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...
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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,...
Toog Tree – Philippine Rosewood
Philippine Rosewood, locally known as Toog is a medium-sized to fairly large tree that grows up to 60 meters height and 150cm or more in diameter. The trunk is straight, cylindrical and branchless. Its...
Rare Plants and Trees in Philippines
Being close to the equator, with a humid, hot climate and some rain, Philippine Islands provides growing conditions for a variety of rare flowering plants, herbs, bushes and trees, including many endangered flora. Philippine...
Philippine ebony
Philippine Ebony, Locally called Bantolinao is an indigenous plant in the Philippines. It is famous plant indoors as it is slow-growing and tolerates shade. Also native from West Africa to India, Indo-China, north to...
