Allophylus macrostachys (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Allophylus macrostachys Radlk.

Family: Sapindaceae

Vernacular names

• Philippines: bignai-baker (Ilokano), barotangol (Negrito), lingo-lingo (Pangasinan).

Distribution

Endemic to the Philippines.

Uses

The fruits are edible.

Observations

• Shrub or tree with trifoliolate leaves; leaflets obovately-oblong.
• Inflorescences in spikes with white flowers.
• Fruit a subglobose berry.

In secondary and open primary forests at low altitudes. Identity not yet clear.

Selected sources

• Leenhouts, P.W., 1968. A conspectus of the genus Allophylus (Sapindaceae). Blumea 15: 301 358.

• Merrill, E.D., 1923 1925. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants. 4 Volumes. Government of the Philippine Islands, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Printing, Manila.

• Monsalud, M.R., Tongacan, A.L., Lopez, F.R. & Lagrimas, M.Q., 1966. Edible wild plants in Philippine forests. The Philippine Journal of Science 95: 431 561.

Authors

P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen