308 WILD FOOD PLANTS OF THE PHILIPPINES 



Genus SANDORICUM 

 SANDORICUM KOETJAPE Merr. (S. indimim Cav.) (Fig. 41). Santol. 

 Local names: Santol (Ilocos Norte and Sur, Abra, Lepanto, Zambales, 

 Tarlac, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Bataan, Manila, Tayabas, Ca- 

 marines, Albay, Sorsogon, Mindoro, Polillo, Leyte, Palawan, Basilan) ; 

 santor (Zamboanga) . 



The fruit is rounded or somewhat flattened, 4 to 6 centimeters 

 in diameter, and yellowish. The outer covering is very thick. 

 The seeds are large, and surrounded by translucent or pale, acid, 

 edible pulp of good flavor. Peeled, quartered and cooked in 

 syrup, they make a delicious preserve. 



Sandoricum koetjape is a tree reaching a height of about 25 

 meters and a diameter of about 80 centimeters. The leaves are 

 alternate and trifoliate. The leaflets are hairy, somewhat el- 

 liptical in shape, pointed at the tip, rounded or slightly pointed 

 at the base, and 10 to 25 centimeters long. The flowers are 

 greenish yellow or straw colored, about 1 centimeter in length, 

 and occur in considerable numbers on compound inflorescences. 



This species is distributed from northern Luzon to southern 

 Mindanao and is verj' common in Luzon. It is both cultivated 

 and wild. 



Family EUPHORBIACEAE 



Genus ANTIDESMA 

 ANTIDESMA BUNIUS Spreng. (Figs. 42, 43) . Bignai. 



Local names: Bignai (Zambales, Manila, Rizal, Laguna, Batangas) ; 

 hignai-kalahdu (Manila vicinity); bugndi (Ilocos Sur, Abra, Cagayan, 

 Union, Nueva Ecija, Camarines, Mindoro, Iloilo, Cebu) ; bugnei (Bontoc) ; 

 biinndi (Isabela) ; isip (Pampanga); pagiruga (Cagayan). 



The fruit is ovoid, red, about 8 millimeters long, fleshy, acid, 

 and edible. It contains a single seed. 



Antidesma bunius is a small tree 4 to 10 meters in height. 

 The leaves are small, shiny, somewhat oval in shape, pointed at 

 the tip, rounded or pointed at the base, and 8 to 20 centimeters 

 long. The flowers are small and green. The male flowers are 

 borne on spikes and the female ones on racemes. 



This species is common and widely distributed in open places 

 and second-growth forests throughout the Philippines. It is 

 rarely cultivated. It is one of the commonest trees in the first 

 stages of the invasion of grassland by second-growth forests. 



