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38, t. 82, f. D, Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 142, Rev. Pl. Vasc. 
Filip. (1886) 237. 
Phyllanthus acidissimus. Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 32 (1863) 50, DC. 
Prodr. 15” (1866) 417. 
Phyllanthus acidus Skeels in U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Pl. Ind. Bull. 
148 (1909) 17. 
Planted in most or all parts of the Philippines for its acid edible fruits, 
but nowhere abundant; of prehistoric introduction from Malaya. India 
to Malaya and Polynesia in common cultivation, where native uncertain; 
introduced in tropical America. 
Local names: Bagbaguttut (Ilk.); bangkiling (Bis., Tag.); iba (Tag., 
Pamp.); kagindi (Bis.); karamai (Ilk.); karmai (Ilk., Tag.); layoan 
(Bik.); poras (Bis.). 
7. GLOCHIDION Forster 
GLOCHIDION ALBUM (Blanco) Boerl. Handl. Fl. Nederl. Ind. 3 (1900) 
275; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 75, Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 75, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 217; C. B. 
Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 99; Hayata in Journ. 
Col. Sci. Tokyo 30* (1911) 264. 
Kirganelia alba Blanco Fl. Filip. (18387) 718, ed. 2 (1845) 494, ed. 
3, 3 (1879) 117. 
Phyllanthus albus Muell.-Arg. in Flora 48 (1865) 387, DC. Prodr. 15? 
(1866) 306; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 188. 
Zarcoa philippica Llanos in Bot. Zeit. 15 (1857) 423, Mem. Acad. 
Cienc. Madr. 4 (1858) 501, pl.; F.-Vill. & Naves in Blanco FI. Filip. 
ed. 3, 4* (1880) 102. 
Glochidion cumingii Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 32 (1863) 61 (cuminghii) ; 
Merr. in Philip. Bureau Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 29. 
Phyllanthus cumingti Muell.-Arg. in Flora 48 (1865) 371, DC. Prodr. 
157 (1866) 285; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 237; Vidal Phan. 
Cuming. Philip. (1885) 142, Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 237. 
Phyllanthus gigantifolius Vidal Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 236, pro 
minore parte, quoad Vidal 1734, excl. descr. 
Glochidion leytense Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1908) 308. 
Glochidion mindanaense Elm. op. cit. 7 (1915) 2642. 
Luzon (Cagayan to Sorsogon), Mindoro, Panay, Leyte, Samar, Siargao, 
Dinagat, Mindanao. In primary forests at low and medium altitudes, 
ascending to 1,200 m. Formosa, Celebes. 
Local names: Ba’gang-ba’gang (Bik.); bognak (Mbo.); baroan (Bag.) ; 
bugna (C. Bis.); bugna-kolorado (C. Bis.); handadaog (Mbo.); hudaan 
Ig.); kalnag (Tag.); obog (Bag.); polopinon (P. Bis.). 
GLOCHIDION ANGULATUM C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) 
Bot. 91. 
Leyte, Panay, Mindanao (Lanao, Davao, Zamboanga), Basilan, F. B. 
9487 Whitford & Hutchinson, Elmer 7279, Clemens, De Vore & Hoover 21, 
218, B. S. 81114 Ramos & Edafio. In thickets or forests at low altitudes. 
Endemic. 
