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Saurauia latibractea
Saurauia latibractea is a species of plant in the family Actindiaceae. It is native to The Philippines. Jacques Denys Choisy, the Swiss botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its broad (latus in Latin) bracts. In Maranao it is called maragaoaq or tamiagau.
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Description
It is a tree with oval or elliptical leaves that come to a point at their tip. Its leaf margins are serrate. Its flowers are axillary. Its sepals are white. Distribution: Endemic to the Philippines. CATANDUANES, CEBU, LEYTE, LUZON: Albay, Aurora, Bataan, Batangas, Cagayan, Camarines Sur, Ifugao, Laguna, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Quezon, Rizal, Sorsogon, Zambales, MARINDUQUE, MINDORO, PALAUI, PALAWAN, POLILLO.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1126348.