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Yellow doggie / Tahid Labuyo-Vanieria Cochinchinensis |
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Written by Bonsai King
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Wednesday, 16 December 2009 16:25 |
Local Name:
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Yellow doggie / Tahid Labuyo
kokom-pusa, patdang-laburo, talobtob, tatlolong
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Scientific Name:
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Vanieria Cochinchinensis / Maclura cochinchinensis (Lour.) Corner
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Family:
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Moraceae |
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Habitat
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| Yellow Doggie or Tahid Labuyo can be found in China, Eastern Asia, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Australia, New Caledonia |
Propagation
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| By Seed and Layering |
Comments
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A scandent or strangling, smooth shrub, growing upto 4 meters in length, the branches are armed with stout, sharp, straight, or somewhat recurved spines, 1 to 1.5 centimeters long. The leaves are elliptic-ovate to oblong-ovate or oblong-obovate, 3 to 8 centimeters long, shining, the tip tapering to a short point, and the base rounded. The heads are solitary or in pairs, rounded, and short peduncled. The female heads are 7 to 8 millimeters in diameter, yellowish, dense, and in fruit, fleshy and up to 5 centimeters in diameter.
As to its medicinal properties, in the Philippines a decoction of the roots is given to alleviate, coughing, and for gastralgia. Burkill reports that in Sarawak the plant is used after childbirth. In the Moluccas the ground wood is made into paste and applied as a cooling agent in fevers. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 15 January 2010 12:32 |