450 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



Jatropha janipha Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 758, ed. 2 (1845) 521, 

 ed. 3, 3 (1879) 159, t. 3U2, non Linn. 



Luzon (Bataan, Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas, Camarines), Mindanao (Zam- 

 boanga). Planted for ornamental purposes, occasional also in hedges. In- 

 troduced from tropical America. 



Local names: Mana (Sp.) ; tubang-amerikano (Bik.). 



Jatropha podagrica Hook, is rare in cultivation in Manila and presents 

 no evidence that it will persist; see Merrill Fl. Manila (1912) 289. 



42. HEVEA Aublet 



HEVEA BRASILIENSIS (HBK.) Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1865) 204, 

 DC. Prodr. 15 " (1866) 718; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 293. 

 Siphonia brasiliensis HBK. Nov. Gen. Sp. PI. 7 (1818) 141. 



Cultivated in Mindanao, Basilan, etc., occasionally planted in other is- 

 lands. Para rubber; introduced early in the present century, a native of 

 Brazil. 



43. MAN I HOT Tournefort 



MANIHOT GLAZIOVII Muell.-Arg. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 1 1 ' (1874) 446; 

 Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 297; Pax in Engl. Pflanzenreich 44 (1910) 

 89, /. 31. 



Introduced in the early part of the present century, occasional in cul- 

 tivation; a native of tropical South America, now pantropic in cultivation. 

 Ceara rubber. 



MANIHOT UTILISSIMA Pohl PI. Bras. Ic. Descr. 1 (1827) 32, t. 24; 

 Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 1064; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1880) 193; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 33, t. 83, f. C, Rev. PI. 

 Vase. Filip. (1886) 243; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 81, Fl. Manila (1912) 297, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 229; Pax in 

 Engl. Pflanzenreich 44 (1910) 67 /. 2U- 

 Jatropha manihot Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1007; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 

 760, ed. 2 (1845) 522, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 160. 



Throughout the Philippines in the settled areas, planted and semicul- 

 tivated. Introduced from Mexico in the early colonial period, now pan- 

 tropic. Cassava, or tapioca. 



Local names: Balangai (S. L. Bis.); kamote ti moro (Ilk., Ibn.) ; 

 kamote-kahoi (Sul.) ; kamoting-kahoi (Sbl., Bik., Bis., Tag.); malambonga 

 (Tagb.) ; padpadi (Bon.); panggi-kahui (Sul.). 



44. GALEARIA Moritzi 



GALEARIA PHILIPPIN ENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) Bot. 

 482; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 68 4 (1917) 43. 

 Galearia filiformis Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 280, 

 non Boerl. 



Mindanao (Lanao, Zamboanga), Basilan, B. S. 16319 Reillo, 36750, 37103 

 Ramos & Edano, F. B. 9116 Whit ford & Hutchinson, Clemens. In primary 

 forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



