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Illicium philippinense is a species of flowering plant in the family Schisandraceae. It is a shrub or tree with leathery leaves, and white flowers. The species is native to Taiwan and the Philippines.
Illicium philippinense was described in 1909, and is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN.
Illicium philippinense is native to the wet tropical biome of the Philippines (Mountain Province, Oriental Mindoro, and Zambales) and Taiwan. Its estimated extent of occurrence is 127,266.226 square kilometres (49,137.765 sq mi).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Illicium philippinense by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
