426 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



SOLANUM EPIPHYTICUM .Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 



350. 

 Solanum blumei Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 214; Vidal Phan. 



Cuming. Philip. (1885) 130, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 198, 



non Nees. 

 Solanum parasiticum Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 299, 



non Blume. 



Lycianthes parasitica Bitt. subsp. epiphytica Bitt. var. pluriflora Bitt. 

 in Fedde Repert. 18 (1922) 321. 

 Northern Luzon (Cagayan) to Balabac and Mindanao. In most islands 

 and provinces, epiphytic in damp primary forests at low and medium alti- 

 tudes. Endemic. 



Local names: Araka (Neg.) ; kolumbai (C. Bis.); sisumbidan (Mbo.). 



SOLANUM FEROX Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2 (1762) 267; Dunal in DC. Prodr. 



13 a (1852) 255; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 646; C. B. Clarke 



in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 233; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 



143; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 130, Rev. PL Vase. 



Filip. (1886) 198; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 



123, 3 (1908) Bot. 433, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 342. 

 Solanum zeilanicum Blanco FL Filip. (1837) 136, ed. 2 (1845) 97, 



ed. 3, 1 (1877) 178, non Scop. 

 Solanum lasiocarpum Dunal Solan. (1813) 222, DC. Prodr. 13 1 



(1852) 252 (incl. var. velutinum Dunal). 



Throughout the Philippines, in waste places, old clearings, etc., at low 

 and medium altitudes, ascending to 2,000 m. India to southern China and 

 Malaya. 



Local names: Balbalusangi (Ilk.); basula (Ibn.) ; dabutung (Sul.) ; da- 

 gutung (Sul.) ; kamadaka (Iv.) ; tagatum (P. Bis.) ; talong-ayam (Bik.) ; 

 talong-gubat (Tag.) ; talong-talong (Tag.) ; tarambolo (Tag.) ; tarong- 

 tarong (S. L. Bis.); trambulo (Tag.); tugutong (Bis.). 



SOLANUM INAEQUILATERALE Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 

 Suppl. 236, 5 (1910) Bot. 383. 

 Luzon (Abra, Benguet, Bontoc), Mindanao (Lanao), Merrill 4807, Phil. 

 PI. 856, Elmer 620b, B. S. 2700b Ramos, 37835, 37875 Ramos & Edano, 

 31700 Santos, 8525, 19? 'bl McGregor In thickets, chiefly in or near the 

 mossy forest, altitude 1,300 to 2,400 m. Endemic. 



SOLANUM 1NDICUM Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 187; Dunal in DC. Prodr. 13 3 



(1852) 309; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 234; 



F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 143; Vidal Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 



198. 



Mindanao (Davao), Copeland 63b- On a rocky bluff near the seashore. 



India to southern China and Malaya. 



Cuming 2261 referred here by Dunal was from Malacca, not from the 

 Philippines. 



SOLANUM LAGUNENSE Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 1 (1908) 341. 



Solanum anisophyllum Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 8 (1915) 2830. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Abra, Ilocos Norte, Nueva Vizcaya, Laguna, Tayabas, 

 Sorsogon), Mindoro, Masbate, Leyte, Samar, Siargao, Mindanao (Surigao, 

 Agusan, Zamboanga, Davao), Elmer 13887, 82?b, Merrill 30b6, Phil. PI. 



