Saurauia elegans explained

Saurauia elegans is a species of plant in the family Actinidiaceae. It is native to The Philippines.^[1] In The Philippines it is commonly called uyok and is used as a traditional medicine for lung ailments and also to decorate food dishes.^[2]

Description

It is a tree reaching 20 feet in height.^[3] Its twigs are covered in rough hairs. Its leaves are 10.2 – 12.7 centimeters long, 2.7-3.4 cm wide at their base and come to a point at their tip. Its petioles are 0.5 inches long. Its flowers are axillary. Its oval-shaped sepals are 3.4 millimeters long. Its corolla are 6.8 millimeters long. It has numerous stamens and 3 styles. Its seeds are wrinkled and angular.^{[4] [5]}

Reproductive biology

The pollen of S. elegans is shed as permanent tetrads.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Saurauia elegans (Choisy) Fern.-Vill.. . n.d. . Plants of the World Online . The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . February 12, 2019.
2. Chua-Barcelo. Racquel Tan. Ethno–botanical survey of edible wild fruits in Benguet, Cordillera administrative region, the Philippines. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine. 4. 2014. Suppl 1. S525–S538. 2221-1691. 10.12980/APJTB.4.201414B36. 25183144. 4025321.
3. Christensen . Carl . 1933 . Report of Mount Pinatubo Ferns . Leaflets of Philippine Botany . 9 . 3139–3172.
4. Choisy . J.-D. . 1855 . Mémoire sur les Familles des Ternstroemiacées et Camelliacées . French, Latin . Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève . 14 . 1–2 . 91–184.
5. Book: Fernández-Villar, Celestino . 1880–1883 . Ordines Plantarum Dicotyledonearum. Novissima Appendix ad Floram Philippinarum . Spanish, Latin . Manila . Establecimiento tipográfico de Plana y C.ª . 19.
6. Dickison . William C. . Nowicke . Joan W. . Joan W. Nowicke . Skvarla . John J. . 1982 . Pollen Morphology of the Dilleniaceae and Actinidiaceae . American Journal of Botany . 69 . 7 . 1055 . 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1982.tb13351.x . 0002-9122.