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Small-leaf Salago PRODUCT NAME

Wikstroemia indica (L.) C. E. Mey. SCIENTIFIC NAME

Common Name: Small-leaf Salago
Local Name: Baleo (Ilocos Norte); Salago or Talo (Albay); Titipuho (Ilocos Sur).
Family: Thymelaeaceae
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Product Description: A shrub 1-2m in height. The leaves are opposite, leathery, widest near the middle, somewhat rounded at the tip, pointed at the base, and 1.5-7cm long. The flowers are small and yellow; the fruits small and red
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Countries Found: Philippines
Description: This species is distributed from northern Luzon to southern Mindanao

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Partners: Bureau of Forestry, Philippines

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