Mazhar Botanic Garden

Parameria laevigata (Juss.) Moldenke

Cebu Balsam

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001221
English name: Cebu Balsam
Arabic name: باراميريا
Native: East Asia
Country: Cambodia China Indonesia Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Vietnam
(PGR): Rare

Evergreen climbing shrub grow up to 10 m tall leaves elliptic or ovate,  pointed tips flowers fragrant, white to pinkish, borne in terminal or axillary cymes

Ornamental. the bark can be used to make fiber fo ropes. The latex used in the production of rubber. traditional medicine .

Parameria barbata (Blume) K Schum

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Texture: Adaptable Chalk Loam
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: None
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Stem cuttings , layering
Flowering time: Autumn
Zone: 9 : 11
pH range: 6.0-7.3
Status: Rare
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Climber
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen
pH: Mild acid Neutral

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