286 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS = 
Filip. (1886) 107; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 18; Merr. in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 65. 
Meibomia polycarpa O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 196. 
Northern Luzon to Mindanao. In thickets, open grasslands, ete., at low 
and medium altitudes; common. Tropical Africa and Asia through Malaya 
to Australia and Polynesia. 
Local names: Huyop (If.); huyo-huyop (If.); mangkit-parang (Tag.); 
mani-mani (P. Bis.); mani-manian (Tag.); naangkonod (Mbo.); tagiktik 
(Mbo.); tayam (Tag.); timbalau (Bag.). 
DESMODIUM HETEROPHYLLUM (Willd.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 334; 
Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 173; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 
(1880) 62; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 108, Rev. Pl. Vasc. 
Filip. (1886) 107; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 85, Fl. 
Manila (1912) 240. 
Hedysarum heterophyllum Willd. Sp. Pl. 3 (1800) 1201. 
Meibomia triphylla O. Kuntze Rey. Gen. Pl. (1891) 196. 
Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Rizal, Tayabas), Polillo, Palawan. In open, 
usually damp grasslands, old clearings etc., at low and medium altitudes. 
India to the Mascarene Islands, southern China, and Malaya. 
DESMODIUM LASIOCARPUM (Beauv.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 328; Merr. 
in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 88, Fl. Manila (1912) 241. 
Hedysarum lasiocarpum Beauv. Fl. Oware Benin. 1 (1804) 32, t. 18; 
Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 5 (1817) 15. 
Hedysarum latifolium Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 57, nomen nudum, 
Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 350. 
Desmodium latifolium DC, Prodr. 2 (1825) 328; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 
(1880) 62; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 108, Rev. Pl. Vase. 
Filip. (1886) 107; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 18; Merr. in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 65. 
Meibomia lasiocarpa O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 196. 
Northern Luzon to Mindanao. In open grasslands, thickets, etc., at low 
and medium altitudes. Tropical Africa and Asia through Malaya to New 
Guinea; introduced in tropical America. 
Local name: Magunlapi (Bag.). 
DESMODIUM LAXIFLORUM DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 335; Baker in Hook. f. 
Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 164; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 61; Vidal 
Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 108, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 
107; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 18; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 
5 (1910) Bot. 81, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 183. 
Desmodium recurvatum Grah. in Wall. Cat. (1832) No. 5717, nomen 
nudum; Benth. in Miq. Pl. Jungh. (1852) 225. 
Hippocrepis comosa Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 584, non Linn. 
Desmodium diversifolium Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 408, ed. 3, 2 
(1879) 384, non DC. 
Northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao. In thickets, secondary 
forests, coconut groves, etc., at low and medium altitudes; often common. 
India to Formosa southward to Malaya. 
Local names: Dokot-dékot (Bis.) ; kapot (Ig.) ; mangkit (Tag.) ; mangkit- 
labuio (Tag.). 
