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1646, Williams 23-00, 2334, 2760, Wenzel 219, B. S. 27477, 32716, 23536, 

 7252, 7637, 7716, 27368, 33099 Ramos, 34850, 34952, 34392, 34798 Ramos & 

 Pascasio, 36650 Ramos & Edano. In primary forests at low and medium 

 altitudes. Endemic. 



Doubtfully distinct from S. banahaense Elm. 



Local names: Garanggadong (Sub.); kohodon (Mbo.) ; saligau (Ilk.). 



SOLANUM LIANOIDES Elm. Leafi. Philip. Bot. 2 (1910) 733. 



Mindanao (Zamboanga, Davao), Elmer 10752, Piper 480 f F. B. 9233 

 Whitford & Hutchinson, B. S. 11805 Robinson. In forests at low and me- 

 dium altitudes, ascending to 1,100 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Togotong (Bag.). 



SOLANUM LUZONIENSE Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 13 (1918) Bot. 58. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Isabela, Ilocos Norte, Lepanto, Nueva Ecija, Panga- 

 sinan, Zambales), Panay, B. S. 26487 Ramos & Edano, 33186, 8091 Ramos, 

 17710 Otanes, Adduru 62. In thickets and waste places at low altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



Var. GLABRUM Merr. op. cit. 59. 



Luzon (Pampanga, Tarlac, Laguna), Merrill 4237, Elmer 18123. In 

 waste places in and about settlements. Endemic. 

 Local name: Sili-sili (Ilk.). 



SOLANUM MAMMOSUM Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 187; Dunal in DC. Prodr. 

 13 » (1852) 250. 



Leyte, Mindanao (Zamboanga), Jolo, F. B. 26190 Franco, 37462 Ramos 

 & Edano. In thickets and waste places along roads at low altitudes. In- 

 troduced from tropical America. 



Local name: Tagotong (S. L. Bis.). 



SOLANUM MANUCALING Elm. Lean*. Philip. Bot. 2 (1910) 732. 



Mindanao (Agusan, Davao), Elmer 11693, 10489, 13782. In the mossy 

 forest, altitude about 1,200 m. Endemic. 



Closely allied to S. lagunense Elm., but scandent. 

 Local names: Manukaling (Bag.); masogiang (Mbo.). 



SOLANUM MELONGENA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 186; Blanco PI. Filip. 

 (1837) 135, ed. 2 (1845) 96, ed. 3, 1 (1877) t. 265; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. 2 (1857) 653; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 

 235; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 144; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 

 (1885) 130, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 197; Merr. Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 416, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 342. 



Cultivated throughout the Philippines for its edible fruit, but nowhere 

 spontaneous. Cultivated in all warm countries. Egg plant or brinjal. 



Local names: Berengena (Sp.) ; talong (Bik., Bon., Bis., Tag.); tarong 

 (Ilk.); tolung (Sul.). 



SOLANUM NIGRUM Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 186; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 

 134, ed. 2 (1845) 96, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 175; Dunal in DC. Prodr. 

 13 * (1852) 150; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 636; C. B. Clarke 

 in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 229; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 

 143; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 198, Phan. Cuming. Philip. 

 (1885) 130; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 123, 3 (1908) 



