Pedada PRODUCT NAME
Sonneratia alba Sm. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Pedada |
| Local Name: | Payar (Pangasinan); Palapat, Palata, Pagatpat, and Hikau-hikauan (Bataan); Pagatpat (Manila, Bataan); Lukabban, Ilukabban (Cagayan). |
| Family: | Sonneratiaceae |
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| Product Description: | A small tree occurring along the upper stretches of tidal streams, rarely reaches a height of more than 9 meters. One individual with a diameter of 80cm has been reported. The bark contains a moderate proportion of tannin. The wood is whitish and moderately hard. The leaves are thick and leathery, narrow, and taper to a broad, short petiole. They are from 4-10cm long and from 2-4cm wide. The flower singly; the calyx is green, 2.5-3cm, and divided into 6-8 angular lobes which longer than the calyx tube. The petals are 6 in number, narrow, pink or white, and about as long as the calyx segments. The stamens are very numerous and the style long. The fruit is hard, 3-4cm in diameter, rounded but depressed at the apex; the base is surrounded by the calyx tube, the lobes of which still persist when the fruit is mature. The fruit contains many seeds |
| NTFP Classification: | Food and food ingredients (plant-derived), Other commercial and industrial uses |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | This species found occurring along the upper stretches of tidal streams |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | fruits, roots |
| Uses: | The fruit is slightly acid and is used as an article of food and also for making vinegar The air roots are sometimes used for manufacture of wooden soles of shoes |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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