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Salingkapaw (Bis.)
 

Euphorbia hirta

 
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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
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Keywords:
Family:
Euphorbiaceae
Field #:
Herbarium #:
Geographic area:
Siquijor Province, Siquijor, Barangay Cantabon
Habitat:
Grasslands and waste places
Latitude /longitude:
Altitude:
394 m
Habit:
A slender-stemmed, annual, hairy, much branched herb.
Height:
0.1 meter height
Roots:
Stem:
Leaves:
The leaves are opposite, lanceolate, distichous, toothed along the margin.
Inflouresence & flowers:
The flowers are very small, in dense round clusters, in the axils of the leaves.
Fruits:
Seeds:
Seeds are tiny, reddish, oblong, in capsules, with a wrinkled surface.
Additional info:
Odourless and bitter
Collected by:
Date collected:
Identified_by:
Date identified:
Specimen kept at:
Abstracted by:
Ando, JKA
Date abstracted:
01/03/2015
Province:
Siquijor

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