Daphniphyllum luzonense Elmer

Small trees, 10 m high, 15 cm in diam., twigs smooth, lenticels light brown. Leaves narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblong, apex acuminate, base obtuse, 12-15 by 3.8-5 cm, the margins undulate, shining, thin submembranaceous; veins 5-8 pairs, prominent, ascending above; stipules caducous, glaucous, sharply acuminate, papillate below; petioles reddish, 2.5-5 cm Iong. Staminate inflorescences unknown. Pistillate inflorescences axillary, racemose, 3.5-10 cm long; pistillate flowers sessile, subtended by 4 bracts, ovary ovoid or ellipsoid, glaucous, smooth, styles short, glaucous, stigmas cir-cinnately 2-lobed. Fruiting axes 6-7 cm long (?). Drupes ellipsoid, 9-15 mm long; pedicels umbellately clustered at apex, 1-1.5 cm long, glabrous, subtended by minute caducous bracts.

UsesIt is used for curing poisoned persons by eating bark and fruit to enhance vomiting. A decoction of drupes and leaves is used to treat stomach aches and also as a poison antidote. Wood used for fuel and construction.