Hoya Cumingiana
Hoya cumingiana or Bush Hoya is a succulent vine endemic to the Philippines. Its small leaves grow close together due to its very short internodes, giving it a bushy appearance. It blooms in clusters...
Category: Plants and Trees in the Philippines
The Philippine Islands is blessed with a very high biodiversity. Trees alone comprise about 3500 species. Just to research on a species a day would take about a decade to finish all of just the trees. Then there are still the shrubs, herbs, ferns etc. Here at Philippinature we hope to introduce you to some plants and trees, including the Philippines endangered plants living in its remaining forest cover.
Santan Flower
Santan is an erect and smooth ornamental shrub, growing to a height of 2 to 3 meters with a small tubular and scarlet flowers. Flower colors would range from crimson red, yellow, orange to...
Tsaang Gubat
Tsaang Gubat, also known as the Philippine tea tree, is an erect and very branched shrub growing up to 1 to 4 meters high. It is native to the Philippines and in eastern and...
Black Prince Rubber Tree
Ficus elastica, Commonly known as Black Prince Rubber Tree in the Philippines, is a flowering plant native to eastern parts of South and Southeast Asia. It has become naturalized in Sri Lanka, the West...
Malabulak Tree
Locally called Malabulak Tree in the Philippines and commonly known as cotton tree, red silk-cotton or red cotton tree, is an Asian tropical tree with a straight tall trunk and its leaves are deciduous...
Sacred Garlic Pear
Sacred Garlic Pear, commonly known Salingbobog in the Philippines. It is a moderate sized deciduous tree about 15m in height and 9m wide. It grows well in sun or partial shade and normally prefers...
Waling-Waling
Commonly called Waling-waling or Sander’s Vanda, named after sir Henry Frederick Conrad Sander, a noted orchidologist, is an endemic orchid growing only in the rainforests of the Philippines. However, it is now grown and...
Dalingdingan Tree
Dalingdingan tree, also called manggachapui is a medium to large-sized tree reaching a height of about 35 meters and a diameter of 90 cm, with ovate leaves, small flowers. It is endemic to the...
Yakal Tree
Yakal Tree is a medium to large-sized tree about 30 to 50 meters tall. It is endemic to the Philippines and commonly found in the lowland forests of the islands of Luzon, Negros, Samar,...
