Pandakaki PRODUCT NAME
Tabernaemontana pandacaqui Poir. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Pandakaki |
| Local Name: | Agagbulin (Cagayan); Agtimaloi (Bukidnon); Alibutbut (Tarlac, Guimaras Is., Camarines, Masbate, Cuyo Is.); Atibutbut (Masbate); Banganga (Davao); Busbusilas (Cagayan); Kampupot (Rizal); Kulibutbut (Pangasinan); Kuribo bot (Ilocos Sur, Abra); Pandakaki (Marindoque Is., Manila, Bataan, Zambales, Tayabas, Camarines, Cagayan, Ilocos Sur, Bulacan, Surigao); Pandakaki-itim (Bataan); Pandakaki-puti (Camarines); Pandakasi (Mindoro); Tigpud (Negros Occidental); Tungkal (Culion Is.). |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
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| Product Description: | An erect, smooth shrub 1-4m high. The leaves are pointed at both ends, 5-12cm long, and have short petioles. The corolla is white and from 2-2.5cm in diameter, with 5 spreading lobes. The fruits are longitudinally ridged, 2-4cm long, and when mature are red or yellowish red |
| NTFP Classification: | Exudates and extracts |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | This species is widely distributed in the Philippines in forests and open lands, but is not found outside of the Archipelago |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | leaves, leaflets |
| Uses: | The leaves are used as a bleaching agent |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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