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MORACEAE 



1. FATOUA Gaudichaud 



FATOUA PILOSA Gaudich. Bot. Frey. Voy. (1826) 509; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 198; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 145, Rev. 

 PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 249. 

 Fatoua japonica Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 2 (1856) t. 38; Valeton 

 in Bull. Dept. Agr. Ind. Neerl. 10 (1907) 5; Merr. Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 179. 

 ' Urticcu japonica Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) 70, non Linn. f. 

 Urtica manillensis Walp. Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) 

 Suppl. 1: 423. 

 Northern Luzon to Mindanao; in dry thickets, on walls, cliffs, etc., at 

 low altitudes. Japan and China southward to Malaya. 

 Local names: Sarungkar-a-babasit (Ilk.); sikir (Ilk.). 



i 2. PARATROPHIS Blume 



PARATROPHIS GRAN Dl FOLIA Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1814. 



Palawan, Luzon (Sorsogon), Elmer 18176, B. S. 23382 Ramos. In damp 

 forests at low and medium altitudes. Scarcely other than a large-leaved 

 form of Paratrophis philippinensis F.-Vill. Endemic. 



Local name: Magtonob (Mbo.). 



PARATROPHIS PHILIPPINENSIS (Bureau) F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 

 98; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 145, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 250. 

 Uromorus philippinensis Bureau in DC. Prodr. 17 (1873) 237; Vidal 

 Cat. PL Prov. Manila (1880) 43. 

 Luzon (Laguna, Tayabas, Albay) , Samar, Mindanao, Cuming 919, F. B. 

 1267 'U Rosenbluth & Tamesis, Merrill 1087, Phil. PI. 1638, Clemens 569, 

 Elmer 10827. In damp forests at low and medium altitudes. Endemic. 

 Local names: Agusus (Tag.); bulaus (Neg.) ; spai (Bag.). 



3. MORUS Tournefort 



MORUS ALBA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 986; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 705, 

 ed. 2 (1845) 489, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 109, t. 209; F.-Vill. Novis. App, 

 (1880) 198; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 39, t. 85, f. D (var. 

 latifolia Bureau) ; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 

 404, Fl. Manila (1912) 178, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 122. 

 Morus indica Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 986; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 s 

 (1858-59) 279. 

 The mulberry, widely distributed in the Philippines in cultivation, is 

 thoroughly naturalized in the Batan Islands and northern Luzon (Caga- 

 yan) ; perhaps of ancient introduction here. According to Blanco the 

 mulberry was first introduced into the Philippines in 1780. A native of 

 tropical Asia, now in all warm countries. 



Local names: Amingit (Ig.) ; amoras (Ilk.) ; mora (Ibn.) ; moral (Sp.) ; 

 moraya (Ibn.); morera (Sp.) ; tanud (Iv.) ; tanyud (Iv.). 



4. PSEUDOTROPHIS Warburg 



PSEUDOTROPH1S M INDANAENSIS Warb. in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. 

 (1905) 165. 

 Paratrophis caudata Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 183. 



