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Croton multiglandulosus Reinw. ex Blume Cat. Gew. Buitenz. (1823) 



105. 

 Rottlera multiglandulosa Blume Bijdr. (1825) 609. 

 Mallotus moluccanus Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1865) 185, DC. Prodr. 

 15 2 (1866) 958; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 194; Vidal Sinopsis 

 Atlas (1883) 39, t. 84, f. A, Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 144, Rev. 

 PI; Vase. Filip. (1886) 245; Merr. in Philip. Bureau Forestry Bull. 

 1 (1903) 31, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 79, 3 (1908) Bot. 

 416, 7 (1912) Bot. 401, Fl. Manila (1912) 292; Elm. Leafl. Philip. 

 Bot. 4 (1911) 1297, non Croton moluccanus Linn. 

 Adelia monoica Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 561, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 



224, t, 218. 

 Melanolepis moluccana Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 (1914) 



142, non Croton moluccanus Linn. 

 Mallotus calcosus Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 958; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 194. 

 Throughout the Philippines from Batan Islands to Mindanao, Sulu, and 

 Palawan. Common in thickets and second-growth forests at low and 

 medium altitudes. Indo-China to Formosa, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, New 

 Guinea, and the Marianne Islands. 



Local names: Aem (Ting.); ahem (Iv.) ; alam (Ilk.); alem (Ilk.); alim 

 (Tag., P. Bis.) ; alum (Bik., Tagb., P. Bis., Sul., Mag.) ; arum (P. 

 Bis.); aling (Bik.); ayum-ayum (Sbl.) ; galum (Sub.); girangan (Tagb.); 

 pakalkal (Tag.). 



Croton moluccanus Linn, is in part Givotia rottleriformis Griff, and in 

 part Aleurites moluccana Willd., hence this specific name is not available 

 for the present species. The specimen in the Linnean herbarium was not 

 there in 1752 and does not appear until the 1767 enumeration. 



Var. PENDULA (Merr.). 



Mallotus moluccanus Muell.-Arg. var. pendulus Merr. in Philip. Journ. 



Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 401. 

 Melanolepis moluccana Pax & Hoffm. var pendula Pax & Hoffm. in 

 Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 (1914) Bot. 144. 

 Palawan, Mindanao, Merrill 8305, 11528. In thickets at low altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



26. MALLOTUS Loureiro 



MALLOTUS AURICULATUS Merr. in Philip. Journ. iSci. 7 (1912) Bot. 

 396; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 (1914) 194. 



Leyte, Negros, Panay, Mindanao (Agusan, Lanao, Davao), F. B. 7271, 

 7259 Everett, 21972 Hinolan, Wenzel 589, 600, 701, 10 40, Elmer 11278, 

 18671, 18394, Clemens 1013, B. S. 30828, 31458, 31371 Ramos & Edano. In 

 primary forests at low and medium altitudes. Endemic. 



Local names: Apanang (Mbo.) ; gaugau (Mbo.) ; kamanian (Mbo.) ; 

 mala-mala P. Bis.). 



MALLOTUS BREVIPES Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) 487; Pax & 

 Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 68* (1919) 19. 



Mindanao (Davao, Cotabato), F. B. 27500 De Mesa, 14246 Tarrosa, 

 18270 Miranda, Williams 2968. On forested slopes at low and medium 

 altitudes. Endemic. 



Local name: Talag (Mag.). 



