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Carica vulgaris Lam. Encycl. 5 (1804) 2; A. DC. Prodr. 15 * (1864) 



414. 

 Carica hermaphrodita Blanco PL Filip. (1837) 805, ed. 2 (1845) 

 554, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 212. 

 Throughout the Philippines in cultivation and semicultivation, in many 

 regions thoroughly naturalized at low and medium altitudes. Introduced 

 from tropical America, now pantropic. 



Local names: Kapaya (S. L. Bis., Sul.) ; lapaya (Bon.) ; papaya (Sp.) ; 

 papaye (Sul.); papyas (Sub.); tapayas (Bik.). 



DATISCACEAE 

 1. OCTOMELES Miquel 



OCTOMELES SUMATRANA Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. Suppl. (1861-62) 336; 



A. DC. Prodr. 15 a (1864) 412; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1883) 352; 



Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 28, t. 54, f. A, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. 



(1886) 144; Merr. in Philip. Bureau Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 41, 



Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 100, Interpret. Herb. Amb. 



(1917) 378. 

 Octomeles moluccana Teysm. & Binn. ex Hassk. in Abh. Naturf. 



Gesellsch. Halle 9 (1866) 208; Warb. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 13 



(1891) 386. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Apayao, Zambales, Bataan, Laguna, Tayabas, Cama- 

 rines, Sorsogon), Mindoro, Palawan, Mindanao. In primary forests at low 

 altitudes. Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes, Timor, Aru, and the Moluccas. 



Local names: Banuang (Sul.); barong (Ibn.) ; barousan (Tag.); bilua 

 (Tag.) ; biluang (Bik., Tag.) ; binonang (Tag.) ; biniiang (Tag., Tagb., 

 Mbo., Bag.); barauisan (Tag.); kabal (Tag.); libas (Tag.); sarrai (Ibn.). 



BEGONIACEAE 



1. BEGONIA Tournefort 



BEGONIA ACUMINATISSIMA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 ' (1911) Bot. 

 395. 

 Begonia camiguinensis Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 7 (1915) 2553. 



Mindanao (Agusan), Camiguin de Misamis, Balut, Merrill 54-19, 7306, 

 Elmer 14222. On slopes and on banks of streams in primary forests up to 

 400 m altitude. Endemic. 



BEGONIA AEQUATA A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 



658; A. DC. Prodr. 15 1 (1864) 321; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 



99; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 84, t. 4, 6 (1911) 

 Bot. 406. 



Luzon (Laguna). Abundant on Mt. Maquiling, altitude 400 to 1,000 

 m, climbing on tree trunks in the primary forest. Endemic. 



BEGONIA AFFINIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 308. 



Mindanao (Zamboanga), Merrill 824,8, 8251, B. S. 36900 Ramos & Edano. 

 In damp forests, altitude about 900 m. Endemic. 



BEGONIA AGUSAN ENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 377. 

 Mindanao (Agusan, Bukidnon), Merrill 7312, Weber 1209. Along small 

 streams in primary forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



