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Ziziphus talanai is a tropical tree from the Philippines, related to jujube, and is mainly known in its native range for its medicinal bark rather than as a garden plant. It is rarely cultivated outside the Philippines, so its care needs are inferred from related Ziziphus species.
Ziziphus talanai (also known as Ziziphus talanae), the balakat, aligamen, or talanai, is a species of tree in the family Rhamnaceae.
Ziziphus talanai is endemic to Luzon and Visayas, in the Philippines, The tree is found in the Philippinean Limestone Forest ecoregion.
In Antique Province, its bark is used medicinally for diseases from ringworm to urinary tract infections. Studies have shown that the bark does have antimicrobial properties.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ziziphus talanai by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
