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Throughout the Philippines in the settled areas at low and medium alti- 
tudes, thoroughly naturalized; often planted in hedges. Introduced from 
Mexico by the Spaniards, its common name kakauati of Aztec origin. 
Local names: Kakaoati (Bon.); kakauati (Tag.); madre cacao (Sp.); 
marikakau (Tag.); mandiri-kakau (Sul.). 
44, SESBANIA Scopoli 
SESBANIA CANNABINA (Retz.) Pers. Syn. 2 (1807) 316; DC. Prodr. 2 
(1825) 265; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 74, Fi. 
Manila (1912) 250. 
Aeschynomene cannabina Retz. Obs. 5 (1789) 26. 
Agati cannabina Desy. Journ. Bot. 1 (1813) 120. 
Sesbania aegyptiaca F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 59; Naves in Blanco 
Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 405, non Poir. 
Sesbania aculeata F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 59; Vidal Phan. Cuming. 
Philip. (1885) 107, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 106; Perk. Frag. 
Fl. Philip. (1904) 17, non Pers. 
Sesbania picta Vidal Cat. Pl. Prov. Manila (1880) 26, non Pers. 
Northern Luzon to Mindanao. Along streams, in open wet lands, etc., 
at low and medium altitudes. India to Malaya. 
Local names: Balakbak (Tag.); bayakbak-bukit (Pamp.); ganai (C. 
Bis.); laguiaua (Bag.); rubau (Ilk.); tabing (Mag.). 
SESBANIA GRANDIFLORA (Linn.) Pers. Syn. 2 (1807) 316; Blanco FI. 
Hilip...(1837). 599, ed..2 (1845). 418; ed..3, 2 (1879), 399. ¢. 297 - 
F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 60; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 23, 
t. 40, f. F; Perk. Frag. FJ. Philip. (1904) 17; Merr. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 75, Fl. Manila (1912) 250, Sp. Blanco- 
anae (1918) 181. 
Robinia grandiflora Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 722. 
Aeschynomene grandiflora Linn. op. cit. ed. 2 (1763) 1060. 
Sesban grandiflorus Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 7 (1806) 127. 
Agati grandiflora Desv. Journ. Bot. 1 (1813) 120, t. 4, f. 6; DC. 
Prodr. 2 (1825) 266; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1* (1855) 289. 
Northern Luzon to Mindanao in the settled areas at low and medium 
altitudes, often planted; certainly an introduced plant in the Philippines. 
India to the Mascarene Islands, through Malaya to tropical Australia, 
planted in other tropical countries. 
Local names: Diana (Bag.) ; gauai-gauai (P. Bis.) ; kambang-turi (Sul.) ; 
katodai (Ilk.); katuidai (Ilk., Ibn.); katurai (Ibn., Tag., Pang.). 
SESBANIA ROXBURGHII Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 269, 
5 (1910) Bot. 74, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 181. 
Aeschynomene paludosa Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 333, non 
Sesbania paludosa Jacq. 
Coronila emerus Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 582, non Linn. 
Sesbania cannabina Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 418, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 
400, non Poir. 
Sesbania grandiflora Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1* (1855) 288, non Pers. 
Sesbania paludosa Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66° (1897) 82, 
367, non Jacq. 
