286 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 192S 



Filip. (1886) 107; Perk. Frag. PI. Philip. (1904) 18; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 65. 

 Meibomia polycarpa 0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 196. 

 Northern Luzon to Mindanao. In thickets, open grasslands, etc., at low 

 and medium altitudes; common. Tropical Africa and Asia through Malaya 

 to Australia and Polynesia. 



Local names: Huyop (If.); huyo-huyop (If.); mangkit-parang (Tag.); 

 mani-mani (P. Bis.) ; mani-manian (Tag.) ; naangkonod (Mbo.) ; tagiktik 

 (Mbo.) ; tayam (Tag.); timbalau (Bag.). 



DESMODIUM HETEROPHYLLUM (Willd.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 334; 



Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 173; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 



(1880) 62; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 108, Rev. PI. Vase. 



Filip. (1886) 107; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 85, Fl. 



Manila (1912) 240. 

 Hedysarum heterophyllum Willd. Sp. PI. 3 (1800) 1201. 

 Meibomia triphylla O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 196. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Rizal, Tayabas), Polillo, Palawan. In open, 

 usually damp grasslands, old clearings etc., at low and medium altitudes. 

 India to the Mascarene Islands, southern China, and Malaya. 



DESMODIUM LASIOCARPUM (Beauv.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 328; Merr. 



in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 88, Fl. Manila (1912) 241. 

 Hedysarum lasiocarpum Beauv. Fl. Oware Benin. 1 (1804) 32, t. 18; 



Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 5 (1817) 15. 

 Hedysarum latifolium Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 57, nomen nudum, 



Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 350. 

 Desmodium latifolium DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 328; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 



(1880) 62; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 108, Rev. PI. Vase. 



Filip. (1886) 107; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 18; Merr. in 



Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 65. 

 Meibomia lasiocarpa O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 196. 



Northern Luzon to Mindanao. In open grasslands, thickets, etc., at low 

 and medium altitudes. Tropical Africa and Asia through Malaya to New 

 Guinea; introduced in tropical America. 



Local name: Magunlapi (Bag.). 



DESMODIUM LAXIFLORUM DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 335; Baker in Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 164; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 61; Vidal 

 Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 108, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 

 107; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 18; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 5 (1910) Bot. 81, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 183. 

 Desmodium recurvatum Grah. in Wall. Cat. (1832) No. 5717, nomen 



nudum; Benth. in Miq. PI. Jungh. (1852) 225. 

 Hippocrepis comosa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 584, non Linn. 

 Desmodium diversi folium Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 408, ed. 3, 2 

 (1879) 384, non DC. 

 Northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao. In thickets, secondary 

 forests, coconut groves, etc., at low and medium altitudes; often common. 

 India to Formosa southward to Malaya. 



Local names: Dokot-dokot (Bis.) ; kupot (Ig.) ; mangkit (Tag.) ; mangkit- 

 labuio (Tag.). 



