- 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:
- Asparagaceae
- Field_number:
- Herbarium_number:
- Geographic_area_of_collection:
- Siquijor Province, Siquijor, Barangay San Antonio
- Habitat:
- Backyard
- Latitude_longitude:
- Altitude:
- 361 m
- Habit:
- An evergreen shrubby plant
- Height:
- Reach a height of 1_3 m
- Roots:
- Stem:
- Stems simple or few branched; internodes often longer than wide; bark grayish, smooth.
- Leaves:
- Leaves spaced along distal part of stems, subsessile or indistinctly petiolate; petiole to 1 cm, base not completely covering internode; leaf blade nearly sword-shaped to linear-oblanceolate, 20--45 _ 1.5--5.5 cm.
- Inflouresence_and_flowers:
- Inflorescence terminal, branched, 30--50 cm; rachis glabrous. Flowers in clusters of 2 or 3; pedicel 7--8 mm, articulate distally or near apex.
- Fruits:
- The orange, globose berry is 0.8 - 12mm in diameter.
- Seeds:
- Additional_info:
- It is widely grown as an ornamental plant and houseplant
- Collected_by:
- Date_collected:
- Specimen_voucher_identified_by:
- Date_identified:
- Specimen_voucher_kept_at:
- Abstracted_by:
- Ando, JKA
- Date_abstracted:
- 2015-004-19
- Province:
- Siquijor
