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'''''Ziziphus talanai''''', with common names are '''balakat''', '''aligamen''', and '''talanai''', is a species of [[tree]] in the family [[Rhamnaceae]].
'''''Ziziphus talanae''''', the '''balakat''', '''aligamen''', or '''talanai''', is a species of tree in the family [[Rhamnaceae]].


==Distribution==
==Distribution==
''Ziziphus talanai'' is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Luzon]] and [[Visayas]], in the [[Philippines]],<ref name=iucn>[[World Conservation Monitoring Centre]] 1998. [https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/33326/all ''Ziziphus talanai''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627000000/http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/33326/all |date=June 27, 2014 }}. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627000000/http://www.iucnredlist.org |date=June 27, 2014 }}. Downloaded on 24 August 2007.</ref> The tree is found in the Philippinean Limestone Forest ecoregion.<ref>http://www.terrestrial-biozones.net/Paleotropic%20Vegetation/Philippinean%20Vegetation.pdf</ref>
''Ziziphus talanae'' is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Luzon]] and [[Visayas]], in the Philippines,<ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=World Conservation Monitoring Centre |date=1998 |title=''Ziziphus talanae'' |volume=1998 |page=e.T33326A9776687 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33326A9776687.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> The tree is found in the Philippinean Limestone Forest ecoregion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.terrestrial-biozones.net/Paleotropic%20Vegetation/Philippinean%20Vegetation.pdf|format=PDF|title=Plant Formations in the Philippinean BioProvince|author=Peter Martin Rhind|website=Terrestrial-biozones.net|access-date=15 March 2022}}</ref>
Its <ref>[http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/SEA/Products/AFDbases/WD/asps/DisplayDetail.asp?SpecID=3664 ''Zizipuz talanai''] ''Worldagroforestrycentre.org'', Retrieved on 6 November 2007.</ref>


==Uses==
==Uses==
In [[Antique (province)|Antique Province]], its bark is used medicinally for diseases from [[ringworm]] to [[urinary tract infections]]. Studies have shown that the bark does indeed have antimicrobial properties.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://journals.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/PAS/article/view/346/304 |title=Anti-Mycobacterium phlei activity of the bark of Ziziphus talanai (Blanco) Merrill |author1=Anas, A. R. J. |author2=Villaseñor, I. M. |author3=Matsuura, H. |author4=Okino, T. | journal=Philippine Agricultural Scientist |year=2009
In [[Antique (province)|Antique Province]], its bark is used medicinally for diseases from [[ringworm]] to [[urinary tract infections]]. Studies have shown that the bark does have antimicrobial properties.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://journals.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/PAS/article/view/346/304 |title=Anti-Mycobacterium phlei activity of the bark of ''Ziziphus talanai'' (Blanco) Merrill |author1=Anas, A. R. J. |author2=Villaseñor, I. M. |author3=Matsuura, H. |author4=Okino, T. | journal=Philippine Agricultural Scientist |year=2009
|volume=92 |issue=4 |pages=388–391 |issn=0031-7454 }}</ref>
|volume=92 |issue=4 |pages=388–391 |issn=0031-7454 }}</ref>


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==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Ziziphus|talanai]]
[[Category:Ziziphus|talanae]]
[[Category:Endemic flora of the Philippines]]
[[Category:Endemic flora of the Philippines]]
[[Category:Flora of Luzon]]
[[Category:Flora of Luzon]]
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[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Elmer Drew Merrill]]





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Ziziphus talanae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Ziziphus
Species:
Z. talanae
Binomial name
Ziziphus talanae

Ziziphus talanae, the balakat, aligamen, or talanai, is a species of tree in the family Rhamnaceae.

Distribution[edit]

Ziziphus talanae is endemic to Luzon and Visayas, in the Philippines,[1] The tree is found in the Philippinean Limestone Forest ecoregion.[2]

Uses[edit]

In Antique Province, its bark is used medicinally for diseases from ringworm to urinary tract infections. Studies have shown that the bark does have antimicrobial properties.[3]

The city of Mabalacat in Pampanga Province was named after it in 1712, using the indigenous Negrito word mabalacat meaning "forest of balakat."

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Ziziphus talanae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T33326A9776687. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33326A9776687.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Peter Martin Rhind. "Plant Formations in the Philippinean BioProvince" (PDF). Terrestrial-biozones.net. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  3. ^ Anas, A. R. J.; Villaseñor, I. M.; Matsuura, H.; Okino, T. (2009). "Anti-Mycobacterium phlei activity of the bark of Ziziphus talanai (Blanco) Merrill". Philippine Agricultural Scientist. 92 (4): 388–391. ISSN 0031-7454.