450 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS a 
Jatropha janipha Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 758, ed. 2 (1845) 521, 
ed. 38, 3 (1879) 159, ¢. $42, non Linn. 
Luzon (Bataan, Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas, Camarines), Mindanao (Zam- . 
boanga). Planted for ornamental purposes, occasional also in hedges. In- 
troduced from tropical America. 
Local names: Mana (Sp.) ; tubang-amerikano (Bik.). 
Jatropha podagrica Hook. is rare in cultivation in Manila and presents 
no evidence that it will persist; see Merrill Fl. Manila (1912) 289. 
42. HEVEA Aublet 
HEVEA BRASILIENSIS (HBK.) Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1865) 204, 
DC. Prodr. 15* (1866) 718; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 293. 
Siphonia brasiliensis HBK. Noy. Gen. Sp. Pl. 7 (1818) 141. 
Cultivated in Mindanao, Basilan, etc., occasionally planted in other is- 
lands. Para rubber; introduced early in the present century, a native of 
Brazil. 
43. MANIHOT Tournefort 
MANIHOT GLAZIOVII Muell.-Arg. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 11* (1874) 446; 
Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 297; Pax in Engl. Pflanzenreich 44 (1910) 
BO FiS1. 
Introduced in the early part of the present century, occasional in cul- 
tivation; a native of tropical South America, now pantropic in cultivation. 
Ceara rubber. 
MANIHOT UTILISSIMA Pohl Pl. Bras. Ic. Descr. 1 (1827) 382, t. 24; 
Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 157 (1866) 1064; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 
(1880) 193; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 338, t. 88, f. C, Rev. Pl. 
Vasc. Filip. (1886) 248; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 
81, Fl. Manila (1912) 297, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 229; Pax in 
Engl. Pflanzenreich 44 (1910) 67 f. 24. 
Jatropha manihot Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 1007; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 
760, ed. 2 (1845) 522, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 160. 
Throughout the Philippines in the settled areas, planted and semicul- 
tivated. Introduced from Mexico in the early colonial period, now pan- 
tropic. Cassava, or tapioca. 
Local names: Balangai (S. L. Bis.}; kaméte ti moro (Ilk., Ibn.); 
kamote-kahoi (Sul.) ; kamoting-kahoi (Sbl., Bik., Bis., Tag.) ; malamboénga 
(Tagb.) ; padpadi (Bon.); panggi-kahui (Sul.). 
44. GALEARIA Moritzi 
GALEARIA PHILIPPINENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) Bot. 
482; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 68* (1917) 48. 
Galearia filiformis Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 280, 
non Boerl. 
Mindanao (Lanao, Zamboanga), Basilan, B. S. 16319 Reillo, 36750, 87108 
Ramos & Edano, F. B. 9116 Whitford & Hutchinson, Clemens. In primary 
forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 
