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Candle tree

Parmentiera cereifera

Photo by Alan Cajes
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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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PublishedOctober 5, 2015

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