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Gunnera macrophylla

Gunnera macrophylla Blume  [Unverified Identification]


Family Gunneraceae
Local Name Ballai; Ballay
Habit Herb
Habitat Mossy forest
Ethnobotanical Uses FOOD: leaves are used to wrap meat, the stolons are used as straws in drinking tapuy (rice wine);
Collected from Tukucan, Tinoc, Ifugao, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).
Collector(s) O. Apostol, Severino Balangcod, Teodora D. Balangcod, E. Belmonte, Brenilyn S. Siadto, B. Soriano

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