Kulasi PRODUCT NAME
Lumnitzera racemosa Willd. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Kulasi |
| Local Name: | Tabau (Iloilo, Tayabas); Sulasi (Rizal, Manila); Kulasi (Bataan). |
| Family: | Combretaceae |
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| Product Description: | A small tree. The leaves are fleshy, green, and shiny, 2.5-7cm in length, the apex rounded and notched, the base pointed, the petioles very short. The flowering shoots are borne in the axils of the leaves and from 2-6cm long. The calyx is green, 5-6mm long, with 5 in number. The stamens are white, about as long as the petals, and 5-10 in number. The fruit is woody, green, oblong, about 1.5 cm rims, and contains a single seed |
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| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | This tree grows in mud in the swamp or in sand at the edge of the swamp |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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