190 MINOR PRODUCTS OF PHILIPPINE FORESTS 



The seeds when administered in the form of a powder are a 

 febrifuge and are regarded as a tonic. 



Distribution : Union, Pangasinan, Tayabas, Bataan, Rizal, 

 Camarines, Mindoro, Palawan, Cebu, Misamis, Davao. 



Genus CASSIA 

 CASSIA A LATA L. ACAPULCO. 



Local names: Acapulco, kapurko (Zamboanga) ; andadasi nga biigbugtong 

 (Union) ; andadasi nga dakkel (Pangasinan) ; kasitas (Camarines) ; paka- 

 yonkom (Bataan); polo-china (Negros, Busicanga) ; sunting (Surigao). 



The sap of the leaves is an efficient antiherpetic, especially 

 when the herpes is of the furfuraceous form. 



Distribution : Throughout the settled areas of the Philippines 

 at low and medium altitudes, locally abundant. Occasionally 

 planted. 



CASSIA FISTULA L. CANA-FfSTULA. 



Local names: Baldyong (Mindoro) ; cana-fistula or cana-pistula (Ilocos 

 Norte, Cagayan, Laguna, Rizal, Mindoro) ; fistula (Cebu) ; tindalo (Min- 

 doro). 



The pulp of the fruit is. employed as a cathartic. 



Distribution: Ilocos Norte, Cagayan, Rizal, Laguna, Mindoro, 

 Cebu, Occidental and Oriental Negros, Palawan; in cultivation 

 only. Not to be confused with the much more widely distributed 

 native Cassia javanica L., which is almost everywhere known 

 by similar names. 



CASSIA MIMOSOIDES L. KatANdA. 



Local name: Katandd (Bukidnon). 



The roots are used as a cure for diarrhea. 



Distribution: Northern Luzon to Mindanao. In open grass- 

 lands at low and medium altitudes, in some regions ascending 

 to 1,500 meters. 



CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS L. AndADAsI. 



Local names: Andadasi (Union); baldtong-dso (Tagalog) ; sunting 

 (Samar) ; tambalisa (Zamboanga). 



The seeds are used as a febrifuge. The leaves are purgative 

 and antiherpetic, though not so efficient as those of acapulco 

 (Cassia alata) . 



Distribution: Throughout the Philippines, from Cagayan to 

 Zamboanga. 



CASSIA SOPH ERA L. TAMBALfSA. 



Local names: Andadasi (Ilocos Norte, Union) ; tambalisa (Tagalog). 



The seeds are used as a febrifuge. 



