- Authors:
- Mansueto, Josel B, Sia,Isidro C, de la Pena, Mario
- Title:
- Documentation of Philippine Traditional Knowledge and Practices on Health and Development of Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health - FOLK HEALING PRACTICES of SIQUIJOR ISLAND
- Source:
- Keywords:
- Family:
- Menispermaceae
- Field_number:
- Herbarium_number:
- Geographic_area_of_collection:
- Siquijor Province, Siquijor, Barangay Cantabon
- Habitat:
- Lowland area
- Latitude_longitude:
- Altitude:
- 346 m
- Habit:
- A forest liana, ie, a woody, perennial, climbing plant
- Height:
- 0.5-1 meters
- Roots:
- Stem:
- A very long stem growing from the ground level to the canopy of trees. Old stems are about 5 centimeters thick, with a gray bark and yellow wood.??
- Leaves:
- Leaves are leathery, smooth, broadly ovate, 16 centimeters wide and 16 centimeters long, the tip abruptly pointed, the base obtusely round or subtruncate, with 5 veins radiating from the base, with one or two lateral nerves arising from the midvein above the middle.
- Inflouresence_and_flowers:
- Inflorescence is axillary, pendulous and spicately panicled, usually clustered along the stems. Flowers are fragrant, yellowish, crowded and stalkless.
- Fruits:
- Fruit is nearly spherical, about 2centimeters in diameter, green or yellowish green.
- Seeds:
- Additional_info:
- Collected_by:
- Date_collected:
- Specimen_voucher_identified_by:
- Date_identified:
- Specimen_voucher_kept_at:
- Abstracted_by:
- Ando, JKA
- Date_abstracted:
- 05/07/2015
- Province:
- Siquijor