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BAUHINIA MALABARICA Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 31, nomen nudum, 

 Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 2 (1832) 321; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 72; Vidal 

 Cat. PI. Prov. Manila (1880) 27, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 117; 

 Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 8; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 

 (1910) Bot. 43, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 172. 

 Piliostigma acidum Benth. in Miq. PI. Jungh. (1852) 261; A. Gray 

 Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 470; Naves in Blanco Fl. 

 Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 118. 

 Bauhinia tomentosa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 330, ed. 2 (1845) 230, 



ed. 3, 2 (1878) 65, t. 118, non Linn. 

 Bauhinia purpurea Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 24, t. US, f. A, non 

 Linn. 

 . Luzon (Ilocos Norte to Laguna), very common on open dry slopes in 

 regions subject to a long dry season. India to Indo-China, Java, and 

 Timor. 



Local names: Alambangbang (Tag.); alibangbang (Tag., Bis., Pamp.) ; 

 balibamban (Pamp.); kalibanbang (Pang., Tag.); kalibangbang (Ilk.). 



BAUHINIA MERRILLIANA Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 10; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 45. 

 Palawan, Mindanao (Zamboanga), Merrill. 694., Elmer 12723, B. S. 192 

 Bermejos, 37308, 36722 Ramos & Edano, F. B. 3554 Curran. In thickets 

 and forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



BAUHINIA MONANDRA Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 42 2 (1873) 73; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 265, 5 (1910) Bot. 46, Fl. 

 Manila (1912) 231. 

 Bauhinia krugii Urban in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 3 (1885) 83. 

 Bauhinia kappleri Sagot in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. VI 13(1882) 317; 

 Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 13; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 

 (Philip.) 29 (1905) 17. 

 Bauhinia subrotundi folia F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 72; Naves in 

 Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 82, non Cav. 

 Fairly common in cultivation in the settled areas at low altitudes, 

 central Luzon to Mindanao. A native of tropical America, now pantropic. 

 Local names: Alibangbang (Tag.); cinco llagas (Sp.) ; fringon (Sp.) ; 

 mainuma (Pamp.); mimang (C. Bis.). 



BAUHINIA NYMPHAEIFOLIA Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 11; Merr. 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 45. 

 Bauhinia fulva F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 72, non Blume. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Sur, Abra), Cuming 1180 (1181 in some herbaria), B. S. 

 27040 Ramos. In forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



BAUHINIA PAUCIFLORA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 13. 



Luzon (Tayabas), B. S. 13113 Foxworthy & Ramos. In forests at low 

 altitudes. Endemic. 



BAUHINIA PERKINSIAE Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 17 (1904) 

 21, Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 45. 

 Bauhinia jerruginea Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 9, non Roxb. 

 Palawan, Merrill 731, 9190, F. B. 3553 Curran. In thickets at low 

 altitudes. Endemic. 



