324 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS ane 
BIOPHYTUM SENSITIVUM (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 690; Blanco 
Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 272, ed, 3, 2 (1878) 142; F.-Vill. Novis. 
App. (1880) 33; Ceron Cat. Pl. Herb. Manila (1892) 35; Merr. in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 67, Fl. Manila (1912) 266, Sp. 
Blancoanae (1918) 195. 
Oxalis sensitiva Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 484; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 
389; Walp. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 321; 
Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 100. 
Oxalis cumingiana Turez. in Bull. Soe. Nat. Mose. 317? (1858) 426. 
Oxalis reinwardtii F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 33, non Zucec. 
Northern Luzon to Mindanao and Sulu. In grasslands, open thickets, 
etc., at low and medium altitudes. Pantropic. 
Local names: Damong-bingkalat (Tag.); damong-htya (Bis.); guyan- 
kan (Sub.); hoya-hoya (P. Bis.); makahiang-lalaki (Tag.); mahihiin 
({lk.); makahia (Tag.); niug-niug (Sul.). 
3. AVERRHOA Linnaeus 
AVERRHOA BILIMBI Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 428; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 
391, ed. 2 (1845) 278, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 144, t. 138; F.-Vill. Novis. 
App. (1880) 33; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 18, t. 23, f. A; Merr. in 
Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 28, 27 (1905) 27, Fl. Manila 
(1912) 266, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 195. 
Throughout the settled areas of the Philippines, cultivated and semi- 
cultivated. Introduced from tropical America. Pantropic in cultivation. 
Local names: fba (Tag., Sul., P. Bis.); fbag (Mbo.); kalamias (Tag.) ; 
kalanuas (Tag.); kalingiua (Bis.); kamids (Tag.); kolonanas (Tag.) ; 
kolonauas (Tag.); kilingiba (Bik.); ibe (Yak.); pias (Ilk.); puis (Ig.). 
AVERRHOA CARAMBOLA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 428; Blanco Fl. Filip. 
(1837) 391, ed. 2 (1845) 274, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 145, t. 139; F.-Vill. 
Novis. App. (1880) 83; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 18, t. 23, f. B, 
Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 100, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 
73; Merr. in Govt. Lab, Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 28, 27 (1905) 
27, Fl. Manila (1912) 266, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 195. 
Averrhoa pentandra Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 392, ed. 2 (1895) 274, 
ed. 3, 2 (1878) 145. 
Cultivated and semicultivated throughout the Philippines. Introduced 
from tropical America. Pantropic in cultivation. 
Local names: Ba’imbing (Sul.); balimbing (Tag., Bik.) ; balingbing 
(Bik., C. Bis.) ; bilimbin (Tag.) ; daligan (Ilk.); dalihan (Ibn.) ; galangan 
(P. Bis.) ; galuran (Ibn.); garahan (Bis.); garulan (Ibn.) ; malimbin (S. 
L. Bis.); sirinate (Ting.). 
"4, SARCOTHECA Blume 
SARCOTHECA PHILIPPICA (F.-Vill.) Hallier f. in Meded. Rijks Herb. 
(1911) 2. | 
Connaropsis philippica F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 338; excl. syn. 
Blanco; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 19. 
Panay, fide F.-Villar. A species of wholly doubtful status, known 
