''Goniothalamus amuyon'' is a species of
plant in the family
Annonaceae. It is native to the
Philippines. In the provinces of
Batangas and
Bohol it is commonly referred to as amúyong or amúyon. In the
Ilocos
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region and
Pangasinan
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province it is commonly referred to as sagiát.
Francisco Manuel Blanco, the Spanish
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friar and botanist who first
formally described the species using the
basionym
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''Uvaria amuyon'', named it after its
Tagalog name.
Description
It is a tree reaching 3 to 15 meters in height. Its lance-shaped leaves are hairless and come to a point at their tips. The leaves are arranged in an alternate pattern. Its flowers are solitary, or sometimes in pairs, and
axillary. It has 3 fleshy, green
sepals
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. It has 6 long, greenish-yellow, fleshy petals arranged in two rows of 3. The inner petals unite to form a cone. Its flowers have more than 100
stamen
The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10
Morphology and terminology
A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...
with no filaments. The anthers are attached directly to the
receptacle
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and arranged in a triangle. Its
gynoecium consist of 14 to 18 pistils that lack styles. Its
stigma are long, curved and ribbed. Its oval fruit are about an inch long and have 3–5 cinnamon colored seeds. The fruit have a mild pleasant smell.
Reproductive biology
The pollen of ''G. amuyon'' is shed as permanent tetrads.
Uses
It is reported as being widely used as a traditional medicine for a variety of ailments.[ However, extracts containing bioactive molecules have been observed to have cytotoxic activity against cancer cells and ]teratogenic
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potential in studies with mice.
References
amuyon
Flora of the Philippines
Traditional medicine
Plants described in 1915
Taxa named by Francisco Manuel Blanco
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