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Bat. 1 l (1855) 113; Vog. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) 

 Suppl. 1: 37, non Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 381. 

 Caesalpinia crista Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 15, non Linn. 

 Guilandina major Small Fl. Southeast. U. S. (1903) 591. 

 Guilandina bonduc Linn. var. majus DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 480. 

 Caesalpinia glabra in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 54, non Gui- 

 landina glabra Mill. 

 Babuyan Islands, Palawan, Mindanao, B. S. 10650 McGregor f 228 Ber- 

 mejos, Merrill 8U2, Clemens 755, 1182, 863, Elmer 11917. In forests, as- 

 cending to about 1,000 m. Pantropic. 



CAESALPINIA NUGA (Linn.) Ait. Hort. Kew ed. 2, 3 (1811) 32; F.-Vill. 



Novis. App. (1880) 69; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 110, 



Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 114; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 



(1910) Bot. 54, Fl. Manila (1912) 232, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 176. 



Guilandina nuga Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) 546; Blanco Fl. Filip. 



(1837) 344, ed. 2 (1845) 240, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 81, t. 150. 

 Caesalpinia laevigata Perr. in Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 3 (1824) 104; 

 C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) 304. 

 Throughout the Philippines in tidal swamps, thickets along the seashore, 

 etc. Pantropic. 



Local names: Bakaig (Tag.); binit (Bik.) ; kalauinit (Tag.); kabit- 

 kabag (Tag.) ; kamit-kabag (Tag.) ; sagmit (Tag.) ; sampinit (P. Bis.) ; 

 sapanit (Sbl.); sapinit (Tag., S. L. Bis.); suba (Sul.). 



CAESALPINIA PULCH ERRI M A (Linn.) Sw. Obs. (1791) 166; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. 1 * (1855) 111; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 69; Vidal Rev. 

 PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 114; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 15; 

 Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 29, Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 54, Fl. Manila (1912) 232, Sp. Blancoanae 

 (1918) 175. 

 Poineiana pulcherrima Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 380; Blanco Fl. Filip. 

 (1837) 333, ed. 2 (1845) 232, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 69, t. 112. 



Cultivated throughout the settled areas in the Philippines, in some 

 regions naturalized. An early introduction from tropical America, now 

 pantropic. 



Local name: Caballero (Sp.), in all provinces. 



CAESALPINIA SAPPAN Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 381; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 

 335, ed. 2 (1845) 234, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 72, t. 121; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 1 * (1855) 108; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 69; Vidal Sinopsis 

 Atlas (1883) 24, t. U2, f. C; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 114; A. 

 Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 461; Merr. Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 232, Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 55, Sp. Blancoanae 

 (1918) 175. 

 Biancaea sappan Todaro Hort. Bot. Panorm. (1876) 3. 

 Caesalpinia minutiflora Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1803. 

 Throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes in dry thickets, 

 parang, etc., locally abundant. Perhaps an introduced plant in the Archi- 

 pelago, but if so then of prehistoric introduction. India to Malaya. 



Local names: Hapang (Sbl.); sapang (Ilk., Bis., Tag.); sappan (Ilk., 

 Tag.) ; sibukau (Tag., Sul., Bis.). 



