mindoro, Biliran, F’. B. 5383 Merritt, B. S. 18672 McGregor. Endemic. 
Var. INERME Merr. l. cc. 
Mindoro, B. S. 1514 Bermejos. In thickets at low altitudes. Endemic. 
Local name: Sapinit (Tag.). 
