Vol. 2 LEGUMINOSAE sll 
In thickets, sea level to an altitude of 2,000 m; rare and local. Tropical 
Asia and Africa through Malaya to Australia. 
Local name: Kalumimitan (Ig.). 
81. DIOCLEA Humboldt, Bonpland, and Kunth 
DIOCLEA REFLEXA Hook. f. Niger Flora (1849) 806;-Rolfe in Journ. 
Bot. 23 (1885) 212; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 109, Rev. 
Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 110; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 87; 
Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 119. 
Luzon (Rizal, Laguna), Mindoro, Busuanga, Palawan, Mindanao, Merrill 
4083, 9595, Cuming 521, McGregor 227, B. S. 22257 Ramos, 36821 Ramos 
& Edano. In thickets and forests at low altitudes, chiefly along small 
streams. Pantropic. 
DIOCLEA UMBRINA Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1907) 224; Merr. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 119. 
Luzon (Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Laguna, Rizal), Samar, Panay, Leyte, 
Elmer 7249, 8922, 17865, Merrill 1621, Phil. Pl. 708, B.S. 11236, 12894 
McGregor, 24168 Ramos, 31387 Ramos & Edafo. In forests at low and 
medium altitudes. Endemic. 
Local name: Bai (Ig.). 
82. MACROPSYCHANTHUS Harms 
MACROPSYCHANTHUS FERRUGINEUS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 
(1910) Bot. 121. 
Mindanao (Agusan, Zamboanga, Lanao), Clemens 419, Elmer 13993, B. 
S. 36747, 36921 Ramos & Edano as Dioclea. In forests at low and medium 
altitudes. Endemic. 
MACROPSYCHANTHUS MINDANAENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 
(1910) Bot. 120. 
Mindanao (Surigao, Agusan), Elmer 11905, Bolster 330. In forests 
along streams at low and medium altitudes. Endemic. The other species 
of the genus in New Guinea. 
83. PUERARIA de Candolle 
PUERARIA PHASEOLOIDES (Roxb.) Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 9 
(1865) 125; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 199; F.-Vill. 
Novis. App. (1880) 64; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 
(1905) 39, Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 123, Fl. Manila (1912) 
254, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 189. 
Dolichos phaseoloides Roxb. F]. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1882) 316. 
Pachyrhizus teres Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 580. 
Pachyrhizus montanus Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 406, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 
381, non DC. 
Dioscorea bolojonica Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 800, ed. 2 (1845) 551, 
ed. 8, 3 (1879) 208. 
Batan Islands and northern Luzon to Mindanao. In open grasslands 
and in thickets at low and medium altitudes. India to southern China and 
Malaya. 
Local names: Bahai (C. Bis.); sinkamas-dso (Tag.); vaai (Iv.). 
