Puriket PRODUCT NAME
Bidens pilosa L. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Puriket |
| Local Name: | Ang-ngua (Benguet); Dadayen (Batanes Is.); Puriket (Bontoc, Union). |
| Family: | Compositae |
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| Product Description: | An erect, branched, more or less hairy herb 0.2-1.5m in height. The leaves are up to 15cm in length, the upper ones usually much smaller. They are once or twice pinnately divided. The flowering heads are about 8mm long, the disc flowers brown or yellowish, the ray ones yellow or nearly white. The seeds are black, 1-1.5cm long, with 4 projections at the apex |
| NTFP Classification: | Exudates and extracts |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | This species is very common and widely distributed from northern Luzon to southern Mindanao |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | other |
| Uses: | This plant is used in making an Igorot wine called sinitsit |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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