Buta-buta PRODUCT NAME
Excoecaria agallocha Linn. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Buta-buta |
| Local Name: | Bat’áno (Pangasinan, Cagayan); Buta (Basilan, Bataan, Mindoro, Palawan); Buta-buta (Bataan, Palawan); Lipata (Palawan, Agusan, Camarines); Lipatang-buhai (Palawan); Alipata (Negros); Kulasi (Tayabas, Lanao). |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
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| Product Description: | A small tree, usually not more than 8m in height. The bark is light gray and broadly checked with darker streaks, It contains copious milky sap which is very poisonous, being said even to cause blindness when it touches the eyes. The leaves are alternate, shiny, pointed at the tip, and somewhat rounded at the base, and about 6-12cm long. The flowers are small and densely crowded on slender flowering branches. The male flowers are found on spikes which grow sing singly in the axils of the leaves and are form 5-10cm long. The female flowers occur on branches which are 2-3cm long. The fruits are composed of 3 sections, somewhat rounded, smooth, and about 5mm in diameter. The wood is pale brownish white, and soft |
| NTFP Classification: | Feed, fodder and fuelwood |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | this species growing on firm mud or sand at the edge of the swamp or on relatively firm spots in swamps |
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| Uses: | The trunk is used for fuel |
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| Partners: | trunk |
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