Pianga

Scientific name
Ganua obovatifolia
Family Name
Sapotaceae
Its local name in different regions
Local Name Place
Pianga Ilocos

Conservation Status

Endangered

IUCN

EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC

Endangered

DAO

EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
1/526
2/526
3/526
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Pianga can reach up to:

Height

20 m

Diameter

20 cm

Outer bark reddish brown, wrinkled
Leaves simple, spiral, loosely clustered at tips of twigs, obovate to elliptical, 6-13 cm x 3-7 cm, with 12 lateral nerves, secondary veins joined in arches near margin, glabrous, stipules very small or absent.
Flowers with 4 calyx lobes; sepals (almost) glabrous and often tufted with some dark hairs at apex; about 4mm wide.
Fruits are solitary or in pairs at the axil of the leaves, ellipsoid, pale brown, 2.5 cm long
Low altitude
Occuers in primary forest.

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