Oring - oring

Local Name : Veitchia merrillii (Becc.) Moore f.
Common Name : Oring-oring (Tbw)
Scientific Name : Adonidia merrillii (Becc.)

"Oring-oring is a slender,erect, solitary palm 6 m tall and 16 cm diameter, covered with smooth gray bark, densely ringed toward the top. The sheath is glaucous green 1 m long, slightly thickened toward the base. The leaves are spreading, recurved, 2 m long, petiole is 15 cm long. The leaflets are ascending, leathery, nearly flat, dull green on the upper surface, paler or glaucous green beneath. The flowers are fragrant, the filaments white, the anthers creamy yellow. The fruit is ovoidly elongated or ellipsoid, hard, red, one-seeded.

This species is endemic to Coron and other parts of northern Palawan and grows on limestone hills and in open places, often subgregarious, and in sandy soil near the seashore at low altitudes. Because of its elegant form and ease of propagation, this species is now widely grown not only in the Philippines but in many other tropical countries around the world."

Domingo A. Madulid, A Pictorial Guide to the Noteworthy Plants of Palawan, ( Palawan Tropical Forestry Protection Programme, 2002 ) , P. 82