Botany
Magilik is a tree reaching a height of 8 meters or more. Twigs and leaves are densely covered with yellowish-brown, coarse, shaggy hairs. Leaves are large, opposite, ovate or ovately-oblong to subelliptic, 30 centimeters or more in length, borne upon stout, similarly hairy petioles up to 10 centimeters long, broad, rounded or somehwat heart-shaped at the base, and pointed at the tip. Inflorescences are terminal, large, and composed of many small, white flowers. Fruit is rounded, compressed, and subtended by a cupular calyx.

Distribution
- In secondary forests at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,000 meters, from northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao.
- Also occurs in Celebes.

Parts used
Leaves.

Uses
Folkloric
In the Philippinewas, infused leaves used as remedy for dropsy.
Also, used as diuretic.

Availability
Wild-crafted.