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BORAGINACEAE 373 



(1886) 192; Merr. PL Manila (1912) 392, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 

 326; Brand in Engl. Pflanzenreich 59 (1913) 174. 

 Nama zeylanica Linn. Sp. PL (1753') "226. 

 Hydrolea arayatensis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 211. 

 Nama jamaicensis Blanco op. cit. (1837) 211, ed. 2 (1845) 148, ed. 

 3, 1 (1877) 266, non Linn. 

 Northern Luzon to Mindanao, probably in most islands and provinces. 

 In open wet places, often a common rice-paddy weed. India to China 

 through Malaya to tropical Australia. 



BORAGINACEAE 



1. CORD I A Linnaeus 



CORDIA CUMINGIANA Vidal Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1885) 187, Rev. PL 



Vase. Filip. (1886) 192; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 



(1906) 60; C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 689. 



Cordia propinqua Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1906) 60. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Benguet, Union, Pangasinan, Rizal), Mindoro, Leyte, 



Panay, Mindanao (Surigao, Zamboanga, Bukidnon, Davao), Cuming 1012, 



Merrill 1181, 1321, 5069, Phil. PI. 489, Loher 6576, Copeland, Elmer 5663, 



7101, B. S. 13822 Ramos, 31009, 38470 Ramos & Edano, 34563 Ramos & 



Pascasio. In thickets and secondary forests at low and medium altitudes. 



Endemic. 



Local names: Anonang-lalake (Tag.); gagayok (Buk.) ; maratarong 

 (Ilk.). 



CORDIA DICHOTOMA Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) 18; Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 



2 (1845) 123, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 159. 

 Cordia obliqua Willd. Phytogr. (1794) 4, t. 4, Sp. PL 1 (1797) 1072 



Hutchinson in Kew Bull. (1918) 221, cum syn. 

 Cordia myxa C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. FL Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 136 



F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 137; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 34 



t. 70, f. D; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 137, Interpret.. Herb. Amb 



(1917) 447, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 327, non Linn. 

 Cordia sebestena Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 121, ed. 2 (1845) 87, ed. 



3, 1 (1877) 158, t. 43, non Linn. 

 Cordia blancoi Vidal Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 192; Merr. in Govt. 



Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1906) 61, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 



Suppl. 120; C. B. Rob. op. cit. 4 (1909) Bot. 688. 

 Cordia leschenaultii DC. Prodr. 9 (1845) 482, quoad Cuming 1612, in 



nota; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 128, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. 



(1886) 193. 

 Cordia blancoi Vidal var. mollis Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 



35 (1906) 61. 



Throughout the Philippines in most or all islands and provinces. 

 Usually common in secondary forests, thickets, etc., at low and medium 

 altitudes. India to southern China and Formosa through Malaya to trop- 

 ical Australia and Polynesia. 



Local names: Anonang (Ibn., Ilk., Tag., Bik., Bis.); anonang-bakir 

 (Ilk.); anong (Tag.); anono (Tag.); anonung (Tag.); anunong (If.); 

 bibili (Bis.); guma (Sul.) ; nunang (Sul.) ; saloyong (Tag.); sinaligan 

 (Ilk.). 



