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Aratiles (Tag.)

Aratiles (Tag.)

Muntingia calabura L.

Skin

A fast growing tree. Height: 5 to 10 meters high Leaves: Leaves are hairy, sticky, alternate, distichous, oblong-ovate to broadly oblong-lanceolate, 8 to 13 centimeters long, with toothed margins, pointed apex and inequilateral base, one side rounded and the other acute. Flowers: Flowers are about 2 centimeters in diameter, white, extra-axillary, solitary or in pairs. Sepals are 5, green, reflexed, lanceolate, about 1 centimeter long. Petals are white, obovate, 1 centimeter long, deciduous and spreading. Fruits: Fruit is a berry, rounded, about 1.5 centimeter in diameter, red on ripening, smooth, fleshy, sweet and many seeded.

Medicinal Uses & Benefits

Sakit ang tiyan (stomachache). Preparation: Boil the chopped bark of mansanitas in a liter of water for 15 minutes.. Part used: Bark | High blood. Preparation: Soak 21 leaves overnight in glass of lukewarm water.. Part used: Leaves

Preparation

Boil the chopped bark of mansanitas in a liter of water for 15 minutes. | Soak 21 leaves overnight in glass of lukewarm water.

Location & Habitat

REGION VII (CENTRAL VISAYAS), SIQUIJOR, SAN JUAN, In waste places and around settlements, secondary forest | REGION VII (CENTRAL VISAYAS), SIQUIJOR, SAN JUAN

Research

Siquijor State College: Documentation of Philippine Traditional Knowledge and Practices on Health and Development of Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health: FOLK HEALING PRACTICES of SIQUIJOR ISLAND : Phase 2

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Aratiles (Tag.)
Aratiles (Tag.)
Aratiles (Tag.)
Aratiles (Tag.)
Aratiles (Tag.)

Quick Info

Scientific Name
Muntingia calabura L.
Local Name
Aratiles (Tag.)
Family
Rhamnaceae
Category
Skin
Collected By
Not provided
Date Collected
Jun 28, 2026
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