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|name = ''Ziziphus talanai''
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|regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|genus = Ziziphus
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
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|unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
|authority = ([[Francisco Manuel Blanco|Blanco]]) [[Merr.]]
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|genus = ''[[Ziziphus]]''
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'''''Ziziphus talanai''''', with common names are '''balakat''', '''aligamen''', and '''talanai''', is a species of [[tree]] in the [[Rhamnaceae]] family.
'''''Ziziphus talanai''''', with common names are '''balakat''', '''aligamen''', and '''talanai''', is a species of [[tree]] in the [[Rhamnaceae]] family.

Revision as of 04:04, 11 November 2017

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. talanai
Binomial name
Ziziphus talanai

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

Distribution

Ziziphus talanai is endemic to Luzon and Visayas, in the Philippines,[2] The tree is found in the Philippinean Limestone Forest ecoregion.[3] Its [4]

Uses

In 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.[5]

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

References

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference iucn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Ziziphus talanai Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 24 August 2007.
  3. ^ http://www.terrestrial-biozones.net/Paleotropic%20Vegetation/Philippinean%20Vegetation.pdf
  4. ^ Zizipuz talanai Worldagroforestrycentre.org, Retrieved on 6 November 2007.
  5. ^ 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.