Canthium sp.

Family: Rubiaceae

Provisiona ID: Canthium horridum

Common Name: Suliak-daga

Reference: stuartxchange.org

Origin: native, found in dry thickets at low altitudes in Pangasinan, Zambales, Bulacan, Rizal, Camarines and Sorsogon provinces in Luzon. Also occurs in Burma to Malaya

• it is a shrub or small tree
• it has has a hairy stem
• the leaves are firm and have a sharp tip
• the trunk has thorns
• it has red berries

trees and shrubs