312 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



PUERARIA PULCHERRIMA (Koord.) Merr. ex Koord.-Schum. Syst. Ver- 

 zeich. 2 (1914) 132. 

 Mucuna pulcherrima Koord. in Meded. Lands Plant. 19 (1908) 440. 

 Pueraria warburgii Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 87; Merr. in Philip. 



Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 124. 

 Glycine warburgii Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 231. 

 Luzon (Albay, Sorsogon), Biliran, Leyte, Mindanao (Surigao, Bukidnon, 

 Agusan, Davao), Warburg 1U66U, Elmer 1672U, 13336, 10655, Merrill 5430, 

 Wenzel 210, 1861,., Williams 2953, B. S. 18869 McGregor, 15208 Ramos, 

 381*51+ Ramos & Edano, 15856 Fenix. In thickets and forests 1 at low alti- 

 tudes. Celebes. 



Local names: Alibungog (Buk.) ; totoi (Mbo.). 



PUERARIA TETRAGONA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 122. 



Palawan, B. S. 295 Bermejos. In old clearings at low altitudes. Ende- 

 mic. 



PUERARIA THUNBERGIANA (S. & Z.) Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 

 9 (1865) 122; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 410, 5 

 (1910) 123, Fl. Manila (1912) 254. 

 Dolichos hirsutus Thunb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 2 (1794) 339, non 



Pueraria hirsuta Kurz. 

 Pachyrhizus thunbergianus S. & Z. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. 2 (1846) 113. 

 Neustanthus chinensis Benth. Fl. Hongk. (1861) 86. 

 Batan Islands, Luzon (Benguet, Tayabas, Rizal), Biliran, Banton, Negros, 

 Mindanao (Agusan), B. S. 3180b Santos, Elmer 6600 f 10310, 13518, Merrill 

 Phil. PI. 277, B. S. 28070 Merrill, 18522 McGregor. In open grasslands 

 and thickets at low and medium altitudes, in Benguet ascending to 2,000 m. 

 India to Japan southward to Malaya. 



Local names: Baai (Ig.) ; tahaunon (Mbo.). 



84. CANAVALIA de Candolle 



CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 404; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 64; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 

 125 p.p. 

 Dolichos ensiformis Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 725. 



Occasionally planted, probably from seeds of American origin, that is, a 

 recent introduction in the Philippines. A native of the West Indies. The 

 jack bean. 



CANAVALIA GLADIATA (Jacq.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 404; Blanco PL 

 Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 403, ed 3, 2 (1879) 376, t. U9 ; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 126, Fl. Manila (1912) 258, Sp. Blan- 

 coanae (1918) 189; Dunn in Kew Bull. (1922) 134. 

 Dolichos gladiatus Jacq. Coll. 2 (1788) 276. 

 Dolichos ensiformis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 577, non DC. 

 Occasionally planted, but nowhere spontaneous. A native of tropical 

 America, now pantropic. 



Local names: Habas (Tag.); magtambokau (Bis.); pataning-espaiia 

 (Tag.). 



