\ DESCRIPTIONS OF SPECIES 375 



Family SCROPHULARIACEAE 



Genus LIMNOPHILA 

 LIMNOPHILA RUGOSA (Roth) Merr. Kalaoo. 



Local name: Kalaoo (Camarines). 



This plant is aromatic and is used in cooking. It is also 

 utilized to perfume the hair. 



Limyiophila roxburghii is an herb reaching a height of about 

 50 centimeters. The leaves are opposite, pointed at both ends, 

 usually widest near the base, have toothed margins, and are 

 from 3 to 12 centimeters in length. The flowers are about a 

 centimeter long, purplish, and occur in clusters on stems which 

 are found in the axils of the leaves or terminate the leafy 

 branches. 



This species is distributed from Luzon to Palawan. 



Family BIGNONIACEAE 



Genus OROXYLUM 

 OROXYLUM INDICUM (L.) Vent. PiNGKAPINGKAHAN. 



Local names: Abang-dbang (Guimaras Island) ; balai-udk (Zamboanga) ; 

 balilang-udk (Tagalog) ; harangdu (Abra, Ilocos Sur) ; kampilan, kakam- 

 pilan, kamkampilan (Ilocos Sur, Isabela, Pangasinan) ; maidbaid (Cama- 

 rines) ; ping gaping gdhan or pingkapingkdhan (Tagalog) ; tagbildu (Ta- 

 galog) . 



The unripe fruits of this species are cooked in a variety of 

 ways and eaten as a vegetable. 



Oroxyhtm indicum is a small tree 4 to 12 meters in height. 

 It has few or no branches. The leaves are 1.5 meters in length 

 and 3- or 4-pinnate. The leaflets are numerous, pointed at the 

 tip, and 5 to 15 centimeters long. The corolla is about 6 to 7 

 centimeters long, dark purple, and bell-shaped. The fruit is a 

 capsule, up to 1 meter in length, about 8 centimeters wide, and 

 1 centimeter or less in thickness. The seeds, including the very 

 thin wings, are up to 6 centimeters wide. 



This species is common and widely distributed from northern 

 Luzon to Basilan. 



Family CUCURBITACEAE 



Genus MOMORDICA 

 MOMORDICA CHARANTIA L. AmpALAyA. 



Local names: Amargoso (Spanish-Filipino); saligum (Basilan); ampa- 

 layd (Manila, Tayabas, Balabac Island) ; ampaleyd (Bataan) ; apalyd 

 (Marinduque) ; maragoso (Surigao) ; parid (Camarines) ; pariam (Bontoc). 



The fruit is oblong, cylindrical, pointed at both ends, ribbed 

 and wrinkled. The wild forms are from 2 to 3 centimeters in 



