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40 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



8. ABELMOSCHUS Medicus 



ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS (Linn.) Moench. Meth. (1794) 617; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858-59) 152; F.-ViU. Novis. App. (1880) 24; 

 Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 321. 

 Hibiscus esculentus Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 696; DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 

 450; Hochr. in Ann. Conserv. Jard. Bot. Geneve 4 (1900) 150. 



Cultivated for its ediblei fruits, but not common or general, and nowhere 

 naturalized. Pantropic in cultivation. Okra. 



ABELMOSCHUS LUZONIENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1(1906) 

 Suppl. 207. 

 Abelmoschus moschatus Perk, in Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 111, p. p. 



Luzon (Abra, Lepanto, Bontoc, Benguet, Rizal), B. S. 7208, 5338, 26745 

 Ramos, F. B. 1864 Ahern's collector, Merrill 1307, 2328, Phil. PL 82, 2021. 

 In thickets at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,200 m. Endemic. 



ABELMOSCHUS MINDANAENSIS Warb. in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 

 111; Merr. Interpret. Herb Amb. (1917) 358. 



Mindanao (Davao), Balut, Warburg 14449, Merrill 5420. In old clear- 

 ings up to an altitude of 500 m. Amboina. 

 Local name: Tilitbabau (Bag.). 



ABELMOSCHUS MOSCHATUS Medic. Malv. (1787) 46; Moench. Meth. 

 (1794) 617; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858-59) 151; A. Gray Bot. 

 Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 172; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 92, 3 (1908) Bot. 78, 419, Fl. Manila (1912) 

 321, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 254. 

 Hibiscus abelmoschus Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 696; Blanco Fl. Filip. 

 (1837) 545, ed. 2 (1845) 380, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 335, t. 245; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 24; Hochr. in Ann. Conserv. Jard. Bot. Geneve 

 4 (1900) 150. 



Throughout the Philippines in open, usually moist grasslands, old clear- 

 ings, etc., at low and medium altitudes; exceedingly variable in vegetative 

 characters. Pantropic. 



Local names: Agukai (Sul.) ; dalak (Buk.) ; dalupang (Tag.); dukum 

 (Bis.); daopang (C. Bis.); kalupi (Tag.); kastuli (Tag.); kastio (Tag.); 

 kastiokastiogan (Tag.) ; kastukastulian (Pamp.) ; marapoto (Bis.) ; ma- 

 rikum (Bis.); marukum (Bis.). 



Var. HAENKEANUS (Presl) comb. nov. 



Abelmoschus haenkeanus Presl Rel. Haenk. 2 (1830) 134; Miq. Fl. 



Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858-59) 152. 

 Hibiscus haenkeanus F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 25; Hochr. in Ann. 



Conserv. Jard. Bot. Geneve 4 (1900) 152. 



Widely distributed in the Philippines, but also matched by Indo-Malayan 

 material. This is merely a form or variety of A. moschatus Medic, with 

 deeply and narrowly lobed leaves. I have examined the type in the 

 Prague herbarium. 



Local name: Magalong (Sub.). 



