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MYRTACEAE 155 



PSIDIUM GUAJAVA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 470; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 ' 

 (1855) 469 (guayava) ; F.-Vill. Nqvis. App. (1880) 83 (guyava) ; 

 Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 26, t. 50, f. B; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 391, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 287; C. B. Rob. 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 336. 

 Psidium cujavus Linn, in Stickm. Herb. Amb. (1754) 7, Amoen. Acad. 



4 (1759) 119. 

 Psidium pyriferum Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) 672; Walp. in Nov. Act. 

 Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 332; Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 

 (1845) 292, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 178, t. 48. 

 Psidium pomiferum Linn. 1. c. 



Psidium aromaticum Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 417, non Aubl. 

 Throughout the Philippines in all islands and provinces, usually very 

 common in thickets and secondary forests at low altitudes, ascending to 

 at least 1,500 m. Introduced from tropical America, thoroughly natu- 

 ralized. Pantropic. Guava. 



Local names: Bagabas (Ig.) ; bayabas (Ibn., Ilk., Tag., C. Bis.); ba- 

 yauas (Bik.) ; bayabo (Ibn.) ; biabas (Sul.) ; gaiyabat (If.) ; gaiyabit (If.) ; 

 geyabas (Bon.); guayabas (Tag.); guyabas (Ilk.); kalimbahin (Tag.); 

 tayabas (Tag.). 



2. DECASPERMUM Forster 



DECASPERMUM BLANCOI Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 112, 172, 

 Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 130; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 

 (1906) Suppl. 103, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 288; C. B. Rob. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 336. 



Myrtus communis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 422, ed. 2 (1845) 295, ed. 

 3, 2 (1878) 182, non Linn. 



Nelitris rubra Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 26, t. 50, f. C, non Blume. 



Decaspermum rubrum F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 84, non Baill. 



Decaspermum grandiflorum Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1912) 1481. 



Luzon (Pangasinan, Zambales, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Bataan, Rizal, 

 Laguna, Tayabas, Albay), Golo, Sibuyan, Cuming 801, Warburg 13986, 

 Merrill 2862, 2097, 1091, \ $890, 1154-5, Phil. PI. 1054, U52, Sp. Blancoanae 

 568, Elmer 12057, B. S. 20914 Escritor, F. B. 24227 Villanueva. In thick- 

 ets at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,000 m and sometimes found 

 on exposed forested ridges. Endemic. 



Local names: Balantakyabii (Pang.); digotnalit (Ilk.); daniri (Tag.); 

 kandong (Ilk.); manik-manik (Sbl.) ; pulang-balat (Tag.). 



DECASPERMUM FRUTICOSUM Forst. Char. Gen. (1776) 74, t. 37; C. B. 



Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 364; Merr. Interpret. 



Herb. Amb. (1917) 892, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 287. 

 Psidium decaspermum Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 252. 

 Nelitris paniculata Lindl. Coll. Bot. (1821) 16. 

 Decaspermum paniculatum Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 46 2 (1877) 



61; Duthie in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 470; F.-Vill. Novis. 



App. (1880) 84; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 112, Rev. PL 



Vase. Filip. (1886) 130; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 



103, 3 (1908) Bot. 423, 5 (1910) Bot. 366, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 



