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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:
Malvaceae
Field #:
Herbarium #:
Geographic area:
Siquijor Province, Siquijor, Barangay Cantabon
Habitat:
A weed in waste and grassy places or backyard
Latitude /longitude:
Altitude:
494 m
Habit:
An erect, branched, slightly hairy or neary smooth, half-woody shrub
Height:
Growing to a height of a meter or less.
Roots:
Stem:
Leaves:
Leaves are lanceolate, 3 to 5 centimeters long, with toothed margins, pointed tip and blunt or rounded base.
Inflouresence & flowers:
Flowers are yellow, about 1.3 centimeters in diameter, borne singly at the axils of the leaves.??
Fruits:
Fruit is a capsule about 3.5 millimeters long, with two projections and consists of 4 to 9 carpels enclosed by the calyx.
Seeds:
Additional info:
Collected by:
Date collected:
Identified_by:
Date identified:
Specimen kept at:
Abstracted by:
Ando, JKA
Date abstracted:
08/03/2015
Province:
Siquijor

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