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Muntingia calabura

Muntingia calabura L.  [Unverified Identification]


Family Muntingiaceae
Local Name Aratiles (Tagalog), Mansanita (Ilokano)
Habit Shrub to small tree
Habitat Mountain slopes and plains
Special Notes Fruit bearing, the trunk is white in color
Ethnobotanical Uses FOOD: fruit is edible;
Collected from Bayabas, Sablan, Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).
Collector(s) Dispo, Fabro, Ringcodan, Solomon, Tamayo

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