What can be an addition to our regular boring vegetables.
Specimen : Wild trees
Habitats : Creek bank thickets, open slopes, grasslands, roadsides
Local name : Anonang
Trade names : Glue berry, Fragrant manjack
Botanical name : Cordia dichotoma
Family : Boraginaceae
Specimen height : 5-8 meters
Fruiting season : May to July
Traits : Deciduous; Drought tolerant; Fast-growing; Low altitude species; Small tree
Used for : Fruits are eaten raw or cooked as vegetable or even pickled for eating; Leaves, flowers and seeds are also edible; Leaves as animal fodder; Seeds and bark are medicinal; Ripe fruits are used as paste; Timber for furniture; Wood for carving; Fuelwood and charcoal
Recommendations : Backyards; Farms; Fruit collector’s; Living fence; Nurse tree; Pioneer tree for reforestation purpose; Plantations; Public spaces; Riparian management; Roadside tree; Urban greening; Vegetable tree; Wildcrafting; Windbreak
Native range : Pakistan, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia (including the Philippines), China, Ryuku Islands (Japan), Taiwan, New Guinea, Australia and New Caledonia
National conservation status : Not threatened in the Philippines
Threats : Conversion of woodlands to agricultural, commercial or residential plots; Cutting of wild trees for fuelwood and charcoal production
Further readings :
World Agroforestry Centre (AgroforestryTree Database) - Cordia dichotoma http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/products/afdbases/af/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=1777
Philippine Woods : Principal Uses, Distribution & Equivalent Woods in Asia Pacific (A. Ella, A. Tongacan, R. Escobin & F. Pitargue)
Revised Lexicon of Philippine Trees (J. Rojo)
Flavor & Fortune - Tree seeds (Jacqueline M. Newman) http://www.flavorandfortune.com/dataaccess/article.php?ID=263
Tropical & Subtropical Trees (M. Barwick) (563)