Balete PRODUCT NAME
Ficus pachyphylla Merr. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Balete |
| Local Name: | Balite (Laguna); Lunug (Negros Occidental); Pasakla (Abra, Itneg). |
| Family: | Moraceae |
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| Product Description: | A strangling fig with alternate, very leathery, smooth, somewhat elliptical leaves, which are 9-15cm in length. The figs are red with yellow scales at the base, and are about 1.5cm in diameter. Strips of bast are colored a uniform pecan brown. |
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DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | This species is widely distributed at low altitudes from northern Luzon to southern Mindanao. |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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