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Lanagon  PRODUCT NAME

Flacourtia euphlebia Merr.  SCIENTIFIC NAME

Common Name: Lanagon 
Local Name: Lanagon (Mindanao). 
Family: Flacourtiaceae 
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Product Description: A tree-like shrub, about 5m in height, with a trunk about 10cm in diameter. The leaves are alternate, the larger ones about 25cm long by 10cm wide. The margins are finely or coarsely toothed. The fruit occur singly or in small clusters in the leaf axils, are 1-1.25cm in diameter. 
NTFP Classification: Food and food ingredients (plant-derived) 

DISTRIBUTION

Countries Found: Philippines 
Description: This species is reported only from Mindanao and is apparently rare 

USES AND PARTS USED

Parts Used: fruits 
Uses: The fruit is edible 
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Partners: Bureau of Forestry, Philippines

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