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Throughout the Philippines in the settled areas at low and medium alti- 

 tudes, thoroughly naturalized; often planted in hedges. Introduced from 

 Mexico by the Spaniards, its common name kakauati of Aztec origin. 



Local names: Kakaoati (Bon.); kakauati (Tag.); madre cacao (Sp.) ; 

 marikakau (Tag.); mandiri-kakau (Sul.). 



44. SESBANIA Scopoli 



SESBANIA CANNABINA (Retz.) Pers. Syn. 2 (1807) 316; DC. Prodr. 2 

 (1825) 265; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 74, Fl. 

 Manila (1912) 250. 

 Aeschynomene cannabina Retz. Obs. 5 (1789) 26. 

 Agati cannabina Desv. Journ. Bot. 1 (1813) 120. 

 Sesbania aegyptiaca F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 59; Naves in Blanco 



Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 405, non Poir. 

 Sesbania aculeata F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 59; Vidal Phan. Cuming. 

 Philip. (1885) 107, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 106; Perk. Frag. 

 Fl. Philip. (1904) 17, non Pers. 

 Sesbania picta Vidal Cat. PI. Prov. Manila (1880) 26, non Pers. 

 Northern Luzon to Mindanao. Along streams, in open wet lands, etc., 

 at low and medium altitudes. India to Malaya. 



Local names: Balakbak (Tag.) ; bayakbak-bukit (Pamp.) ; ganai (C. 

 Bis.); laguiaua (Bag.); rubau (Ilk.); tabing (Mag.). 



SESBANIA GRANDIFLORA (Linn.) Pers. Syn. 2 (1807) 316; Blanco Fl. 



Filip. (1837) 599, ed. 2 (1845) 418, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 399, t. 291; 



F.-Vill. Novis. App: (1880) 60; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 23, 



t. IfO, f. F; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 17; Merr. in Philip. 



Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 75, Fl. Manila (1912) 250, Sp. Blanco- 



anae (1918) 181. 

 Robinia grandiflora Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 722. 

 Aeschynomene grandiflora Linn. op. cit. ed. 2 (1763) 1060. 

 Sesban grandiflorus Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 7 (1806) 127. 

 Agati grandiflora Desv. Journ. Bot. 1 (1813) 120, t, 4, f. 6; DC. 



Prodr. 2 (1825) 266; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1855) 289. 



Northern Luzon to Mindanao in the settled areas at low and medium 

 altitudes, often planted; certainly an introduced plant in the Philippines. 

 India to the Mascarene Islands, through Malaya to tropical Australia, 

 planted in other tropical countries. 



Local names: Diana (Bag.) ; gauai-gauai (P. Bis.) ; kambang-turi (Sul.) ; 

 katodai (Ilk.); katudai (Ilk., Ibn.); katurai (Ibn., Tag., Pang.). 



SESBANIA ROXBURGH 1 1 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 269, 



5 (1910) Bot. 74, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 181. 

 Aeschynomene paludosa Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 333, non 



Sesbania paludosa Jacq. 

 Coronila emerus Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 582, non Linn. 

 Sesbania cannabina Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 418, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 



400, non Poir. 

 Sesbania grandiflora Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 * (1855) 288, non Pers. 

 Sesbania paludosa Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66 2 (1897) 82, 



367, non Jacq. 



