Saurauia elegans
| Saurauia elegans | |
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| Botanical illustration of Saurauia elegans using the basionym "Scapha elegans". | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Actinidiaceae |
| Genus: | Saurauia |
| Species: | S. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Saurauia elegans | |
| Synonyms | |
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Saurauia rugosa Turcz. | |
Saurauia elegans is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to The Philippines.[1] In The Philippines it is commonly called Uyok and is used as a traditional medicine for lung ailments and also to decorate food dishes.[2]
Description
It is a tree reaching 20 feet in height.[3] Its twigs are covered in rough hairs. Its leaves are 10.2 – 12.7 centimeters long, 2.7-3.4 cm wide at their base and come to a point at their tip. Its petioles are 0.5 inches long. Its flowers are axillary. Its oval-shaped sepals are 3.4 millimeters long. Its corolla are 6.8 millimeters long. It has numerous stamens and 3 styles. Its seeds are wrinkled and angular.[4][5]
Reproductive biology
The pollen of S. elegans is shed as permanent tetrads.[6]
References
- ^ "Saurauia elegans (Choisy) Fern.-Vill". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
- ^ Chua-Barcelo, Racquel Tan (2014). "Ethno–botanical survey of edible wild fruits in Benguet, Cordillera administrative region, the Philippines". Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine. 4 (Suppl 1): S525–S538. doi:10.12980/APJTB.4.201414B36. ISSN 2221-1691. PMC 4025321. PMID 25183144.
- ^ Christensen, Carl (1933). "Report of Mount Pinatubo Ferns". Leaflets of Philippine Botany. 9: 3139–3172.
- ^ Choisy, J.-D. (1855). "Mémoire sur les Familles des Ternstroemiacées et Camelliacées". Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève (in French and Latin). 14 (1–2): 91–184.
- ^ Fernández-Villar, Celestino (1880–1883). "Ordines Plantarum Dicotyledonearum". Novissima Appendix ad Floram Philippinarum (in Spanish and Latin). Manila: Establecimiento tipográfico de Plana y C.ª. p. 19.
- ^ Dickison, William C.; Nowicke, Joan W.; Skvarla, John J. (1982). "Pollen Morphology of the Dilleniaceae and Actinidiaceae". American Journal of Botany. 69 (7): 1055. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1982.tb13351.x. ISSN 0002-9122.
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