Baguio Pine
Pinus kesiya
17.0845, 120.901
Field Notes
Description:
Tall trees growing to 20 meters or more. Bark is dark brown, irregularly flaking, deeply fissured. Wood with numberous resin canals. Branches are spreading, longest at the base and shorter upwards. Needles are in fascicles of 3s with a persistent sheath, dark green, and up to 22 cm long. Cones are ovoid, up to 8 cm long, 3-5 cm diameter, solitary or in pairs, brown in color.
Limited folkloric medicinal use in the Philippines.
In the Mountain Province, latex rubbed over arthritic pains.
Habitat:
Found in the elevated areas of Baguio City and the mountain province. Occasionally seen in the Metro Manila and other lowland areas, albeit, growing poorly.
Notes:
Informations entered here were extracted from:
http://www.stuartxchange.org/BaguioPine.html
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PublishedNovember 5, 2013
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