- 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:
- Meliaceae
- Field_number:
- Herbarium_number:
- Geographic_area_of_collection:
- Siquijor Province, Siquijor, Barangay San Antonio
- Habitat:
- Lowland area
- Latitude_longitude:
- Altitude:
- 473 m
- Habit:
- A tree
- Height:
- Growing to a height of 4 to 15 meters
- Roots:
- Stem:
- Leaves:
- Leaves are alternate, 20 to 40 centimeters long, with 5 to 7 leaflets, oblong to oblong-elliptic, 7 to 18 centimeters in length, and pointed at both ends.
- Inflouresence_and_flowers:
- Flowers are small, yellow and borne on spikes, solitary or fascicled on the trunk or larger branches.
- Fruits:
- Fruit is yellowish-white, occurring in bunches on a single stem, ellipsoid or globose, 2 to 4 centimeters long, with bitter seeds that are surrounded by a translucent pulp (arillus).
- Seeds:
- The pulp occurs in five sections with one well-developed seed.
- Additional_info:
- Collected_by:
- Date_collected:
- Specimen_voucher_identified_by:
- Date_identified:
- Specimen_voucher_kept_at:
- Abstracted_by:
- Ando, JKA
- Date_abstracted:
- 15/02/2015
- Province:
- Siquijor
