Saurauia elegans
Botanical illustration of Saurauia elegans (using the basionym "Scapha elegans")
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Actinidiaceae
Genus: Saurauia
Species:
S. elegans
Binomial name
Saurauia elegans
Synonyms

Saurauia rugosa Turcz.
Saurauia santosii Merr.
Scapha elegans Choisy

Saurauia elegans is a species of plant in the family Actinidiaceae. It is native to The Philippines.[2] In The Philippines it is commonly called uyok and is used as a traditional medicine for lung ailments and also to decorate food dishes.[3]

Description

It is a tree reaching 20 feet in height.[4] 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.[5][6]

Reproductive biology

The pollen of S. elegans is shed as permanent tetrads.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Energy Development Corporation (EDC) (2022). "Saurauia elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T203176899A203235056. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Saurauia elegans (Choisy) Fern.-Vill". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  3. ↑ Chua-Barcelo, Racquel Tan (2014). "Ethno–botanical survey of edible wild fruits in Benguet, Cordillera administrative region, the Philippines". Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine. 4 (Suppl 1): S525–S538. doi:10.12980/APJTB.4.201414B36. ISSN 2221-1691. PMC 4025321. PMID 25183144.
  4. ↑ Christensen, Carl (1933). "Report of Mount Pinatubo Ferns". Leaflets of Philippine Botany. 9: 3139–3172.
  5. ↑ Choisy, J.-D. (1855). "Mémoire sur les Familles des Ternstroemiacées et Camelliacées". Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève (in French and Latin). 14 (1–2): 91–184.
  6. ↑ Fernández-Villar, Celestino (1880–1883). "Ordines Plantarum Dicotyledonearum". Novissima Appendix ad Floram Philippinarum (in Spanish and Latin). Manila: Establecimiento tipográfico de Plana y C.ª. p. 19.
  7. ↑ Dickison, William C.; Nowicke, Joan W.; Skvarla, John J. (1982). "Pollen Morphology of the Dilleniaceae and Actinidiaceae". American Journal of Botany. 69 (7): 1055. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1982.tb13351.x. ISSN 0002-9122.


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