A flora of Manila - Rainforestation

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A FLORA OP MANILA
the trunk, giving the plant the appearance of a small palm, oblanceolate,
acute or acuminate, coriaceous, up to 80 cm in length, narrowed to the
slightly cordate base, subsessile or shortly petioled, the margins coarsely
and irregularly sinuate-toothed; stipules lanceolate, persistent, 5 to 7 cm
long. Receptacles dark-green, ovoid, obscurely angular, 3 to 4 cm long,
usually in pairs on short peduncles in the axils of the leaves. (Fl. Filip.
pi. S56.)
In thickets near San Pedro Macati, also cultivated in the old Botanic
Garden, fl. all the year; w^idely distributed in the Philippines at low altitudes.
Endemic.
2. F. nota (Blanco) Merr. Tibig (Tag.).
An erect tree 4 to 8 m high, more or less pubescent. Leaves oblong
to oblong-obovate, 15 to 35 cm long, acuminate, base somewhat inequilateral,
cordate, margins distantly and irregularly toothed, the teeth small, more
or less pubescent, not or slightly roughened. Receptacles borne in large
masses on special, branched inflorescences springing directly from the
trunk and from the larger branches, 10 to 25 cm in length, frequently
very dense, the receptacles themselves subglobose, green or when mature
yelloAvish, fleshy, 2 to 3.5 cm in diameter.
Occasional in thickets and not uncommon in yards etc., fl. all the year;
throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes. Endemic.
3. F. odorata (Blanco) Merr. Paquiling (Tag.).
A tree 6 to 9 m high, very fragrant in drying, the leaves harsh, the
upper surface with numerous hard papillae, the lower surface also rough
and more or less pubescent, very strongly inequilateral and obliquely cordate,
one basal lobe broad and rounded, the other usually acute, 15 to 25 cm
long, acuminate, margins obscurely toothed. Receptacles axillary, solitary,
sessile, subglobose, densely hirsute, yellowish when mature, 1.5 to 2.5 cm in
diameter. (Fl. Filip. pi. 358.)
Occasionally cultivated in our area, fl. all the year, the rough leaves being
used for scouring purposes; widely distributed in the Philippines. Endemic.
4. F. ulmifolia Lam. (F. sinuosa Miq.). Isis, Asis (Tag.) ; Hagupit (Vis.)
Uplas (XL).
A shrub usually from 3 to 5 m high. Leaves alternate, variable, very
harsh, oblong, sub-entire or undulately lobed or coarsely toothed, sometimes
deeply and narrowly lobed, acuminate, base rounded, 3-nei'ved, often ine-
quilateral, 9 to 17 cm long, 4 to 8 cm wide. Fruits axillary, solitary or in
pairs, soft and fleshy when matui'e, orange-red to purplish, ovoid to ellipsoid,
about 1.5 cm long, the peduncles about 5 mm long.
Rather common in thickets, etc., fl. all the year; throughout the Philippines,
very variable^Endemic.
5. F. cumingii Miq. Isis, Isis na puti (Tag.).
An erect shrub or small tree 2 to 8 m high, glabrous, or the young branch-
lets somewhat pubescent. Leaves opposite, linear to lanceolate or oblanceolate,
slightly or decidedly scabrid, rough to the touch or sometimes nearly
smooth, 8 to 20 cm long, acuminate, base usually acute and somewhat
3-nerved, margins entire or irregularly toothed, the nerves distant, distinct,
spreading, interarching near the margins. Receptacles axillary, solitary
or more often in pairs, peduncled, subglobose, 1 to 1.3 cm in diameter, smooth
or somewhat roughened, brownish or reddish when mature.
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