Saurauia elegans

Saurauia elegans
Botanical illustration of Saurauia elegans (using the basionym "Scapha elegans")
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Actinidiaceae
Genus:	Saurauia
Species:	S. elegans
Binomial name
Saurauia elegans (Choisy) Fern.-Vill.
Synonyms
Saurauia rugosaTurcz. Saurauia santosiiMerr. Scapha elegansChoisy

Saurauia elegans is a species of plant in the family Actinidiaceae. It is native to The Philippines. ^[2] In The Philippines it is commonly called uyok and is used as a traditional medicine for lung ailments and also to decorate food dishes. ^[3]

Description

It is a tree reaching 20 feet in height. ^[4] Its twigs are covered in rough hairs. Its leaves are 10.2 – 12.7 centimeters long, 2.7-3.4 cm wide at their base and come to a point at their tip. Its petioles are 0.5 inches long. Its flowers are axillary. Its oval-shaped sepals are 3.4 millimeters long. Its corolla are 6.8 millimeters long. It has numerous stamens and 3 styles. Its seeds are wrinkled and angular. ^{[5] [6]}

Reproductive biology

The pollen of S. elegans is shed as permanent tetrads. ^[7]

References

1. Energy Development Corporation (EDC) (2022). "Saurauia elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T203176899A203235056. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
2. "Saurauia elegans (Choisy) Fern.-Vill". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
3. Chua-Barcelo, Racquel Tan (2014). "Ethno–botanical survey of edible wild fruits in Benguet, Cordillera administrative region, the Philippines". Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine. 4 (Suppl 1): S525 –S538. doi:10.12980/APJTB.4.201414B36. ISSN   2221-1691. PMC   4025321 . PMID   25183144.
4. Christensen, Carl (1933). "Report of Mount Pinatubo Ferns". Leaflets of Philippine Botany. 9: 3139–3172.
5. Choisy, J.-D. (1855). "Mémoire sur les Familles des Ternstroemiacées et Camelliacées". Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève (in French and Latin). 14 (1–2): 91–184.
6. Fernández-Villar, Celestino (1880–1883). "Ordines Plantarum Dicotyledonearum". Novissima Appendix ad Floram Philippinarum (in Spanish and Latin). Manila: Establecimiento tipográfico de Plana y C.ª. p. 19.
7. Dickison, William C.; Nowicke, Joan W.; Skvarla, John J. (1982). "Pollen Morphology of the Dilleniaceae and Actinidiaceae". American Journal of Botany. 69 (7): 1055. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1982.tb13351.x. ISSN   0002-9122.