Burakan (Talaingod manobo) (vine)
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Merremia sp.
Authors:
Paluga MJ, Cabero JD, Millondaga KJI, Ragrario AMM, Galang RM, Sia IC
Title:
Phase II Documentation of Philippine Traditional Knowledge and Practices on Health and Development of Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health for Selected Ethnolinguistic Groups: The TALAINGOD MANOBO people of Sitio Laslasakan, Sitio Bagang, and Sitio Nalubas, Barangay Palma Gil, Talaingod, Davao del Norte
Source:
Technical report
Keywords:
Merremia sp., Burakan, Davao del Norte, Talaingod, Palma Gil, Sitio Nalubas
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Field_number:
Herbarium_number:
Geographic_area_of_collection:
Davao del Norte, Talaingod, Palma Gil, Sitio Nalubas
Habitat:
Forest
Latitude_longitude:
N7 44.898 E125 29.561
Altitude:
741.85 meters
Habit:
Climber
Height:
30 m.
Roots:
Tuber
Stem:
The stems have a milky juice.
Leaves:
Leaves peltate, almost round, but with an abruptly acuminate or mucronate apex, up to 30 cm across, glabrous.
Inflouresence_and_flowers:
Inflorescences axillary, up to 40 cm long with several to many flowers. Sepals 20 mm long, corolla funnel-shaped 5-7 cm long, usually white, but yellow-flowered forms occur in W. Malaysia (van Ooststroom and Hoogland, 1953).
Fruits:
Seeds:
Additional_info:
http://www.cabi.org/isc/?compid=5&dsid=33476&loadmodule=datasheet&page=481&site=144
Collected_by:
Paluga MJD, Ragrario AMM, Millondaga KJI, Cabero JD
Date_collected:
2013-05-09
Specimen_voucher_identified_by:
Ferreras UF, Vendivil WF
Date_identified:
2013-07-13
Specimen_voucher_kept_at:
Manila, Ermita, UP Manila, Medical Annex, Salcedo Hall, NDIC , 3rd Floor, Room 302
Abstracted_by:
Cabero JD
Date_abstracted:
2014-03-10
Province:
Davao - Talaingod