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...
Category: Plants and Trees in the Philippines
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...
Palawan Cherry Blossom
The Palawan Cherry Blossom, Locally known as Balayong, is medium-size tree endemic in Palawan and is also refered as “Palawan cherry”. It is the Philippine version of cherry blossom tree that also produces beautiful...
Edible Amaranth
The Edible Amaranth has primarily green leaves color most of the year. But in the summer, the leaves turned it’s color, displaying hues of red, yellow and green. This multi-colored spectacle is why the...
Ylang-ylang
Ylang-ylang or Ilang-ilang, dubbed as “The Queen of Perfumes”. This plant yields a fragrant essential oil that is widely used in the perfume industry, including such famous fragrances as Chanel No. 5. Also, Ylang...
Banaba Tree
Banaba trees (Lagerstroemia speciosa) are native trees that are widely distributed in the Philippines and southern Asia Country. It is beautiful tree with bright pink to light purple flowers. They mostly seen in secondary...
