320 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS ioe 
VIGNA MARINA (Burm.) Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 285. 
Phaseolus marinus Burm. Index Universalis Herb. Amb. 7 (1755) 17. 
Dolichos luteus Sw. Prodr. (1788) 105. 
Vigna lutea A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 452; 
Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 205; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. 
(1904) 89; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 67, 3 (1908) 
81, 5 (1910) Bot. 133, Fl. Manila (1912) 262. 
Vigna retusa Walp. Repert. 1 (1842) 778; Prain in Journ. As. Soc. 
Beng. 66° (1897) 51. 
Dolichos repens Linn. Sp. Jam. Pugillus (1759) 19, Amoen. Acad. 5 
(1760) 402. 
Vigna repens O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 212, non Baker. 
Throughout the Philippines along the seashore. A pantropic strand 
plant. 
VIGNA PILOSA (Roxb.) Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 207; 
Ceron Cat. Pl. Herb. Manila (1892) 64; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. 
(1904) 89; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 116; Merr. in 
Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1906) 22, Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 
(1910) Bot. 134, Fl. Manila (1912) 263. 
Luzon (Ifugao, Nueva Vizcaya, Rizal, Laguna, Batangas). In dry 
thickets at low altitudes. India to Formosa. 
VIGNA SINENSIS (Linn.) Savi ex Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bogor. (1844) 279; 
Endl. ex Hassk. Pl. Jav. Rar. (1848) 386; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 
Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 133, Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 284, Sp. Blan- 
coanae (1918) 192; Naves in Blanco FI. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) 
t. 285. 
Dolichos sinensis Linn. Cent. Pl. 2 (1756) 28, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 
132, 326. 
Dolichos sesquipedalis Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2 (1763) 1019; Blanco FI. 
Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 402, ed. 8, 2 (1879) 375, t. 286. 
Vigna sesquipedalis Fruw. Unbau Huelsenfrucht. (1898) 254; Merr. 
Fl. Manila (1912) 262. 
Phaseolus cylindricus Linn. Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 132. 
Vigna cylindrica Skeels in U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Pl. Ind. Bull. 282 
(1913) 32; Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1918) 284, Sp. Blancoanae 
(1918) 192. 
Dolichos catjang Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 161; Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 
269. 
Vigna catjang Walp. in Linnaea 13 (1839) 5383; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 
1* (1855) 188; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 665. 
Dolichos echinulatus Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 401, ed. 3, 2 
(1879) 3738. 
Phaseolus caracalla Blanco FI. Filip. (1887) 575, ed. 2 (1845) 401, ed. 
8, 2 (1879) 372, F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 65, non Linn. 
Cultivated in various parts of the Philippines, variable in its fruit 
characters. The yard-long bean (V. sesquipedalis Fruw.), the cowpea 
(V. sinensis Savi), and the catjang (V. cylindrica Skeels) all occur in the 
Philippines. Cultivated in all warm countries, native of tropical Asia. 
Local names: Anté (Ibn.); balaténg (Bis., Tag.); batong (Bon.) ; 
karakéla (Tag.); hamtak (Bik., Bis.); kauat (If.); kibal (Tag.); laston 
(Bis.); oténg (Ilk., Bon.); sitau (Tag.). 
