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62. PTEROCARPUS Linnaeus 
PTEROCARPUS BLANCOI Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 
7, 27 (1905) 40, Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 100, Sp. Blan- 
coanae (1918) 185. 
Pterocarpus santalinus Blanco Fl. Filip. (1887) 561, ed. 2 (1845) 
392, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 356; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 67, non Linn. 
Luzon (Union, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Rizal), Elmer 5690, F. B. 11054 
Saroca, 7208 Curran, Merrill Sp. Blancoanae 995 (sterile), Decades Philip. 
For. Fl. 208. In forests at low and medium altitudes; scarcely other 
than a large-fruited form of Pterocarpus indicus Willd. Endemic. 
Local names: Apalit (Pamp.); asana (Tag.); narra (Tag.); sanki 
(Bis.) . 
PTEROCARPUS INDICUS Willd. Sp. Pl. 3 (1800) 904; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 
1* (1855) 185; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 67; Vidal Sinopsis 
Atlas (1883) 28, t. 40, f. A, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 112, Phan. 
Cuming. Philip. (1885) 109; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 20; 
Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 410, 5 (1910) Bot. 100, 
Fl. Manila (1912) 246, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 158. 
Pterocarpus pallidus Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 560, ed. 2 (1845) 391, 
ed. 3, 2 (1879) 355, t. 205. 
Throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes, in primary 
and in some regions in secondary forests. Tenasserim to New Guinea and 
the Caroline Islands. 
Local names: Agana (Tag.); asana (Tag.); asandng-puti (Tag.) ; 
balauning (Mang.) ; bital (Sul.) ; daitanag (Pamp.); hagad (Neg.); kama- 
rag (Ibn.); naga (Bik., S. L. Bis., P. Bis., C. Bis, Mbo.); ndla (Lan., 
Mag.); nara (Tag.); narra (commercial, most dialects); narrang-pula 
(Tag.); odiadu (Pang.); sagat (Ibn., Neg.); tagga (Ibn.); tagka (Ibn.); 
vitali (Lan.). 
PTEROCARPUS PUBESCENS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 12 (1917) Bot. 
271. . 
Luzon (Bontoc), Vanoverbergh 3959. In thickets or forests along 
streams, altitude about 1,300 m. 
Local name: Narra (IIk.). 
PTEROCARPUS VIDALIANUS Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 21 (1884) 
309, Vidal Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 112; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. 
(1904) 20; Gagnep. in Not. Syst. 2 (1918) 871. 
Pterocarpus erinaceus F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 68, Vidal Sinopsis 
Atlas (18838) t. 40, f. B, non Poir. 
Pterocarpus echinatus Prain in Ind. Forest. 26 (1900) 10 quoad. pl. 
Philip.; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 17 (1904) 20, Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 99, Fl. Manila (1912) 247, non Pers. 
Pterocarpus klemmei Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 198. 
Luzon (Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Bulacan, Laguna, Tayabas, 
Camarines, Sorsogon), Mindoro. In forests at low and medium altitudes. 
Endemic. 
Gagnepain has shown by an examination of Persoon’s type of Pterocarpus 
echinatus that the Philippine form is specifically distinct. 
