Mahonia philippinensis (PROSEA)

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Mahonia philippinensis Takeda

Family: Berberidaceae

Distribution

The Philippines (Luzon).

Uses

The plant provides a yellow dye which is used locally. Mixed with indigo, the dye gives a green colour.

Observations

A shrub with compound spiny leaves and slender racemes of small yellow flowers. The dye is berberine. This species occurs in damp thickets on limestone in the mountains, 1400-1800 m altitude.

Selected sources

10, 35.