^26 ^ FLORA OF MANILA 



1: Le«9sta aniall, never more than 6 cm long. 

 2> FlBSirorB sessile; upper half of the leaflets broader than the lower. 



1. A. procera 

 2. Flowers pedicelled; lower half of the leaflets broader than the upper. 



2. A. lebbeck 

 1. Leaflets lai;ge, the upper ones 10 to 18 cm long. 



2. Pinnae with 2 pairs of leaflets which are pubesceiit beneath. 



8; A. aaporuaia 

 2. Pinnae wi^nl pair of glabrous leaflets :.. 4. A. able 



1. A. procera (Roxb.) Benth. Anihapla; Acleng-parang^ (Tag.). 



An erect, slightly pubescent or nearly glabrous tree 10 to.SS m high. 

 Leaves about 40 cm long; pinnae 6 to 10, 15 to 20 cm long; leaflets 12 to 

 20, c&long-elliptic, rounded or retuse, .2 to 6 cm long, somewhat oblique. 

 Panicles terminal or in the upper axils, up to 20 cm long, diffuse. Flowers 

 yelIowish>~white, in globose heads at the ends of the branchlets, the heads 

 in flower 1 to 1.6 cm in diameter. Pods, oblong, thin, smooth, flattened, 

 10 to 16 cm long, 2 to 2.4 cm wide, containing 8 to 10 seeds. 



in open dry lands, Masaii^bong, fl. Sept.; widely distributed in the Phil- 

 ippines. India to Malaya. 



♦2. A. LEBBECK (L.) Benth. Languil (Tag.). 



A nearly glabrous or somewhat pubescent tree 8 to 12 m high. Leaves 

 about 26 cm long; pinnae about 6, 16 cm long; leaflets 6 to 8, oblong, obtuse, 

 somewhat oblique, 2 to 5 cm long, coriaceous. Flowers in long-peduncled, 

 axillary, fascicled heads, the peduncles up to 6 cm in length. Heads in 

 bud, about 2 cm in diameter, in flower, including the anthers, S to 4 cm 

 in diaineter. Corolla greenish-yellow. Stamens white and green. Pods 

 oblong, coriaceous, 15 to 20 cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide, flat, shining, reticulate, 

 swollen or impressed opposite the seeds. (Fl. Filip. pi. 316.) 



Occasionally cultivated as shade-tree, fl. March-June; not common in 

 the Philijpplnes, apparently introduced and cultivated only. A native of 

 tropical Africa and Asia, now in most tropical countries. 



3< A. saponaria (Lour.) Bl. Gogon-toco, Malatoco (Tag.). 



A small tree 5 to 10 m high. Leaves 30 to 40 cm long; pinnae 4, the 

 upper pair usually longer than the lower; leaflets 4 to 8, gradually larger 

 toward the ends of the pinnae, 5 to 15 cm long, ovate to elliptic-ovate, 

 acuminate, often inequilateral, more or less pubescent. Panicles terminal, 

 pubescent, spreading, 16 to 30 cm loijg. Flowers white, crowded in heads 

 At the ends of the ultimate branchlets, heads in flower 1.6 to 2 cm in 

 diameter. Calyx pubescent. Pods thin, flat, 7 to 18 cm long, 2.5 to 3 cm 

 wide, containing 7 to 12 seeds. 



In thickets, Masambong, fl. Sept.-Oct.; widely distributed in the Philip- 

 pines; Malaya. 



4. A. acle (Blanco) Merr. (Pithecolobiumacle Vid.). Acle (Tag.). 



A tree reaching a height of 20 m or more, glabrous except the; inflores- 

 cence. Leaves bipinnate, the petiole 2 to 5 cm long; pinnae a single pair; 

 leaflets 4 to 8, the upper oftes qf each pinna the largest, 8 to 18 Cm long. 

 Inflorescence axillary, pubescent, of several short panicles. Flowers 10 to 

 16 a» each head, greenish-white, the calyx 3 mm long, the corolla 7 mm 

 long. Pods 20 to 40 cm long, 3.5 to 6 cm wide, indehiscent, inflated opposite 

 the seeds. Seeds 10 to 12 in each pod, about 2 cm long. 



