354 WILD FOOD PLANTS OF THE PHILIPPINES 



TERMINALIA EDULIS Blanco. (Fig. 71). Kalumpit. 



Local names: Alnpi, kalupe, kahipi, kalusit (Cagayan) ; anagep (Ilocos 

 Sur) ; bdgu (Butuan) ; bdho (Palawan) ; balisdijiyi, malagdbi (Mindoro) ; 

 baraies (Palawan) ; basi ("Nueva Ecija) ; bisal (Bulacan) ; dalinsi (Taya- 

 bas, Laguna) ; disi (Nueva Vizcaya) ; gayumdhin (Zambales) ; gisit (Nueva 

 Vizcaya) ; kalamansdnai (Rizal) ; kalautit (Nueva Vizcaya, Ilocos Sur, 

 Benguet, Pangasinan, Cagayan) ; kalomdgon, kalomdnog or kalumdngon 

 (Masbate, Samar, Camarines, Sorsogon) ; kalumpit (Mindoro, Zambales, 

 Tarlac, Bulacan, Laguna, Masbate, Zamboanga, Bataan, Tayabas, Rizal, 

 Cagayan, Camarines) ; kalupi, kalurig (Cagayan) ; kalusi, kalusit (Ilocos 

 Sur, Cagayan); kamaris (Palawan); kayumayen (Zamboanga); kotmok 

 (Camarines); magtalisai (Sorsogon, Masbate, Bisayas) ; sdkat (Laguna); 

 sdket (Pangasinan); tako (Northern Luzon); talisai (Sulu) ; tangdl (Ca- 

 marines); taya-tdya (Guimaras Island). 



The fruits are about 3 centimeters wide, smooth, dark red, 

 fleshy, and acid, and should make a good preserve. 



Terminalia edulis is a tree reaching a height of about 35 meters 

 and a diameter of about a meter. The leaves are from 6 to 15 

 centimeters in length, smooth, and pointed at both ends. The 

 flowers are small, yellowish white, and are borne on slender 

 spikes which grow from the axils of the leaves. 



This species is very common and widely distributed in the 

 forests from northern Luzon to southern Mindanao. It is not 

 known to be cultivated except at the Lamao Experiment Station. 



Family MYRTACEAE 



Genus EUGENIA 

 EUGENIA AHERNIANA C. B. Rob. TUL-ANAN. 



Local names: Hangos (Surigao) ; lusunan (Zamboanga); lakkdngan 

 (Cagayan) ; inagkono, sambonotan, tul-dnan (Samar) ; vialabaydbas (La- 

 guna) ; rukrukso (Cagayan). 



The fruits are rounded, about 2.5 centimeters in diameter, 

 yellow, and edible. 



Eugenia aherniana is a tree reaching a height of about 20 

 meters and a diameter of about 45 centimeters. The leaves are 

 opposite, smooth, oval, somewhat pointed at both ends, and from 

 6 to 12 centimeters in length. The flowers occur singly in clus- 

 ters in the axils of the leaves, including those of the terminal 

 and fallen leaves. They are white, fragrant, and about 1.5 cen- 

 timeters in breadth. 



This species is distributed from northern Luzon to southern 

 Mindanao. It is not in cultivation. 



