VoL 2 EUPHORBIACEAE 397 



38, t. 8,2, f. D, Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 142, Rev. PI. Vase. 



Filip. (1886) 237. 

 Phyllanthus acidissimus Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 32 (1863) 50, DC. 



Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 417. 

 Phyllanthus acidus Skeels in U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. PI. Ind. Bull. 



148 (1909) 17. 



Planted in most or all parts of the Philippines for its acid edible fruits, 

 but nowhere abundant; of prehistoric introduction from Malaya. India 

 to Malaya and Polynesia in common cultivation, where native uncertain ; 

 introduced in tropical America. 



Local names: Bagbagiitut (Ilk.); bangkiling (Bis., Tag.); iba (Tag., 

 Pamp.) ; kagindi (Bis.) ; karamai (Ilk.) ; karmai (Ilk., Tag.) ; layoan 

 (Bik.) ; poras (Bis.). 



7. GLOCHIDION Forster 



GLOCHIDION ALBUM (Blanco) Boerl. Handl. Fl. Nederl. Ind. 3 (1900) 



275; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 75, Philip. 



Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 75, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 217; C. B. 



Rob. in Philip. Journ. ,Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 99; Hayata in Journ. 



Col. Sci. Tokyo 30 * (1911) 264. 

 Kirganelia alba Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 713, ed. 2 (1845) 494, ed. 



3, 3 (1879) 117. 

 Phyllanthus albus Muell.-Arg. in Flora 48 (1865) 387, DC. Prodr. 15 * 



(1866) 306; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 188. 

 Zarcoa philippica Llanos in Bot. Zeit. 15 (1857) 423, Mem. Acad. 



Cienc. Madr. 4 (1858) 501, pi.; F.-Vill. & Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. 



ed. 3, 4 1 (1880) 102. 

 Glochidion cumingii Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 32 (1863) 61 (cuminghii) ; 



Merr. in Philip. Bureau Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 29. 

 Phyllanthus cumingii Muell.-Arg. in Flora 48 (1865) 371, DC. Prodr. 



15 2 (1866) 285; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 237; Vidal Phan. 



Cuming. Philip. (1885) 142, Rev. PL Vase Filip. (1886) 237. 

 Phyllanthus gigantifolius Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 236, pro 



minore parte, quoad Vidal 173b, excl. descr. 

 Glochidion leytense Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 1 (1908) 303. 

 Glochidion mindanaense Elm. op. cit. 7 (1915) 2642. 



Luzon (Cagayan to Sorsogon), Mindoro, Panay, Leyte, Samar, Siargao, 

 Dinagat, Mindanao. In primary forests at low and medium altitudes, 

 ascending to 1,200 m. Formosa, Celebes. 



Local names: Ba'gang-ba'gang (Bik.); bognak (Mbo.) ; baroan (Bag.); 

 bugna (C. Bis.) ; bugna-kolorado (C. Bis.) ; handadaog (Mbo.) ; hudaan 

 Ig.); kalnag (Tag.); obog (Bag.); polopihon (P. Bis.). 



GLOCHIDION ANGULATUM C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) 

 Bot. 91. 



Leyte, Panay, Mindanao (Lanao, Davao, Zamboanga), Basilan, F. B. 

 91*87 Whitford & Hutchinson, Elmer 7279, Clemens, De Vore & Hoover 21, 

 21S, B. S. S111U Ramos & Edano. In thickets or forests at low altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



