Annonaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Anaxagorea luzonensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Anaxagorea luzonensis is an erect shrub, usually growing 1 - 2 metres tall, but occasionally becoming a small tree up to 4 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 1027 Title Studies in Annonaceae. II. A monograph of the genus Anaxagorea A. St. Hil. Part 1 Publication Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 105: 73 - 134. Author Maas P.J.M. & Westra L.Y.Th. Website http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/572734 Publisher Year 1984 ISBN 0006-8152 Description A very comprehensive treatment of the genus, it can be downloaded from the Internet ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use. The plant has gained a reputation for the treatment of erectile dysfunction and is traded on the Internet for sale in capsules[ 360 Title Philippine Medicinal Plants Publication Author Website http://www.stuartxchange.org/CompleteList.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A lovely site, giving brief details on the medicinal uses of several hundred (over 400 at the last count) plants in the Philippines, plus a picture of each plant. ]. Anaxagorea luzonensis has a wide range and is found in many different locations. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2020)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Indonesia, Philippines

HabitatDensely forested slopes in primary and secondary evergreen forests; at elevations around 500 - 700 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].