- 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:
- Piperaceae
- Field_number:
- Herbarium_number:
- Geographic_area_of_collection:
- Siquijor Province, Siquijor, Barangay San Antonio
- Habitat:
- Waste area or pasture land
- Latitude_longitude:
- Altitude:
- 404 m
- Habit:
- An erect, branched, annual herb, shallow rooted
- Height:
- Reaching up to 40 centimeters high
- Roots:
- Stem:
- Very succulent stems. Stems are round, often about 5 millimeters thick.
- Leaves:
- Leaves are alternate, heart-shaped and turgid, as transparent and smooth as candle wax.
- Inflouresence_and_flowers:
- Tiny dot-like flowers scattered along solitary and leaf-opposed stalk (spike); naked; maturing gradually from the base to the tip; turning brown when ripe.
- Fruits:
- Seeds:
- Additional_info:
- Leaves and stems may be eaten as vegetable.
- Collected_by:
- Date_collected:
- Specimen_voucher_identified_by:
- Date_identified:
- Specimen_voucher_kept_at:
- Abstracted_by:
- Ando, JKA
- Date_abstracted:
- 08/03/2015
- Province:
- Siquijor
