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SAPOTACEAE 283 



PALAQUIUM RETUSUM Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 250; 

 Dubard in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat-. -Paris 15 (1909) 384. 



Luzon (Benguet, Pangasinan), F. B. 5095 Curran, 25154 Leano, B. S. 

 29984, 29837 Fenix, Elmer 8523, Sandkuhl 172. In forests and in forested 

 ravines, altitude 300 to 1,200 m. Endemic. 



Local names: Adagi (Ig.) ; arabon (Ig.). 



PALAQUIUM TENUIPETIOLATUM Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 

 17 (1904) 45, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 114; Dubard in Bull. 

 Mus. Hist. Nat. Parts 15 (1909) 382. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Isabela, Pangasinan, Zambales, Bataan, Laguna, Ta- 

 yabas, Sorsogon), Mindoro, Masbate, Mindanao, incl. Elmer 16303 as P. 

 vulcanicum Elm. Common in primary forests at low and medium altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



Local names: Akatan (Klg.) ; dolitan (Tag.); dulitan-pula (Tag.); ma- 

 liknik (Sbl.) ; mamenik (Tag.); maniknik (Sbl., Tag.); manipnip (Tag., 

 Pamp., Sbl.); mayusip (Tag.); pango (Ibn.) ; yangauan (Mang.). 



PALAQUIUM THEOIDEA Elm. Leafi. Philip. Bot. 3 (1909) 868. 



Luzon (Rizal), Mindoro, Sibuyan, Camiguin de Misamis, Elmer 12515, 

 Merrill, B. S. 14656 Ramos, Guerrero. On forested ridges, altitude 1,000 to 

 1,300 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Dulitan (Tag.). 



PALAQUIUM VIDALII Pierre ex Dubard in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 15 



(1909) 381. 

 Philippines, without locality (Vidal in herb. Pierre) ; said by Dubard to 

 be closely allied to P. obovatum Engl. Endemic. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Dichopsis gutta Benth; F.-Vill. 1. c. 

 Dichopsis polyantha Wall.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



3. ACHRAS Linnaeus 



ACHRAS ZAPOTA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 1190; O. F. Cook in Contr. U. S. 



Nat. Herb. 16 (1913) 285. 

 Achras sapota Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2 (1762) 470; Blanco PL Filip. (1.837) 



236, ed. 2 (1845) 165, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 298, t. 85; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 



(1880) 124; Vidal iSinopsis Atlas (1883) 31, t. 62, f. C; Merr. Fl. 



Manila (1912) 363, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 301. 

 Sapota achras Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8 (1768) No. 1; Miq. FL Ind. 



Bat. 2 (1859) 1036. 

 Sapota zapotilla Coville in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 9 (1905) 370. 



Introduced from tropical America in the early colonial period, now 

 generally cultivated in most parts of the Philippines. Tropics generally 

 in cultivation. The sapodilla. Universally known as chico in the Phil- 

 ippines, a name of Mexican origin. 



