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Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Bataan, Rizal, Laguna, 

 Tayabas), Mindoro, Busuanga, Palawan. Common in secondary and pri- 

 mary forests at low altitudes. Endemic? 



Local names: Balabai (Tag.); malabulaon (Pamp.) ; malasiad (Tag.); 

 malasiag (Tag.); malaskog (Tag.); mulauing-baging (Tag.); pamulak- 

 lakin (Tag.). 



16. AVICENNIA Linnaeus 



AVICENNIA MARINA (Forsk.) Vierh. in Denkschr. Akad. Wissensch. 

 Wien 71 (1907) 435; Bakh. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. 3 (1921) 

 102, 203, t. 14-19. 

 Sceura marina Forsk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. (1775) 37. 



Throughout the Philippines on muddy seashores and along tidal streams, 

 very common. India to Malaya, tropical Australia, and Polynesia. 



Local names: Api-api (Sul., P. Bis., Mag., Tag.); bungalan (P. Bis.); 

 bungalon (Tag., Sbl., Bik.) ; bungalu (Tag.) ; buhgalun (Tag.) ; kalapini 

 (Tag., Pang.) ; kalapini mangitit (Sbl.) ; kalapini-maputi (Tag.) ; kulasi 

 (Mag., Bag.) ; kuyapi (Bik.) ; lingog (Ibn.) ; lingig (Neg.) ; mabaran 

 (Bag.); miapi (S. L. Bis.); piapi (Mbo., P. Bis., Tag.); piksik (Tag.); 

 pipisig (Bik.); pipisik (Tag.); sagarai (Bag.). 



A species characterized by its expanded flowers being but 2.5 to 5 mm in 

 diameter. The recognized forms occurring in the Philippines, all but one 

 previously referred to Avicennia officinalis Linn., are as follows: 



Var. ALBA (Blume) Bakh. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. Ill 3 (1921) 103, 

 207, t. 14, 15. 

 Avicennia alba Blume Bijdr. (1826) 821; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. Boom. 

 Java 7 (1900) 221. 

 Mindanao (Misamis, Lanao, Surigao, Cotabato), F. B. 23322 Agama, 

 17958 Miranda, 19547 Klemme, 3947 Hutchinson, Bolster 400. India to 

 southern China through Malaya to Polynesia. 



Var. RESINIFERA (Forst.) Bakh. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. Ill 3 

 (1921) 104, 210, t. 16. 

 Avicennia resinifera Forst. PI. Esculent. (1786) 72, Prodr. (1786) 45. 

 Avicennia eucalyptif olia Zipp. ex Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1858-59) 



912; Hallier f. in Meded. Rijks Herb. 37 (1918) 89. 

 Avicennia mindanaensis Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 8 (1915) 2868. 

 Negros, Leyte, Panay, Mindanao, Elmer 11990, F. B. 17337, 17451 Curran, 

 23088 Pascual, 28353 Mataya. Along muddy seashores and tidal streams. 

 Timor, Billiton, Moluccas, to Australia, New Zealand, and Polynesia. 



Var. RUMPHIANA (Hallier f.) Bakh. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. Ill 3 

 (1921) 104, 213, t. 19. 



Avicennia rumphiana Hallier f. in Meded. Rijks Herb. 37 (1918) 89. 



Avicennia officinalis Schauer in DC. Prodr. 11 (1847) 700 p. p.; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 162; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 36, 

 t. 75, f. G, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 212; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. 

 Boom. Java 7 (1900) 217 p. p.; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 

 (1906) Suppl. 122, Fl. Manila (1912) 397, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 

 335; H. Lam Verb. Malay. Archipel. (1919) 340 p. p., non Linn. 



Avicennia nitida Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 504, non Jacq. 



