Vo1 - 2 LEGUMINOSAE 311 



In thickets, sea level to an altitude of 2,000 m; rare and local. Tropical 

 Asia and Africa through Malaya to Australia. 

 Local name: Kalumimitan (Ig.). 



81. DIOCLEA Humboldt, Bonpland, and Kunth 



DIOCLEA REFLEXA Hook. f. Niger Flora (1849) 306; Rolfe in Journ. 



Bot. 23 (1885) 212; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 109, Rev. 



PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 110; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 87; 



Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 119. 

 Luzon (Rizal, Laguna), Mindoro, Busuanga, Palawan, Mindanao, Merrill 

 4033, 9595, Cuming 521, McGregor 227, B. S. 22257 Ramos, 36821 Ramos 

 & Edano. In thickets and forests at low altitudes, chiefly along small 

 streams. Pantropic. 



DIOCLEA UMBRINA Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1907) 224; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 119. 



Luzon (Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Laguna, Rizal), Samar, Panay, Leyte, 

 Elmer 7249, 8922, 17865, Merrill 1621, Phil. PI. 708, B. S. 11236, 12394 

 McGregor, 24168 Ramos, 31387 Ramos & Edano. In forests at low and 

 medium altitudes. Endemic. 



Local name: Bai (Ig.). 



82. MACROPSYCHANTHUS Harms 



MACROPSYCHANTHUS FERRUGINEUS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 

 (1910) Bot. 121. 

 Mindanao (Agusan, Zamboanga, Lanao), Clemens 419 , Elmer 13993, B. 

 S. 36747, 36921 Ramos & Edano as Dioclea. In forests at low and medium 

 altitudes. Endemic. 



MACROPSYCHANTHUS M INDANAENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 

 (1910) Bot. 120. 

 Mindanao (Surigao, Agusan), Elmer 11905, Bolster 330. In forests 

 along streams at low and medium altitudes. Endemic. The other species 

 of the genus in New Guinea. 



83. PUERARIA de Candolle 



PUERARIA PHASEOLOIDES (Roxb.) Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 9 

 (1865) 125; Baker in Hook. f. FL Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 199; F,-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 64; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 

 (1905) 39, Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 123, Fl. Manila (1912) 

 254, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 189. 

 Dolichas phaseoloides Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 316. 

 Pachyrhizus teres Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 580. 

 Pachyrhizus montanus Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 406, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 



381, non DC. 

 Dioscorea bolojonica Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 800, ed. 2 (1845) 551, 

 ed. 3, 3 (1879) 208. 

 Batan Islands and northern Luzon to Mindanao. In open grasslands 

 and in thickets at low and medium altitudes. India to southern China and 

 Malaya. 



Local names: Bahai (C. Bis.); sinkamas-aso (Tag.); vaai (Iv.). 



