A flora of Manila - Rainforestation

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A FLORA OF MANILA
1. Leaflets small, never more than 5 cm long.
2. Flowers 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.
1. Leaflets large, the upper ones 10 to 18 cm long.
2. Pinnae Avith 2 pairs of leaflets which are pubescent beneath.
2. A. lebbeck
3. A. saponaHa
2. Pinnae with 1 pair of glabrous leaflets 4. A. acle
1. A. procera (Roxb.) Benth. Aninapla; Acleng-parang (Tag.).
An erect, slightly pubescent or nearly glabrous tree 10 to 25 m high.
Leaves about 40 cm long; pinnae 6 to 10, 15 to 20 cm long; leaflets 12 to
20, oblong-elliptic, rounded or retuse, 2 to 5 cm long, somewhat oblique.
Panicles terminal or in the upper axils, up to 20 cm long, diffuse. .Flowers
yellowish-white, in globose heads at the ends of the branchlets, the heads
in flower 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter. Pods oblong, thin, smooth, flattened,
10 to 15 cm long, 2 to 2.4 cm wide, containing 8 to 10 seeds.
In open dry lands, Masambong, fl. Sept.; widely distributed in the Philippines.
India to Malaya.
*2. A. LEBBECK (L.) Benth. Languil (Tag.).
A nearly glabrous or somewhat pubescent tree 8 to 12 m high. Leaves
about 25 cm long; pinnae about 6, 15 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, 3 to 4 cm
in diameter. 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 Philippines, 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, 15 to 30 cm long. Flowers white, crowded in heads
at the ends of the ultimate branchlets, heads in flower 1.5 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 Philippines;
Malaya.
4. A. acle (Blanco) Merr. (Pithecolobiuvi acle Vid.). Acle (Tag.).
A tree reaching a height of 20 m or more, glabrous except the inflorescence.
Leaves bipinnate, the petiole 2 to 5 cm long; pinnae a single pair;
leaflets 4 to 8, the upper ones of each pinna the largest, 8 to 18 cm long.
Inflorescence axillary, pubescent, of several short panicles. Flowers 10 to
15 in each head, greenish-white, the calyx 3 mm long, the corolla 7 mm
long. Pods 20 to 40 cm long, 3.5 to 5 cm wide, indehiscent, inflated opposite
the seeds. Seeds 10 to 12 in each pod, about 2 cm long.