68 MANGROVE SWAMPS 
RHIZOPHORA CANDELARIA DC. (Plates I, XXVII). BAKAUAN-LALAKI. 
Local names: Bakduan (Tagalog); bakau (Visayan); bakduan-babde 
(Tagalog and Bisaya, Zamboanga); uakatan (Mindoro); bakduan-lalaki 
(Mindanao); bakad (Zambales); bakhau (Samar, Capiz); bakdu-lalaki 
(Pampanga) ; bangkdu (Davao). 
The leaves of Rhizophora candelaria are 10 to 16 centimeters 
in length, leathery in texture, green and shiny, and oblong- 
elliptic in shape. The apex is pointed or ends in a thornlike pro- 
longation of the midrib. The stalks of inflorescences are found 
in the axils of fallen leaves and are shorter than the petioles 
of the leaves. ‘Two flowers are borne on each inflorescence stalk. 
The flowers are pale greenish yellow. 
This species is usually known by the erroneous name Rhizo- 
phora conjugata. 
RHIZOPHORA MUCRONATA Lam. (Plates XXVIII, XXIX). BAKAUAN- 
; BABAE, 
Local names: Bakduan (Tagalog); bakhdu (Surigao) ; bakau (Negros) ; 
bakduan-lalaki (Zambales) ; bakauang-lalaki (Zamboanga) ; bangkau (Taga- 
log in Tayabas). 
The leaves of Rhizophora mucronata are leathery in texture, 
oblong-elliptic, shiny, and up to 16 centimeters in length. The 
apex of the leaf terminates in a slender, thornlike prolongation 
of the midrib. The inflorescence stalks are among the leaves. 
They are from 2.5 to 4 centimeters in length, about as long as 
the petioles of the leaves, forked at the apex, and bear from three 
to seven flowers. The flowers are white to cream color. 
Family 10, COMBRETACEAE 
Genus LUMNITZERA 
Key to the species. 
ElOwersesScarletae-ss5-2-2e no) eS ee ene) Bake Pte Lumnitzera littorea. 
FLO WETS tayallibery eer oe = ek 2 Te a et Lumnitzera racemosa. 
LUMNITZERA LITTOREA Voigt. (Plate XXX). TABAU. 
Local names: Bating or bakting (Tawi-tawi, Jolo) ; daluru-babde (Taya- 
bas); sagdsa’ (Dinagat Island); maéro (Surigao); kolasiman (Culion 
Island); libdto (Tayabas, Polillo, Palawan); panting-panting (Basilan) ; 
kalapin’?’ (Zambales) ; kulasi (Mindoro); bulokbilok (Negros Occidental) ; 
agnaia (Zambales) ; karifurug (Cagayan); aniladi (Mindoro) ; papasil (Ta- 
yabas); magalolo (Polillo) ; santing (Moro and Tawi-tawi); tabadw (Capiz, 
Negros, Zamboanga, Sorsogon, Masbate); dulokduilok (Masbate); sala’sa 
(Occidental Negros). 
This species is a tall tree found along rivers in the swamps, 
