Kibatalia gitingensis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Kibatalia gitingensis (Elmer) Woodson

Protologue: Philipp. Journ. Sci., Bot. 60: 216 (1936).

Family: Apocynaceae

• Kickxia gitingensis Elmer (1912),
• Vallaris angustifolia Merr. (1912),
• Vallaris gitingensis (Elmer) Merr. (1915)

• Philippines: laniting gubat (Tagalog), laniti (Bisaya).

The Philippines (Luzon, Catanduanes, Leyte, northern Mindanao).

K. gitingensis is used in the same way as K. blancoi.

• A tree up to 30 m tall.
• Leaves narrowly elliptical to narrowly ovate, 4-10 cm × 0.8-4 cm, with 2-8 colleters in the leaf axils.
• Inflorescence a congested 4-24-flowered cymose cluster, sepals shortly united with 2-4 colleters inside, corolla very variable, the lobes 1-2 times as long as the tube.
• Fruit consisting or 2 mericarps, usually only 1 fully developed, narrowly ellipsoid, 8-26 cm × 0.3-0.4 cm.

K. gitingensis is found in hill forest at 150-525 m altitude.

• [283] Endress, M.E. & Bruyns, P.V., 2000. A revised classification of the Apocynaceae s.l. Botanical Review 66(1): 1—56.
• [810] Quisumbing, E., 1978. Medicinal plants of the Philippines. Katha Publishing Co., Quezon City, the Philippines. 1262 pp.

• Kibatalia (Medicinal plants)
• Kibatalia (Timbers)

• Rudjiman