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Glycine cajanoides Walp. in Noy. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) 
Suppl. 1: 324; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 62. 
Desmodium cephalotes F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 61, non Wall. 
Northern to central Luzon (Ilocos Norte to Batangas). Common in 
thickets at low and medium altitudes. Endemic. 
Local names: Bakiskis (Tag.); malakardis (Ilk.); marakardis (Pang., 
Iik.); paispis (Tag.); pangaldisan (Ig.); pangardisan (Ilk.); payespes 
(hac. Sbl.): 
DESMODIUM SCALPE (Comm.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 334; F.-Vill. Novis. 
App. (1880) 61; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 83. 
Hedysarum scalpe Comm. ex DC. 1. c. in syn. 
Luzon (Bontoc, Lepanto, Benguet). In thickets, damp shaded ravines, 
etc., altitude 1,200 to 2,200 m. Tropical Africa, Asia, and Malaya. 
Local names: Kupat (Ig.); kupot (Ig.); pagpagbu (Ig.). 
DESMODIUM SCORPIURUS (Sw.) Desv. in Journ. Bot. 1 (1813) 122; 
DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 333; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 18; Merr. 
in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 65, 5 (1910) Bot. 81, Fl. 
Manila (1912) 239. 
Hedysarum scorpiurus Sw. Prodr. (1788) 107. 
Meibomia scorpiurus O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 198. 
Bataan Islands and northern Luzon to Balabac and Panay. In open dry 
thickets, on clffs, in grasslands, etc., at low and medium altitudes. Intro- 
duced from tropical America, now also in Formosa and Polynesia. 
Local name: Tagum-tagum (Bik.). 
DESMODIUM STYRACIFOLIUM (Osbeck) Merr. in Am. Journ. Bot. 3 
(1916) 580. 
Hedysarum styracifolium Osbeck Dagbok Ostind. Resa (1757) 247; 
Linn. Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1169. 
Desmodium retroflexum DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 336; Merr. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 267, 5 (1910) Bot. 85. 
Hedysarum retrofiecum Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 1038. 
Meibomia retroflexra O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 197. 
Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Nueva Vizcaya), B. S. 5278 McGregor, 32741 Ra- 
mos. In open dry grasslands at low altitudes. India to southern China. 
DESMODIUM TRIFLORUM (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 334; Mig. FI. 
Ind. Bat. 1* (1855) 238; A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. 
(1854) 428; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 62; Vidal Rev. Pl. Vasc. 
Filip. (1886) 107; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 19; Merr. in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 81, 5 (1910) Bot. 85, Fl. Manila 
(1912) 240, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 183. 
Hedysarum triflorum Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 749. 
Hippocrepis humilis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 585. 
Desmodium parvifolium Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 408, ed. 3, 2 
(1879) 386, non DC. 
Meibomia triflora O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 197. 
In open grassy places, especially in and about towns throughout the 
Philippines. Pantropic. 
Local name: Pakpak-langau (Tag.). 
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