VoK 3 CUCURBITACEAE 585 



Luzon (Ilocos Sur, Benguet, Union, Pangasinan, Bataan, Rizal, Laguna, 

 Merrill 3899, 3309,, 4097, 9659, Phil. PL 317, F. B. 1949 Borden, B. S. 

 1408, 12216 Ramos. In thickets at low and medium altitudes, ascending 

 to 1,200 m. India through Malaya to tropical Australia. 



Local names: Melon-daga (Tag.); melon-melonan (Tag.); parparia 

 (Ilk.); tabubok (Tag.); tabugok (Tag.). 



TRICHOSANTHES ELLIPSOIDEA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 13 (1918) 

 Bot. 332. 



Catanduanes, B. S. 30S64 Ramos. In forests near abaca plantations at 

 low altitudes. Endemic. 



TRICHOSANTHES QUINQUANGULATA A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. 

 Exped. (1854) 645; Cogn. in DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 378; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 138, 3 (1908) Bot. 84, 

 439, Fl. Manila (1912) 458. 



Babuyan Islands, Luzon (Cagayan, Benguet, Bontoc, Nueva Vizcaya, 

 Pangasinan, Zambales, Bulacan, Bataan, Rizal, Laguna), Masbate, Panay, 

 Mangsi, Mindanao. In thickets, old clearings, etc., at low and medium al- 

 titudes, ascending to 1,500 m. Endemic. 



Local names: Kabalonga (Tag.); katimbau (Ilk.); kalanum-uak (Bis.); 

 kaulalagda (Bag.) ; lima (Ig.) ; patola-si-gayang (Gad.) ; tabau-tabau 

 (Ilk., Pang.); tabugok (Tag.); tambanding (Ig.) ; tibabayung (Sul.) ; ti- 

 bubukan-uak ( Sul. ) . 



TRICHOSANTHES VANOVERBERGHI I Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 

 (1914) Bot. 458. 

 Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet), Vanoverbergh 1262, 3662bis, Merrill 4864' 

 In thickets, altitude 1,200 to 1,400 m. Endemic. 



TRICHOSANTHES VILLOSA Blume Bijdr. (1826) 934; Cogn. in DC. 

 Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 366; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) 

 Bot. 330. 

 Luzon (Rizal), Mindanao (Bukidnon, Davao), B. S. 1027 Ramos, Cope- 

 land 1301, Wester 45, 65. In thickets or forests up to 1,000 m altitude. 

 Java. 



Local name: Kandol-amo (Buk.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Trichosanthes anguina Linn. F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 96. 

 Trichosanthes globosa Blume ; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



TRICHOSANTHES PALMATA Roxb.; F.-Vill. 1. C 



14. CUCURBITA Tournefort 



CUCURBITA MAXIMA Duchesne in Lam. Encycl. 2 (1786) 151, F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 97; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 457, Sp. Blancoanae 

 (1918) 373. 

 Cucurbita sulcata Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 773, ed. 2 (1845) 532, ed. 

 3, 3 (1879) 177, t. 320. 



The common squash, widely cultivated in the Philippines, occasional as 

 an escape. Planted in all warm countries. 



