Molave

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  • Scientific Name: Vitex parviflora
  • Family: Verbenaceae
  • Common Name: “tugas”
  • Size: is a medium size tree which grows to 15 meters, the leaves are compound with three leaflets.
  • Fruit: the fruits are round, dark blue, 5 mm in size.
  • Characteristics: strong and rough durable wood.
  • Propagation: sexual and asexual method,
    Miniature molave trees (tugas lanhan).

    In particular, the molave tree can also be propagated by bare root transplanting of wildlings and through asexual (or vegetative) method using stem cuttings.

  • Botany: Molave is a tree that reaches a height of 8 to 15 meters, smooth or nearly so, with inflorescences that may be slightly hairy. Leaflets are three, stalked, ovate to lanceolate, 7 to 18 centimeters long, pointed at the tip, shining and quite smooth. Flowers are blue, numerous, 6 to 8 millimeters long, hairy outside the corolla, borne on terminal, paniculate and ample inflorescences, up to 20 centimeters in length. Fruit is rounded, 5 to 6 millimeters in diameter.
  • Distribution:  Native in the Philippines, common in open primary and secondary forest at low altitudes throughout the Philippines.
  • Properties: Anti fungal, antibacterial, considered carminative, anthelmintic, digestive.

 

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