Dao

Scientific name
Dracontomelon dao
Family Name
Anacardiaceae
Its local name in different regions
Local Name Place
Lupigi Cagayan
Makadaog Ilocos
Maliyan Southern Tagalog

Conservation Status

Least Concern

IUCN

EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC

Vulnerable

DAO

EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
1/526
2/526
3/526
4/526

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Dao can reach up to:

Height

45 m

Diameter

100 cm

bark surface irregularly scaly, greyish-brown with brown or greenish patches, inner bark pink or red
Leaves arranged spirally, crowded towards the ends of twigs, large, imparipinnate; leaf rachis 6-25(-44) cm long, leaflets (7-)9-19, alternate to opposite, 4.5-20(-27) cm x 2-7(-10.5) cm, glabrous or sometimes pubescent below, with hairy domatia
Inflorescence axillary or terminal, paniculate; bracts and bracteoles caducous; flowers bisexual, actinomorphic, 5-merous, slightly fragrant, white to greenish-white, 7-10 mm long, in panicles of up to 50 cm long; petals valvate but imbricate at the apical part, puberulous outside or on both surfaces, or glabrous; stamens 10, in 2 whorls, those opposite the calyx lobes longer than those alternating with them, filaments glabrous, anthers dorsified, disk intrastaminal, puberulous but glabrescent, or glabrous; pistil composed of 5 carpels which are free but connate at base and apically, ovary superior, 5-celled with a single ovule in each cell, styles 5, stigma capitate with the stigmatic tissue latera
Fruit a drupe, globose, 5-celled, or seemingly 1-celled by abortion, each cell with a distinct operculum, endocarp woody and hard. Seed pendulous from an apical, axial placenta
0-500
primary or secondary, evergreen or semi-deciduous (monsoon) forest
Seed should be extracted immediately after the fleshy fruits have been collected. Pulp and seed can be separated by maceration. There are 520-620 seeds/kg. Seeds are recalcitrant and there is a 33 % germination when sown fresh and no germination at all after 6 months under ambient conditions in Java. In Malaysia, 85-95 % of fresh seeds germinate after 28-67 days

Seeds

Cuttings

primary or secondary, evergreen or semi-deciduous (monsoon) forest

Planting

Seed should be extracted immediately after the fleshy fruits have been collected. Pulp and seed can be separated by maceration. There are 520-620 seeds/kg. Seeds are recalcitrant and there is a 33 % germination when sown fresh and no germination at all after 6 months under ambient conditions in Java. In Malaysia, 85-95 % of fresh seeds germinate after 28-67 days

Its fruit and the kernel of the seed is edible while its bark is used against dysentery. Leaves and flowers of this tree is used as traditional medicine. Wood is used for veneers, furniture, plywood, interior trim and light frames. It is also used as musical instruments, novelties

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