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EBENACEAE 291 



munan (Bag.) ; malagaitman (Tag.); malagaitmon (Tag.); panagitmon 

 (Bik.) ; panalipan (Neg.). 



DIOSPYROS DISCOLOR Willd. Sp. PI. 4 (1805) 1108; A. DC. Prodr. 8 



(1844) 235; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1858) 1048; Hiern in Trans. 



Cambr. Philos. Soc. 12 (1873) 260; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 



127; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 31, t. 63, f. B, Rev. PI. Vase. 



Filip. (1886) 177; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 



115, 3 (1908) Bot. 425, Fl. Manila (1912) 364, Sp. Blancoanae 



(1918) 302. 

 Cavanillea philippensis Desr. in Lam. Encycl. 3 (1791) 663; C. B. 



Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 304, non Diospyros 



philippinensis A. DC. 

 Cavanillea mabolo Poir. in Lam. 111. 2 (1823) t. U5U. 

 Diospyros mabolo Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 40, nomen nudum; Lindl. 



Bot. Reg. (1828) t. 1139. 

 Embryopteris discolor G. Don Gen. Syst. 4 (1837) 41. 

 Diospyros kaki Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 302, non Linn. 

 Diospyros blancoi A. DC. Prodr. 8 (1844) 237. 

 Diospyros embryopteris Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 209, ed. 3, 2 



(1878) 28, t. 109, non Pers. 

 Diospyros philippensis Giirke in Engl. & Prantl Nat. Pflanzenfam. 



4 1 (1890) 164, non A. DC. 

 Diospyros merrillii Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1775. 



Batan Islands and northern Luzon to Palawan in most or all islands 

 and provinces. A common species, occurring in primary and secondary 

 forests at low and medium altitudes, and also commonly planted in and 

 about towns for its large edible fruits. Endemic. 



Introduced in various other tropical countries. Specimens from For- 

 mosa collected by Kawakami and identified as D. utilis Hemsl. appear to be 

 referable here. 



Local names: Amaga (Bis.); balingagta (Ibn.) ; itom-itom (Buk.) ;, 

 Human (S. L. Bis.) ; kamagon, kamagong (Sbl., Pamp., Tag., Pang., Bik., 

 Bis., Ibn., Mbo.) ; kamaya (Iv.) ; mabolo (Tag., Sbl., Ilk., P. Bis.) ; talang 

 (Pamp., Tag.). 



DIOSPYROS EBENASTER Retz. Obs. 4 (1789) 31; Hiern in Trans. Cambr. 



Philos. Soc. 12 (1873) 125; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 127; Vidal 



Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 31, t. 63, /. G; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 362,„ 



Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 302. 

 Sapote negro Sonn. Voy. Nouv. Guin. (1776) 45, t. lb-16. 

 Diospyros sapota Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 40, nomen nudum, Fl. 



Ind. ed. 2, 2 (1832) 535. 

 Diospyros nigra Perr. in Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 3 (1824) 113. 

 Sapota nigra Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 409. 

 Diospyros nigra Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 211, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 30, 



t. 372. 



Luzon (Isabela, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Rizal, and probably in -other 

 provinces). Occasionally planted in and about towns for its large edible 

 fruits, but nowhere spontaneous. Introduced from Mexico during the 

 early colonial period, and commonly known in the Philippines as sapote 

 negro. 



