Gugo  

 Family  leguminosae

 Scientific name:  Entada phaseoloides (L.) merr

 Other names

            Balonos

            Balugo

            Barugu

            Bayogo

            Dipai

            Gogong-bakai

            Gugu

            Kessing

            Lipai

            Tamayan

            Gugo is a very large vine. The stems are thick, as thick as a man’s arm, angled and much twisted. The bark is a dark brown and rough. The leaves are tripinnate with a common petiole ending in along, tough tendril. The leaflets are oblong or obovate 2.5-5 cm long, rigid, leathery and smooth. The flowers are yellowish white, small, in long slender spikes from the axils of the upper leaf. Pods are few, 30-100 cm long, 7-10 cm wide, curved and slightly constricted between the seeds. Seeds are hard, circular and the sides are flattened.

             Gugo is usually found in forest at low and medium altitude all over the country.