582 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



Luzon (Cagayan, Bontoc, Benguet, Ilocos Sur, Union, Tar lac, Panga- 

 sinan, Rizal, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Camarines), Mindanao, 

 Biliran,' Panay, Guimaras, Camiguin de Misamis, Mindanao (Agusan). 

 In thickets, secondary forests, etc., at low and medium altitudes. India 

 to China and Formosa through Malaya to the Moluccas. 



The leaf differences between M. cochinchinensis and M. ovata break 

 down entirely in our series of over 50 specimens; entire and deeply lobed 

 leaves often occur on the same plant. 



Local names: Balbas-bakiro (Tag.); buyok-buyok (Tag.); libas (Ilk.); 

 malakaban (C. Bis.); mangal (Sul.) ; parog-parog-ti-noang (Ilk.); parog- 

 parog-ti-tau (Ilk.) ; parug-parug (Ilk.) ; paruk-paruk (Ilk.) ; parumpa- 

 rung (Ibn.) ; patolang-uak (Tag.) ; sugod-sugod (Ilk.) ; tabog-uak (Bik.) ; 

 tabala (Mbo.) ; tabog-ok (Bik.); tabolo (Sub.); taboo (C. Bis.); tamba- 

 ching (Ig.) ; tambalosan (P. Bis.); tambuauang (Bon.). 



6. LUFFA Tournefort 



LUFFA ACUTANGULA (Linn.) Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 70, Fl. Ind. 



ed. 2, 3 (1832) 713; Seringe in DC. Prodr. 3 (1828) 302; F.-Vill. 



Novis. App. (1880) 96; Cogn. in DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 459; 



Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 459, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 372. 

 Cucumis acutangulus Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1011; Blanco Fl. Filip. 



(1837) 776, ed. 2 (1845) 534, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 179, t. 288. 

 Luffa foetida Cav. Ic. 1 (1791) 7, t. 9, 10; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 



96. 



Commonly cultivated for its edible fruits, but not established. Old 

 World Tropics in cultivation. 



Local names: Patola (Tag.); patula-baimbing (Sul.); saykua (Bis.). 



LUFFA CYLINDRICA (Linn.) M. Roem. Syn. 2 (1846) 63; Cogn. in DC. 

 Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 456; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 

 Suppl. 138, Fl. Manila (1912) 459, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 372. 

 Momordica luffa Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1009. 

 Momordica cylindrica Linn. 1. c. 

 Luffa petola Seringe in DC. Prodr. 3 (1828) 303; Naves in Blanco 



Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 334. 

 Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8 (1768); Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 1 a (1856) 667; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 96. 

 Commonly cultivated for its edible fruits, the fruits being larger than 

 the very common wild form which occurs in thickets in the settled areas 

 throughout the Philippines. Pantropic in cultivation. 



Local names: Kabatiti (Bon., Ilk.); kabatitit-aso (Ilk.); patola (Bis., 

 Bik., Tag.) ; patulang-uak (Tag.) ; patula-amu (Sul.) ; salag-salag (Tag.) ; 

 tabau-tabau (Ilk.); tabobok (Tag.); tabubok (Tag.). 



7. CITRULLUS Forskal 



CITRULLUS VULGARIS Schrad. in Linnaea 12 (1838) 412; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 97; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 460. 

 Cucurbita citrullus Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1010. 



The common watermelon, commonly cultivated in many parts of the 

 Philippines, and occasional as an escape. Cultivated in all warm countries. 

 Local names: Pakuan (Tag.); sandia (Sp.) ; timun (Sul.). 



