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Candle tree
Parmentiera cereifera
14.1564, 121.203
Field Notes
Description:
This tree grows up to 6 meters tall. The oppositely-arranged leaves are each made up of three leaflets. They are borne on winged petioles up to 5 centimeters long. The flower is solitary or borne in a cluster of up to four. The five-lobed corolla is greenish white. The fruit is a taper-shaped berry up to 60 centimeters long. It is green, ripening yellow, and waxy in texture. The fleshy fruit is edible (Wikipedia).
Habitat:
Mount Makiling Botanical Garden
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