Category: Plants and Trees in the Philippines

Anahaw (Saribus rotundifolius) is a round-leaf fountain palm, medium-sized to large, growing between 15-27 meters high, with a slender solitary trunk about 20-25cm in diameter,. As it matures, the leaves are packed at the...

Philippine Tung (Reutealis trisperma) is endemic to the Philippines and used as a timber species. It is a small deciduous tree with a dense crown, glossy heart-shaped leaves and have an abnormally long stalk....

Ipot Palm (Areca Ipot), a beautiful medium-sized palm native to rainforests in the Philippines. The Ipot palm grows a slender, smooth, ringed, green trunk. A green crownshaft holds an elegant crown of keeled, ascending...

Copeland’s Pitcher Plant, named after Edwin Copeland is a species of pitcher plant native to Mindanao in the Philippines. It also grows in Mount Apo, Davao City, Camiguin, and Mount Pasian. It’s attitude ranges...

Kalingag is a small tree about 6 to 10 meters high with thick and aromatic bark. this plant is indigenous here in the Philippines. It grows best in forests at low and medium altitudes...

Attenborough’s Pitcher Plant, named for the man himself, Sir David Attenborough. It is a massive beautifully-colored carnivorous pitcher plant native to the Victoria massif of Palawan, Philippines. The species grow on magnesium-rich ultramafic soil...

Philippine Teak (Tectona philippinensis) is an endemic species of the Philippines, native to the provinces of Lobo, San Juan municipalities, and Batangas in Luzon Island and Occidental Mindoro, Katayungan, and Baclayon barangays on Iling...

Rafflesia, the world’s largest and smelliest single flower on record. It is one of the 13 species of Rafflesia found in the Philippines. It was discovered in the mountains of Sibalom Natural Park in...

Imagine, relaxing in your garden under starry night skies fills with sweet scent naturally coming out from Dama De Noche. Dama De Noche is a shrub that bears white flowers and give off a...