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BIOPHYTUM SENSITIVUM (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 690; Blanco 

 Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 272, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 142; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 33; Ceron Cat. PL Herb. Manila (1892) 35; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 67, Fl. Manila (1912) 266, Sp. 

 Blancoanae (1918) 195. 

 Oxalis sensitive/,, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 434; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 

 389; Walp. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 321; 

 Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 100. 

 Oxalis cumingiana Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 31 J (185*8) 426. 

 Oxalis reinwardtii F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 33, non Zucc. 

 Northern Luzon to Mindanao and Sulu. In grasslands, open thickets, 

 etc., at low and medium altitudes. Pantropic. 



Local names: Damong-bingkalat (Tag.); damong-huya (Bis.); guyan- 

 kan (Sub.) ; hoya-hoya (P. Bis.) ; makahiang-lalaki (Tag.) ; mahihiin 

 (Ilk.); makahia (Tag.); niug-niug (Sul.). 



3. AVERRHOA Linnaeus 



AVERRHOA BILiMBI Linn. Sp.Pl. (1753) 428; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 

 391, ed. 2 (1845) 273, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 144, t. 138; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 33; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 18, t. 23, f. A; Merr. in 

 Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 28, 27 (1905) 27, Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 266, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 195. 



Throughout the settled areas of the Philippines, cultivated and semi- 

 cultivated. Introduced from tropical America. Pantropic in cultivation. 



Local names: Iba (Tag., Sul., P. Bis.); ibag (Mbo.) ; kalamias (Tag.); 

 kalanuas (Tag.) ; kalingiua (Bis.) ; kamias (Tag.) ; kolonanas (Tag.) ; 

 kolonauas (Tag.); kilingiba (Bik.) ; ibe (Yak.); pias (Ilk.); puis (Ig.). 



AVERRHOA CARAMBOLA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 428; Blanco Fl. Filip. 

 (1837) 391, ed. 2 (1845) 274, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 145, t. 139; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 33; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 18, t. 23, f. B, 

 Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 100, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 

 73; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 28, 27 (1905) 

 27, Fl. Manila (1912) 266, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 195. 

 Averrhoa pentandra Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 392, ed. 2 (1895) 274, 

 ed. 3, 2 (1878) 145. 

 Cultivated and semicultivated throughout the Philippines. Introduced 

 from tropical America. Pantropic in cultivation. 



Local names: Ba'imbing (Sul.); balimbing (Tag., Bik.); balingbing 

 (Bik., C. Bis.) ; bilimbin (Tag.) ; daligan (Ilk.) ; dalihan (Ibn.) ; galangan 

 (P., Bis.) ; galuran (Ibn.) ; garahan (Bis.) ; garulan (Ibn.) ; malimbin (S. 

 L. Bis.); sirinate (Ting.). 



4. SARCOTHECA Blume 



SARCOTHECA PHILIPPICA (F.-Vill.) Hallier f. in Meded. Rijks Herb. 

 (1911) 2. 

 Connaropsis philippica F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 33; excl. syn. 

 Blanco; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 19. 

 Panay, fide F.-Villar. A species of wholly doubtful status, known 



