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Champakang-Puti PRODUCT NAME

Michelia longifolia Blume. SCIENTIFIC NAME

Common Name: Champakang-puti
Local Name: Filipino: Champakang-puti
Family: Magnoliaceae
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Product Description: A small tree with white flowers. The purified from flowers are somewhat dark green in color. According to Brooks the oil contains linalool, methyl eugenol, methyl-ethyl-acetic acid, and acetic acid. The odor of the oil is chiefly that of the methyl or ethyl ester of methyl-ethyl-acetic acid
NTFP Classification: Exudates and extracts

DISTRIBUTION

Countries Found: Philippines
Description: It is a native of Java and is occasionally cultivated in Manila.

USES AND PARTS USED

Parts Used: flowers
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Partners: Bureau of Forestry, Philippines

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