Flora

Apitong

A large tree species with a straight trunk, commonly found in the Philippines and used for construction.

Bayok

A tree species native to Southeast Asia, known for its high-quality timber.

Dao

A tree species popular for its hard and durable wood.

Guijo

A hardwood tree species native to the Philippines.

Kamagong

Also known as the Philippine Ebony, this tree has a dark-colored, dense and polishes well wood.

Mangkono

A Philippine ironwood species, one of the densest woods in the world.

Narra

The national tree of the Philippines, known for its beautiful rose-scented wood used in furniture and construction.

Yakal

A tropical hardwood tree species used for its high-quality timber.

Molave

Known for its highly durable wood, used for furniture and construction.

Philippine Teak

A critically endangered tree species native to the Philippines.

Banaba

A flowering tree native to the Philippines, known for its medicinal properties.

Kalachuchi

Known for its beautiful and fragrant flowers, often used as an ornamental plant.

Bani

A fig tree with accessory trunks from prop roots, allowing it to spread outwards indefinitely

Balitbitan

A small to medium-sized tree indigenous to the Philippines, known for its unique swirls of color in the leaves.

Tagpo

A small tree known as Ardisia squamulosa or Shoebutton Ardisia, with fragrant white or pink flowers and blue or purplish fruits3.

Pamitoyen

A small tree native to the Philippines, possibly referring to Calophyllum pentapetalum used for germination.

Mussaenda

A tropical and subtropical plant valued for its abundance of soft, luxuriant blossoms, also known as ‘Tropical Dogwood’

Katmon

A medium-sized evergreen tree, Dillenia philippinensis, with large, glossy green leaves and white flowers

Kayumanis

A tree (Clausena anisum-oleus) that grows 3-6 meters tall, with long leaves and oval-shaped fruit; also known as wampee tree.

Siar

Peltophorum pterocarpum, commonly known as copperpod, yellow-flamboyant, yellow flametree, yellow poinciana or yellow-flame.

Kalingag

A small tree, Cinnamomum mercadoi, about 6 to 10 meters high, with a thick, aromatic bark related to culinary cinnamon.

Ipil

Known as Leucaena leucocephala, it is a versatile and fast-growing tree with elegant white flowers and delicate foliage, used in agriculture, forestry, and medicine.

Nato

A term for wood from Mora trees, known for its reddish-brown color and similar appearance to mahogany.

Bagawakmorado

Also known as Clerodendrum quadriloculare, it is a species of flowering plant native to the Philippines, known for its medium to large size and fragrant flowers.

Puso-puso

Refers to Litsea glutinosa, a tree with oval-shaped leaves, yellow flowers, and round fruits; also known as Indian laurel.

Dalingdingan

Known as Hopea acuminata, it is a hard, straight-grained wood used to build early Manila galleons, dense enough to resist wood-boring insects and marine worms.

Botong

Known as Barringtonia asiatica, it is a small to medium-sized tree with narrow obovate leaves, known as the fish poison tree or sea poison tree

Alagau

Known as Premna odorata, it is a tropical plant species found in Southeast Asia and the Philippines, used for its medicinal properties.

Aratilis

It is known for its sweet, cherry-like fruits that are popular among children in the Philippines.

Atis

It is a small tree or shrub that bears edible fruits called sugar apples or sweetsops. It was brought to the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period.

Bagras

Also known as Eucalyptus deglupta or rainbow eucalyptus, it is a tall tree native to the Philippines. It is characterized by its multi-colored bark.

Balete

The balete tree, from the genus Ficus, includes several species known as strangler figs. They germinate upon other trees and eventually entrap and kill the host tree.

Ilang Ilang

is a tropical tree valued for its highly fragrant flowers. It is native to the Philippines.

Lamio

Also known as Dracontomelon dao, it is a large canopy tree found in tropical Asia, reaching up to about 37 meters in height.

Malabulak

Known scientifically as Bombax ceiba, it is often called the red silk-cotton tree and is known for its spiny trunk and large red flowers.

Narek

This tree, Hopea cagayanensis, is a medium-sized tree endemic to the Philippines and is considered critically endangered.

Paguringon

Also known as Cratoxylum sumatranum, it is a species of flowering plant in the Hypericaceae family, found in Southeast Asia including the Philippines.

Amugis

Scientifically known as Koordersiodendron pinnatum, it is a tall tree native to the Philippines and is used for its durable and termite-resistant wood.

Ata-Ata

Likely referring to Annona squamosa, commonly known as the sugar apple, a small tree bearing sweet fruits.

Dungon late

Known as Heritiera littoralis, it is an evergreen mangrove tree that grows up to 25 meters high and is known for its durable wood.

Philippine Ash

Also known as Fraxinus griffithii, it is a species of flowering tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the Philippines and other parts of Southeast Asia.

Pili

Canarium ovatum, a tropical tree known for its edible nuts called pili nuts, native to the Philippines and commercially cultivated for its nuts.

Piris

A genus of shrubs with white or pink bell-shaped flowers.

Anonang

Possibly referring to Cordia myxa or Anonang, a Philippine tree whose inner bark furnishes a cordage fiber.

Antipolo

A tall evergreen tree native to the Philippines, also known as Tipolo or Atipolo.

Fire Tree

Known as Delonix regia, it is a species with vibrant red or orange flowers, also called royal poinciana or flamboyant tree.

Fringon

Likely referring to Chionanthus virginicus, known as the fringe tree, which has clusters of fragrant white flowers.

Kalamansi

A small citrus fruit, Citrofortunella microcarpa, widely used in Filipino cuisine for its sour taste, similar to a lime.

Gmelina

Gmelina arborea, a fast-growing deciduous tree in the family Lamiaceae, used for timber and pulp, and known as beechwood or white teak.

Golden Shower

Cassia fistula, a flowering plant with pendulous racemes of yellow flowers, native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.