Kalumpit
Terminalia edulis Blanco
| Other scientific names |
| Terminalia augustifolia Blanco |
| Pentaptera mollis Presl |
| Terminalia mollis Rolfe |
| Terminalia balerica F.-Vill. |
| Terminalia javanica Miq. |
| Common names | ||
| Alupi (Ibn.) | Disi (Gad.) | Kalumpit (Tag., Sbl.) |
| Anagep (Ilk.) | Gayumayen (Sbl.) | Kalupi (Neg., Ign.) |
| Bajo (Tagb.) | Gisit (Itn.) | Kalupit (Ilk., Neg.) |
| Balisayin (Tag.) | Kalamai (Tag.) | Kalurig (Ibn.) |
| Bango (Mbo.) | Kalantit (Ilk.) | Kalusit (Ibn.) |
| Baraus (Tagb.) | Kalaotit (Gad.) | Kamaris (Tagb.) |
| Basal (Tag.) | Kalomagon (Bik.) | Kamaris (Tagb.) |
| Basi (Itn.) | Kalomaog (P. Bis.) | Kotmok (Bik.) |
| Bisi (Gad.) | Kalumagon (Bik.) | Lumangog (S. L. bis.) |
| Buluang (Bis.) | Kalumangog (Bik.) | Magtalisai (P. Bis.) |
| Dalinson (Tag.) | Kalumanog (P. Bis.) | Taya-taya (P. Bis.) |
| Botany A tree growing to a height of 25 meters and a diameter of 1 meter. Leaves are 6-15 cms long, smooth, and pointed at both ends. Flowers are small, yellowish-white, on slender spikes growing from the axil of the leaves. Fruit is about 3 cm wide, smooth, dark red when ripe. Distribution Widely distributed in primary forests. Parts used and preparation Fruit. Uses: Nutritional Fruit is fleshy and makes a good preserve; also used to sweeten and age lambanog (coconut liquer). Folkloric Fruit is used in eyewashes as the fruit of aroma (Acacia farnesiana. Fruit lotion also used for eczema. Others Bark contains tannin, 42%, extract used in tanneries and manufacture of tannin extract. Availability Wild-crafted. |
