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Annona squamosa L.
dawatsip (N); nameana (T)
"sweetsop", "sugar apple"
Pre-World War I1 introduction. Trop. America. Occasional. Small tree, rarely
over 8 m tall; leaves, 7 to 14 cm long and 4 to 5 cm wide, pale bluish-green (glaucous),
two-ranked, thin, oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, acute, sparsely puberulent on both
surfaces when young; petioles, about 1 cm long; flowers, about 2.5 cm long, greenish-
yellow, axillary, solitary, pendent, petals narrowly lanceolate, obtusish, concave at base;
fruit, about, 8 cm in diameter, light grey-blue-green, subglobose, somewhat heart-shaped,
surface divided into prominent protruding knobs or tubercles, which separate, sweet,
edible cream-colored soft pulp; seeds, numerous, blackish, embedded in pulp. Fruit tree
planted in home gardens and growing spontaneously in inland coastal and lower es-
carpment forest. Ripe fruit eaten raw. 3(58589), 5(37), 6, 7.
Cananga odorata (Lam.) H0ok.f. & Thoms. " ylang-ylang" , "perfume tree"
derangerang, derangirang (N)
syns. Canangium odorutum. (Lam. ) Baill. ex King; Uvaria odorata Lam.
Recent introduction. Indomalaysia. Uncommon. Tree, up to 15 m or taller, with a
crooked trunk, smooth grey bark and drooping, brittle branches; leaves, 7 to 20 cm long
and 4 to 9 cm wide, dark green, alternate, simple, entire, elliptic-oblong, acute, base
rounded, obtuse, slightly pubescent, pinnately nerved, midrib prominent; petiole, mostly
less than 2 cm; flowers, yellowish-green turning yellow, drooping, very fragrant, sepals
3, petals 6, up to 6 or 8 cm long, wavy, linear-lanceolate, on long puberulent pedicels, in
axillary hanging (pedunculate) umbellate clusters of 4 to 12 flowers; fruit, 1.5 to 2.5 cm
long, greenish-black, oblong, olive-like, fleshy, borne in bunches from a stalk which
lengthens as the fruit develops; seeds, 6 to 12. Planted ornamental tree in home gardens
in Buada Lagoon area. Flowers used in garlands and for scenting coconut oil. An
important aboriginal introduction of considerable cultural importance throughout
Melanesia and Polynesia, where the flowers are used in garlands and to scent coconut oil.
Used in the commercial production of essential oil in the Philippines and Indonesia.
5(17), 6, 7.
APIACEAE OR UMBELLIFERAE (Parsley Family)
Apium petroselinum L. "parsley"
syns. Pgrosel@um pegylinum (L.) -- Karst.; - P. crispum - - (Mill.) -- - Mansf. -
Recent introduction. S. Europe and W. temperate Asia. Rare. Erect biennial or
short-lived perennial herb, up to 25 to 40 cm tall, with a stout tap root; leaves, aromatic,
shiny, dark green, in dense, tufted rosettes, 2 to 3-pinnate, with leaflets, 1 to 2 cm long,