Family Name
MENISPERMACEAE
Scientific Name
Pericampylus sp.
Synonyms
No synonyms
Local Names
Silong-pugo gubat (Tag.)
Botanical Description
A twiner. Stem 0.1 – 0.4 cm or more in diameter, outer bark brown to dark brown. Leaves alternate, simple, entire, young stem orbicular, cordate when mature, apex bluntly acute, base peltate to shallowly cordate when mature; blade 4.8 – 5.5 cm long, 5.6 -8.5 cm broad; petiole 3.5 – 7.5 cm long, 0.1 – 0.3 cm in diameter.; venation palmately netted, actinodromous with 5 prominent nerves. Inflorescence axillary cymes. Fruit drupe, subglobose.
Distribution Ecology
Low and medium elevation open thickets and secondary forests.
Other Economic Uses
No information available.
Volume Estimate
No information available
