VoL 3 RUBIACEAE 573 



MORINDA CITRIFOLIA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 176; DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 

 446; Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 242; Hook. f. PI. Brit. Ind. 3 

 (1880) 155; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 111; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. 

 Filip. (1886) 157; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 12; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 137, Fl. Manila (1912) 453, Sp. 

 Blancoanae (1918) 368. 

 Morinda littoralis Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 109, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 

 197, t. 52. 

 Throughout the Philippines in thickets, chiefly along or near the sea- 

 shore. India to Polynesia. 



Local names: Apatot (Ilk.); apatot-nga-basit (Ilk.); bangkudo (Bis., 

 Tag.); bangkuro (C. Bis.); bankoro (Tag., Mag.) ; bankuro (Tagb.) ; 

 bankuru (Tag.); galongog (Sub.); lino (Bis., Tag.); nino (Sul., Tag., 

 Bis.,) ; rukurok (Kuy.) ; taeng-aso (Tag.) ; tumbong-aso (Tag.) ; 



MORINDA CORIACEA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 17 (1920) 435. 



Mindanao (Surigao), B. S. 34439 Ramos & Pascasio. In thickets or 

 forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



MORINDA NITIDA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 17 (1920) 435. 



Bucas Grande, B. S. 35074 Ramos & Pascasio. In dry forests at low 

 altitudes. Endemic. 



MORINDA PARVI FOLIA Bartl. in DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 499; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 245; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 111; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 438. 

 Morinda cumingiana Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 1885) 184. 

 Lucinaea cumingiana Vidal op. cit. 216, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 

 152. 

 Babuyan Islands, Luzon (Cagayan, Ilocos Norte), Haenke!, Warburg 

 11803, 12290, Cuming 1242, Adduru 6, B. S. 4119, 3924- Fenix, 32695, 27577, 

 7657 Ramos. In thickets at low altitudes. Indo-China, southern China, 

 Formosa. 



Local name: Maraseda (Ilk.). 



MORINDA PHILIPPINENSIS Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 1044, 4 

 (1912) 1339. 



Palawan, Mindoro, Sibuyan, Elmer 12460, Merrill 9197, 9236, B. S. 

 21558 Escritor, 39648 Ramos. In thickets and forests at low altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



Local name: Kamaliuan (P. Bis.). 



MORINDA PLATYPHYLLA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 11 (1916) Bot. 33. 

 Luzon (Sorsogon), B. S. 23414 Ramos. In forests, probably about 1,000 

 m altitude. Endemic. 



MORINDA TINCTORIA Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 15, nomen nudum, Fl. 



Ind. 2 (1824) 197; DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 447; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 



Ind. 3 (1880) 156; Merr. Philip. Bureau Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 55. 



Luzon (Benguet), Negros, F. B. 10869, 19408 Curran, 18026 Merritt. 



In thickets or forests up to 500 m altitude. India to Malaya. 



The identification is not certain, as the material is imperfect. 



