Buntot-tigre
Cordyline roxburghiana Merr.
BOWSTRING HEMP
| Other scientific names | Common names |
| Sansevieria roxburghiana Schultes | Aspi-aspi (Pamp.) |
| Sansevieria zeylanica Roxb. | Baniat (Is.) |
| Cordyline hyacinthoides E. F. Wight | Buntot-palos (Tag.) |
| a | Buntot-tigre (Tag.) |
| Diladila (Ilk.) | |
| Kakarohai (Ibn.) | |
| Pakarohai (Ibn.) | |
| Rago de leon (Span.) | |
| Rabo de tigre (Span.) | |
| Sigre (Is.) | |
| Sunaua (Tag.) | |
| Tigi (Ibn.) | |
| Tigre (Span., Tag.) | |
| Bowstring hemp (Engl.) |
| Botany A herbaceous perennial with short stem and a stout rootstock. The leaves are erect, fleshy, fibrous and flat; some varieties are cylindrical or concave above, rounded dorsally), sub-erect, dagger-shaped, rigid, pale-green with transverse bands of dark green, 0.5 to 1.5 meters long, 4-7 cm wide. The flowers are pale-colored, numerous, in facsicles of 3 to 6, numerous, sweet-scented, 2.5 to 3 cm long. Fruit is sparingly produced, globose, about 8 mm diameter. Seeds are ovoid and white. Distribution Cultivated in many parts of the Philippines. Naturalized, in thickets and hedges, at low and medium altitudes. Chemical constituents and properties Contains an active constituent: the alkaloid sansevierine. Parts used and preparation Leaves, shoots, rootstocks. Uses: Folkloric The roasted leaves used as an emollient. Rootstocks used for cough. Juice of tender shoots used to clear phlegm. Also used as febrifuge, tonic and purgative. Others The leaves are a source of a strong white fiber use in the manufacture of bowstring, twine, cloth, and paper. It is sometimes mixed with the local piña. Availability Cultivated and wild-crafted. |
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