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Malasamat (Tag.)

Gonocaryum calleryanum (Baill.) Becc.

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Tree Height: Not provided Leaves: Few, alternate, leathery, smooth, shining, paler beneath, broadly ovate or sub-elliptic. Flowers: Pale white, with small calyx columnar, nut-like, smooth, purplish-black, ellipsoid. Inflorescence is axillary, cymosely short-branched, scarcely longer than the petioles. Fruits: Fruit is nutlike, smooth, purplish-black, ellipsoid, 3 to 4 centimeters long, with a black fibrous husk surrounding a fairly hard, white kernel.

Medicinal Uses & Benefits

Tuberculosis. Preparation: Ibabad ing amut metung sakmal keng metung pitsil keng kilub ning atlung oras. (Soak a handful of roots in 1 L of water for 3 hours.). Part used: Roots

Preparation

Ibabad ing amut metung sakmal keng metung pitsil keng kilub ning atlung oras. (Soak a handful of roots in 1 L of water for 3 hours.)

Location & Habitat

REGION III (CENTRAL LUZON), PAMPANGA, MAGALANG, Terrestrial

Research

Pampanga State Agricultural University: Documentation of Traditonal Knowledge and Practices on Health and Development of a Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health among Ayta Communities in Pampanga

Quick Info

Scientific Name: Gonocaryum calleryanum (Baill.) Becc.
Local Name: Malasamat (Tag.)
Family: Cardiopteridaceae
Category: All
Collected By: Villanueva, SY Ramos, JI Serrano, JC Valencia, KAM Montero, LR Dumaan, SMO
Date Collected: Dec 05, 2019

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