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10. VITEX Linnaeus 



VITEX AHERNIANA Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 18, 

 H. Lam Verb. Malay. Archipel. (1919) 206. 

 Vitex curranii H. Lam Verb. Malay. Archipel. (1919) 207. 



Babuyan Islands, Luzon (Cagayan, Pangasinan, Zambales, Laguna, Ta- 

 yabas, Camarines, Albay, Sorsogon), Lubang, Sibuyan, Samar, Leyte, Pa- 

 nay, Negros, Mindanao (Surigao, Agusan, Davao, Zamboanga). In 

 primary forests at low and medium altitudes, often common; represented 

 by more than 70 collections. Endemic. 



Local names: Agug (Tag.); amamahit (P. Bis.); dalipapa (Ibn., Bik.) ; 

 dangula (P. Bis.); didigkalin (Bik., Tag.); dilipapak (Tag.); duhgula 

 (P. Bis.) ; galipapa (Ibn.) ; igang (Tag.) ; kalipapa (Bik., S. L. Bis., 

 Mbo.) ; kolipapa (Bik.) ; kulipapa (Bik., S. L. Bis., C. Bis., Mbo.) ; malai- 

 gang (Tag.) ; mamahit (P. Bis.) ; mongpong (S. L. Bis.) ; pamagsen 

 (Mbo.); sasalit (Sbl., Tag.); sasilit (Tag.); sasulit (Sbl.) tayupuk (Mbo.). 



VITEX GLABRATA R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 512; Ceron Cat. PL Herb. 



Manila (1892) 133, Hallier f. in Meded. Rijks Herb. 37 (1918) 54; 



H. Lam Verb. Malay. Archipel. (1919) 203. 

 Vitex pentaphylla Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 320. 

 Vitex nitida Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 343; H. Lam 



Verb. Malay. Archipel. (1919) 194. 



Luzon (Camarines, Sorsogon), Mindoro, Culion, Palawan, Balabac, Ne- 

 gros, Mindanao (Surigao, Agusan, Butuan, Cotabato, Zamboanga), F. B. 

 9490 Whitford & Hutchinson, 1954-6 Klemme, 20771 Miranda, 23671 Razon, 

 2063.8 Miranda, 24817 Somonte, B. S. 34472 Ramos & Pascasio, 39371 Ra- 

 mos, Merrill 2162, 9330, Williams 2949. In forests at low altitudes. India 

 to Indo-China, Java, Timor, Celebes, New Guinea, and tropical Australia. 



Local names: Ampapalut (Sul.) ; amulaon (Sul.) ; bongog (C. Bis.); 

 bongug (C. Bis., Buk.) ; bonkolion (C. Bis.) ; kamolauan (Mbo.) ; kalipapa- 

 aso (Sul.); sasalit (Mbo.); talang-puso (Bik.); topas (Bag.). 



VITEX LUZON ICA H. Lam in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. Ill 3 (1921) 61. 



Luzon, Ahem 706 (not 760). This number seems to be missing in the 

 herbarium of the Bureau of Science. The species is apparently allied to 

 Vitex glabrata R. Br. Endemic. 



VITEX NEGUNDO Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 638; Schauer in DC. Prodr. 11 



(1847) 684; Walp. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 

 1: 380; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1885) 583; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 160; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 

 (1885) 134, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 210; Merr. Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 404, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 332; H. Lam Verb. Malay. 

 Archipel. (1919) 189. 

 Vitex leucoxylon Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 516, ed. 2 (1845) 359, ed. 

 3, 2 (1878) 300, t. 228, non Linn. 



Throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes, in waste places, 

 thickets, etc., often common. Tropical East Africa, Madagascar, India 

 to Japan, southward through Malaya to western Polynesia. 



