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Melicope ternata Vidal Cat. PL Prov. Manila (1880) 21, Sinopsis 

 Atlas (1883) 18, t. 24, f. A; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 34, non 

 Forst. 

 Melicope luzonensis Engl, in Engl. & Prantl Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3 4 

 (1897) 122, nomen nudum; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1905) 161; 

 Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1906) 24, Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 69, 2 (1907) Bot. 431, 3 (1908) Bot. 411, 5 

 (1910) Bot. 355. 

 Melicope odorata Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 476. 

 Babuyan Islands and northern Luzon to Palawan, Samar, and Leyte. 

 In forests at low and medium altitudes, in Benguet ascending to 2,000 m; 

 common. Endemic. 



Local names: Aglimai (Ig.) ; agui (Bik.) ; alibungug (C. Bis.) ; balingua 

 (Bik.) ; binting-dalaga (Tag.) ; bulig (Klg.) ; katudai-bakes (Ilk.) ; matang- 

 arau (Tag.) ; nangmagan (Ig.) ; pahikat (Klg.) ; salimutbut (S. L. Bis.) ; 

 tikala-na-ihalas (C. Bis.); tamiling (Ig.) ; ulatan (Ig.). 



5. LUNASIA Blanco 



LUNAS1A AMARA Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 783, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 191; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 35; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 18, 

 t. 24, f. C, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 75, Phan. Cuming. Philip. 

 (1885) 100; Merr. in Philip. Bureau Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 26, 

 Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 27, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 

 (1906) Suppl. 69, 9 (1914) Bot. 302, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 198. 

 Pilocarpus amara Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 540. 

 Rabelaisia philippinensis Planch, in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 4 (1845) 



519 t. 17, 18; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858) 673. 

 Lunasia philippinensis F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 35. 

 Lunasia reticulata Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1912) 1511. 

 Northern Luzon (Cagayan) to Mindanao and Palawan. In thickets 

 and forests at low and medium altitudes; common. Endemic. 



Local names: Apdong-kahoi (Tag.) ; bunglai (Bik.) ; dayangdang (Ilk.) ; 

 labau (S. L. Bis.); lubi-lubi (C. Bis.); lunas (Tag.); pait (Bik., Tag.); 

 paitan (Bis., Ilk.); palatangan (Gad.); papait (Bik.); saltiki (Tag.); 

 santiki (Tag.). 



Var. REPANDA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 302. 



Luzon (Nueva Vizcaya), Mindoro, Mindanao (Davao). Habitat of the 

 species. Endemic. 



LUNASIA BABUYAN ICA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 411. 

 Babuyan Islands (Camiguin), B. S. 4050 Fenix. In thickets near the 

 sea. Endemic. 



LUNASIA MACROPHYLLA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) Bot. 300. 

 ? Lunasia grandifolia F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 35, non Miq. 



Mindanao (Zamboanga), F. B. 9299 Whitford & Hutchinson, Ahem 559, 

 648. In primary forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



Local name: Sagit (SuL). 



LUNASIA MOLLIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) Bot. 299. 



Cebu, Bohol, B. S. 11026 Ramos, F. B. 25110 Cateban. In thickets and 

 forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



