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Tacca palmata

 
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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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Family:
Dioscoreaceae
Field #:
Herbarium #:
Geographic area:
Siquijor Province, Siquijor, Barangay Cantabon
Habitat:
Primary forest
Latitude /longitude:
Altitude:
397 m
Habit:
A perennial herb
Height:
0.3 to 0.5 meter height
Roots:
Rootstock is tuberous, ovoid, small, 2 to 4 centimeters in diameter. Petiole is slender, 20 to 30 centimeters long.
Stem:
Leaves:
Leaves are pedately 5- to 7-partite, 15 to 20 centimeters in diameter, thin; segments are oblong to elliptic-oblong, entire, acuminate, the lower two on each side more united than the others.
Inflouresence & flowers:
Flowers are umbellate, pedicelled, purple and green, about 8 millimeters long, the involucre usually of four leaves, the outer two broadly ovate, acuminate, nearly sessile, and 3 to 6 centimeters long; the inner two with constricted bases, petioled.
Fruits:
Fruit is subglobose, fleshy, red, and about 1 centimeter long.
Seeds:
Additional info:
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Date collected:
Identified_by:
Date identified:
Specimen kept at:
Abstracted by:
Ando, JKA
Date abstracted:
07/06/2015
Province:
Siquijor

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