 Banban (Bis.)
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Donax cannaeformis |
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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:
- Marantaceae
- Field #:
- Herbarium #:
- Geographic area:
- Siquijor Province, Siquijor, Barangay Cantabon
- Habitat:
- Primary forest
- Latitude /longitude:
- Altitude:
- Habit:
- A rhizomatous shrub
- Height:
- 5 to 8 meters high
- Roots:
- Stem:
- Stems up to 2 to 3 meters tall, several growing in a cluster, smooth, and widely branched.
- Leaves:
- Leaves are short-petioled, thin, smooth, ovate, 15 to 18 centimeters long and 9 centimeters wide.
- Inflouresence & flowers:
- Fruits:
- Fruit is globoid to ellipsoid, slightly hairy, about 1 centimeter in diameter, and whitish.
- Seeds:
- Seeds are oblong, grooved and strongly wrinkled.
- Additional info:
- Collected by:
- Date collected:
- Identified_by:
- Date identified:
- Specimen kept at:
- Abstracted by:
- Ando, JKA
- Date abstracted:
- 12/07/2015
- Province:
- Siquijor