190 MINOR PRODUCTS OP PHILIPPINE FORESTS 



The seeds when administered in the form of a powder are a 

 febrifuge and are regarded as a tonic. 



Distribution: Union, Pangasinan, Tayabas, Bataan, Rizal, 

 Camarines, Mindoro, Palawan, Cebu, Misamis, Davao. 



Genus CASSIA 

 CASSIA A LATA L. AcAPtJLCO. 



Local names: Acapuloo, kapurko (Zamboanga) ; andadasi nga bugbugtong 

 (Unioii) ; andadasi nga dakkel (Pangasinan) ; kasitas (Camarines) ; paka- 

 yonkom (Bataan); palo-china (Negros, Busuanga) ; sunting (Surigao). 



The sap of the leaves is an efficient antiherpetic, especially 

 when the herpes is of the furfuraceous form. 



Distribution : Throughout the settled areas of the Philippines 

 at low and medium altitudes, locally abundant. Occasionally 

 planted. 



CASSIA FISTULA L. CANA-FfSTXJIA. 



Local names: Baldyong (Mindoro) ; cana-fistula or oana-pistula (Ilocos 

 Norte, Cagayan, Laguna, Rizal, Mindoro) ; fistula (Cebu) ; tindalo (Min- 

 doro) . 



The pulp of the fruit is employed as a cathartic. 



Distribution: Ilocos Norte, Cagayan, Bizal, Laguna, Mindoro, 

 Cebu, Occidental and Oriental Negros, Palawan; in cultivation 

 only. Not to be confused with the much more widely distributed 

 native Cassia ^'avanica L., which is almost everywhere known 

 by similar names. 



CASSIA MIMOSOIDES L. KatandA. 



Local name: KatandA (Bukidnon). 



The roots are used as a cure for diarrhea. 



Distribution: Northern Luzon to Mindanao. In open grass- 

 lands at low and medium altitudes, in some regions ascending 

 to 1,500 meters. 



CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS L. AndADAsI. 



Local names: Andadasi (Union); baldtong-dso (Tagalog) ; sunting 

 (Samar) ; tanhbalisa (Zamboanga). 



The seeds are used as a febrifuge. The leaves are purgative 

 and antiherpetic, though not so efficient as those of acapulco 

 {Cassia alata). 



Distribution: Throughout the Philippines, from Cagayan to 

 Zamboanga. 



CASSIA SOPH ERA L. TAMBAliSA. 



Local names: Andadasi (Ilocos Norte, Union); tambalisa (Tagalog). 

 The seeds are used as a febrifuge. 



