Additional Info

• Genus:Caryota
• Species:rumphiana
• Field Collection Number:73
• Common Name:Pugahan Tagabunga
• Dialect:WarayBisaya
• Collector:Ren Divien Obeña
• Date Collected:Tuesday, 01 January 2019
• Island or Province:ParanasSamar
• Locality:Brgy. Tenani
• Habitat:Forest over limestone
• Plot:3
• Altitude (masl):240 385
• Coordinates:11.812368; 125.164569
• Topography:Karst landscape
• Habit:Tree
• Height of plant:2 m
• DBH (cm):3.18
• Flower:Massive inflorescence, cream to yellow, 1.8m long.
• Fruit:Young capsules obovate, about 7mm long, rather densely hirsute with pale, stiff, spreading hairs
• Economic Uses:Young leaves and inflorescences are eaten as vegetable, fruits are also edible.
• Herbarium Accession Number:7133
• Family:Arecaceae