Anabiong
Trema orientalis Blume
HANADIONG

Other scientific names Common names   
Celtis orientalis Linn. Agandang (Ibn.) Hinlalaong (Pamp.)
Sponia amboinensis Deene. Alindagon (Sul.) Hubulos (Bon.)
Trema amboinensis F.-Vill. Anabiong (Bis., Tag.) Inandong (Tag.)
Celtis lima Blanco Anadung (Bon.) Indai luging (Lan.)
Sponia velutina Planch, Anagdung (P. Bis.) Inugdon (Tag., Bis.)
  Anagum (Bik.) Lagod (Tag.)
  Anariong (Iv.) Lamai (Ilk.)
  Anadung (Bon.) Langong (Sub.)
  Anarong (Sbl.)   Malarurung (Tag.)
  Anaduiong (Buk.)   Malarurang (Tag.)
  Arandon (Ilk.)  Malasiking durong (Pamp.)
  Du-ung (Sul.)  Mandalogon (Bag.)
  Hagod (Tag.)  Nagdon (P. Bis.)
  Hanadiong (Tag.)  Pangarandongen (Ilk.)
  Hanadgong (Bik., S. L. Bis.) Pañgaranduñgin (Ilk.)
  Hanagdon (Tag.) Pitidan (Ig.)
  Hanagdong (Tag.) Pitikan (Ig.)
  Hanarion (Tag.) Tatagtag (P. Bis.)
  Hinagdung (Tag.)  

Botany
Small tree, 5-8 meters high, with elongated branches. Leaves are distichous, the upper surface rough; the lower, pale and covered with soft dense hairs, oblong-ovate to lanceolate, 8-15 cm long, with the base broad and heart-shaped, and the apex long and thinly pointed, and prominently 3-nerved and finely toothed margins. Cymes are dense, hairy, 1 to 2.5 cm long. White flowers are numerous, about 3 mm long. Fruit is ovoid, about 3.5 cm long.

Constituents
Bark contains a little tannin.

Parts used
Bark, wood.

Uses
Folkloric
Juice obtained from macerating the soft wood is used for poulticing swellings.
Others
The bast used in making rope.
The wood which is soft is used in making wooden shoes.
The bark tannin used in roughening and coloring fishing lines.

Availability
Wildcrafted.

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