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Abroma obliqua Presl Rel. Haenk. 2 (1830) 143. 



Abroma mollis DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 485; Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. Manila 



(1892) 31. 

 Ambroma communis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 606, ed. 2 (1845) 423, 



ed. 3, 2 (1879) 404, t. U25bis. 

 Ambroma alata Blanco op. cit. 605, 422, 404; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1880) 29. 

 Batan Islands and northern Luzon to Mindanao. In thickets, waste 

 places, and open secondary forests at low and medium altitudes. India 

 to southern China and Malaya. 



Local names: Ambong (Tag.); anabo (Ibn., Ilk., Ting., Tag., Bis.); 

 anabong (Bik.) ; anibong (Tag.) ; anibiong (Tag.) ; anabii (Pang.) ; anafu 

 (Is.) ; bago (Bik.) ; bodo-bodo (Ilk.) ; labon (P. Bis.) ; nabo (Ibn., C. Bis.) ; 

 negnegan (Iv.) ; pakalkal (Pamp.) ; sayapo (Mag.); sayapu (Mag.). 



8. THEOBROMA Linnaeus 



THEOBRQMA CACAO Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 782; DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 485; 

 Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 601, ed. 2 (1845) 419, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 

 t. 275; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 29; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 

 328, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 259. 

 Widely scattered in cultivation at low and medium altitudes but nowhere 

 spontaneous. Introduced from Mexico. Universally known in the Phil- 

 ippines by its Spanish name, cacao. 



9. PTEROSPERMUM Schreber 



PTEROSPERMUM CUMING! I Merr. & Rolfe in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 

 (1908) Bot. 113. 



Luzon (Zambales, Pangasinan), Cuming 1860,\ B. S. 29990, 2994.2 Fenix, 

 F. B. 8266 Curran & Merritt, 13506 Medina, 6981 Curran. On dry slope? 

 in secondary forests. Endemic. 



Local names: Baloi (Pang.); talingauan (Sbl.). 



PTEROSPERMUM DIVERS! FOLIUM Blume Bijdr. (1825) 88; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858-59) 192; A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. 

 Exped. (1854) 194; Mast, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 367; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 28; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. Boom. Java 

 2 (1895) 183; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 98, Rev. PI. 

 Vase. Filip. (1886) 67; Merr. in Philip. Bureau Forestry Bull. 1 

 (1903) 37, Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 78, Fl. Manila (1912) 

 330, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 260. 

 Pterospermum hastatum Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 528, ed. 2 (1845) 



367, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 317, t. 182. 

 Pterospermum acerifolium Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 211; Vidal 

 Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 67, non Willd. 

 Luzon (Cagayan to Camarines), Mindoro, Palawan, Ticao, Masbate, 

 Guimaras, Negros, Mindanao, Basilan. Common in forests at low and 

 medium altitudes. Indo-China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, 

 and the Moluccas. 



Local names: Bagud (Tag.); bayong (Tag.); baloi (Ilk.); balaibayan 

 (Sbl.); baroi (Neg., Ilk.); bayog (Tag., Bik., Pamp., P. Bis.); barog- 

 bayog (Chab.) ; bayong (Tag.); bayok (Tag., Bik., P. Bis.); bayug (Tag., 



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