312 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS ee 
PUERARIA PULCHERRIMA (Koord.) Merr. ex Koord.-Schum. Syst. Ver- 
zeich. 2 (1914) 182. 
Mucuna pulcherrima Koord. in Meded. Lands Plant. 19 (1908) 440. 
Pueraria warburgii Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 87; Merr. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 124. 
Glycine warburgii Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 231. 
Luzon (Albay, Sorsogon), Biliran, Leyte, Mindanao (Surigao, Bukidnon, 
Agusan, Davao), Warburg 14664, Elmer 16724, 18336, 10655, Merrill 5430, 
Wenzel 210, 1864, Williams 2958, B. S. 18869 McGregor, 15208 Ramos, 
88454 Ramos & Edano, 15856 Fénix. In thickets and forests at low alti- 
tudes. Celebes. 
Local names: Alibungog (Buk.); totoi (Mbo.). 
PUERARIA TETRAGONA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 122. 
Palawan, B. S. 295 Bermejos. In old clearings at low altitudes. Ende- 
mic. 
PUERARIA THUNBERGIANA (S. & Z.) Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soe. Bot. 
9 (1865) 122; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 410, 5 
(1910) 128, Fl. Manila (1912) 254. 
Dolichos hirsutus Thunb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 2 (1794) 339, non 
Pueraria hirsuta Kurz. 
Pachyrhizus thunbergianus S. & Z. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. 2 (1846) 113. 
Neustanthus chinensis Benth. Fl. Hongk. (1861) 86. 
Batan Islands, Luzon (Benguet, Tayabas, Rizal), Biliran, Banton, Negros, 
Mindanao (Agusan), B. S. 31804 Santos, Elmer 6600, 10310, 13518, Merrill 
Phil. Pl. 277, B. S. 28070 Merrill, 18522 McGregor. In open grasslands 
and thickets at low and medium altitudes, in Benguet ascending to 2,000 m. 
India to Japan southward to Malaya. 
Local names: Baai (Ig.); tahaunon (Mbo.). 
84. CANAVALIA de Candolle 
CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 404; F.-Vill. 
Novis. App. (1880) 64; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 
125 p.p. 
Dolichos ensiformis Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 725. 
Occasionally planted, probably from seeds of American origin, that is, a 
recent introduction in the Philippines. A native of the West Indies. The 
jack bean. 
CANAVALIA GLADIATA (Jacq.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 404; Blanco FI. 
Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 403, ed 3, 2 (1879) 376, t. 449; Merr. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 126, Fl. Manila (1912) 258, Sp. Blan- 
coanae (1918) 189; Dunn in Kew Bull. (1922) 134. 
Dolichos gladiatus Jacq. Coll. 2 (1788) 276. 
Dolichos ensiformis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1887) 577, non DC. 
Occasionally planted, but nowhere spontaneous. A native of tropical 
America, now pantropic. 
Local names: Habas (Tag.); magtambokau (Bis.); pataning-espana 
(Tag.). 
