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Family • Sapindaceae
Salab
Guioa koelreuteria (Blanco) Merr.

Scientific names Common names
Guioa koelreuteria (Blanco) Merr. Alahabi (Sbl.)
Guioa perrottettii Radlk. Alasan (Tag.)
Sapindus koelreuteria Blanco Anayen (Tag.)
Koelreuteria arborea Blanco Angset (Tag.)
Cupania regularis Vidal
 Anoyen (Tag.)
Quassia simaruba Blanco Bañgil (Sbl.)
Hemigyrosa perrottettii Blume Basai (P. Bis.)
  Busikag (Sul.)
  Dañgalis (Tagb.)
  Kasai (P. Bis.)
  Malasanki (Tag.)
  Malauas (Tag.)
  Marintak (Tagb.)
  Nisi-nisi (Sbl.)
  Ngisi-ngisi (Tag.)
  Pamotolen (Pang.)
  Paksion (P. Bis.)
  Pasi (Bik.)
  Salab (Tag., Bik.)
  Salap (Pang., Tag.)
  Salub (Tag.)
  Ulas (Ig.)
  Uyos (C. Bis.)

Botany
Salab is a smooth tree, 5 to 10 meters in height. Leaves are smooth, alternate, pinnately compound, and 14 to 25 centimeters long, with 4 to 8 leaflets. Leaflets are straight or somewhat falcate, laneolate to oblong-lanceolate, 6 to 12 centimeters long, and pointed at both ends. Flowers are numerous, white, about 5 millimeters in diameter, and borne on axillary panicles 7 to 12 centimeters long. Fruit is red, broadly obovate, and about 1.5 centimeters wide, and consists of three spreading, rounded lobes, each of which contains a single seed.

Distribution
- Found only in the Philippines.
- Common in secondary forests at low and medium altitudes from northern Cagayan in Northern Luon to Balabac and Mindanao, and in most or all islands and provinces.

Parts used
Seed.

Uses
Folkloric
Oil extracted from the seeds used as a cure for certain skin diseases.

Availability
Wild-crafted.

November 2011
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