414 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS a 
Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Benguet, Bontoc, Bataan), Callery, Merrill Phil. 
Pl. 893, as A. japonicum, Williams 974, 1139, 1140, 1141, Loher 4651, F. B. 
2642, 2775 Meyer, B. S. 87886 Ramos & Edano, Elmer 7005. In forests 
and thickets, altitude 700 to 1,800 m. Endemic. 
ANTIDESMA FUSICARPUM Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 8 (1919) 3080. 
Luzon (Laguna), Elmer 18083. In forested ravines, altitude about 300 
m. Endemic. 
ANTIDESMA GHAESEMBILLA Gaertn. Fruct. 1 (1788) 189, t. 39; Tul. 
in Ann. Sci. Nat. III 15 (1851) 228; Migq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1’ (1858-59) 
427; Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 157 (1866) 251; F.-Vill. Novis. 
App. (1880) 190; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 142, Rev. 
Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 240; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 
(1905) 76; Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 78, Fl. Manila 
(1912) 287, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 218; Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. 
ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 26; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1911) 1271; Pax 
& K. Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 81 (1922) 155. 
Cansjera grossularioides Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 738, ed. 2 (1845) 
53, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 99, t. 26; Meissn. in DC. Prodr. 14 (1857) 519; 
Valeton Crit. Overzicht Olac. (1886) 160. 
Antidesma paniculatum Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 770; Presl 
Epim. (1851) 2382. 
Antidesma pubescens Roxb. Pl. Coromandel 2 (1798) 35, t. 167; Walp. 
in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 424. 
Throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes, a common and 
characteristic tree of open cogonales (grasslands) at low and medium al- 
titudes. India to tropical Africa, southern China, through Malaya to 
tropical Australia. 
Local names: Aniam (Tagb.); arosép (Ilk.); arosip (Ilk.); arsép 
(Ilk.) ; arusi’ (Ibn.); arusip (Ilk.); ardsit (Ig.); aytsip (Bon.) ; banandyo 
(Sbl.); baniyiyo (Tag.); banumyo (Sbl.); barongasi (Mang.); bayet 
(Tag.); bignayéko (Tag.); binat-u (Tag.); binayéyo (Tag.); binaytyo 
(Sbl.) ; binaytyu (Tag.); dampol (Kuy.) ; dangul (Bag.); inyam (P. Bis.) ; 
kabogbog (Tag.); kiuyan (P. Bis., Tag.) ; limyang (Tag.); minul (Sul.); 
nignul (Mag.); ninol (Mag.); ninul (Mag.); parusit (Ting.); pinang 
(Tag.) ; tinuyung (Tag.); tubo-ttibo (Bik.). 
Var. VESTITUM (Presl) Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15% (1866) 251; Vidal 
Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 142. 
Antidesma vestitum Pres] Epim. (1851) 232. 
Luzon (Pangasinan), Cuming 986. This variety endemic. 
ANTIDESMA ILOCANUM Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 16 (1920) 549. 
Luzon (Ilocos Norte), B. S. 82998 Ramos. In secondary forests at low 
altitudes. Endemic. 
ANTIDESMA IMPRESSINERVE Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 16 (1920) 
548. 
Panay, B. S. 31409, 31268, 31020 Ramos & Edano. In forests along 
small streams. Endemic. 
ANTIDESMA LEPTOCLADUM Tul. in Ann. Sci. Nat. III 15 (1851) 199; 
Miq. FJ. Ind. Bat. 1° (1858-59) 424; Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 
