 Suetes (Bis.)
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Bixa orillana |
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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:
- Bixaceae
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- Geographic area:
- Siquijor Province, Siquijor, Barangay Cantabon
- Habitat:
- Lowland area
- Latitude /longitude:
- Altitude:
- 476 m
- Habit:
- A tree
- Height:
- 4 to 6 meters
- Roots:
- Stem:
- Leaves:
- Leaves are entire, alternate with long petioles, ovate, 8 to 20 centimeters long, 5 to 12 centimeters wide, with a broad and heart-shaped base, and a pointed tip.
- Inflouresence & flowers:
- The flowers are white or pinkish, 4 to 6 centimeters diameter, 4 to 6 centimeters in diameter on terminal panicles.
- Fruits:
- Fruits are spiny capsules, ovoid or rounded, reddish brown, about 4 centimeters long, and covered with long, slender and soft spines.
- Seeds:
- Fruit dry and split open in two parts exposing many small red seeds covered with a dye-yielding red pulp.
- Additional info:
- Seeds used locally for coloring food.
- Collected by:
- Date collected:
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- Date identified:
- Specimen kept at:
- Abstracted by:
- Ando, JKA
- Date abstracted:
- 29/03/2015
- Province:
- Siquijor