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MEDICINAL PLANTS
The Complete Updated List of Philippine Medicinal Plants in Tagalog and English
List of Understudied Philippine Medicinal Plants
Abuse and Plagiarism of the Compilation on Philippine Medicinal Plants Under the Guise of Fair Use
List of Plants with Known Toxicity
Herb-Drug Interactions
RECENT MEDICINAL PLANT UPDATES
Bodo-bodo (Kai-jin-so) 11/28 Guma-guma (Ceylon slitwort) 11/29 Sanggumay (Purple rain) 12/1 Biri (Toothache plant) 12/1
Apurau (Bullrush) 12/6 Cujete (Calabash tree) 12/7 Shanghai beauty (Fiddlehead jatropha) 12/8 Iba (Gooseberry tree) 12/13
Balatong-aso (Coffee senna) 12/18 Yacon (Potato bean) 12/20 Glory bush (Princess flower) 12/25 Curaua (Wild pineapple) 12/28
Hydrangea (Mopheads) 12/31 Bottlebrush (Red cascade) 1/2 Kalayo (Rusty sapindus) 1/2 Insulin plant (Spiral flag) 1/10
Suganda (Oregano) 1/13 Ipil-ipil (Lead tree) 1/15 Lipang-aso (Stinging nettle) 1/20 Nandina (Sacred bamboo) 1/21
Duhat-matsing (Corky debbar tree) 1/22 Jaboticaba (Brazilian grape tree) 2/3 A las cuatro (Four o'clock plant) 2/7 Butterfly tree (Purple orchid tree) 2/9
Patatas (Potato) 2/10 Palong-manok (Red cockscomb) 2/11 Kamia (Ginger lily) 2/16 Pangi (Football fruit) 2/17
Mani-manian (Golden glory) 2/21 Tsampakang-pula (Joy perfume tree) 2/23 Bamboo orchid (Bird orchid) 2/25 Talig-harap (Musssaenda anisophylla) 3/3
Amuyon (Taiwan goniothalamus) 3/6 Nipai (Cowhage / Itchy bean) 3/10 Poinsettia (Christmas flower) 3/11 Karay-kagay (Bengal hemp) 3/13
Sebrina (Wandering Jew) 3/14 Damoro (Bishop's weed) 3/17 Mayana (Painted nettle) 3/20 Pungapung (Corpse flower) 3/23
Saligao 3/24 African daisy (Gerbera daisy) 3/24 Cham-poi (Chinese bayberry) 3/25 Boton (Sticky daisy) 3/26
Botoncillo (Globe amaranth) 3/27 Lapnis (Yellow leafbract) 3/28 Sabila (Aloe vera) 3/30 Pantug-pantugan (Ground cherry) 4/4
Bias-biasan (Kodo millet) 4/15 Dauag (Caper berry) 4/19 Talahib (Wild cane) 4/20 Lakmit (Grapeleaf merremia) 4/21
NEW MEDICINAL PLANT ENTRIES
Hamboro (Aglaia foveolata) 3/22/2020 Black wattle (Australian acacia) 4/1 Wedelia (Yellow dots) 4/3 Divi-divi (Dewi tree) 4/13
Bird of paradise (Crane flower) 4/14 False bird of paradise (Parrot's beak) 4/15 Dudoang-bulate (Chaulmoogra tree) 4/18 Sissoo (Indian rosewood) 4/21
Traveler's palm (Traveler's tree) 4/25 Trumpet tree (Snakewood) 4/26 Pink trumpet tree tree (Pink tecoma) 4/26 Tambis (Water apple) 5/1
Pride of Burma (Flame amherstia) 5/2 Silk tree (Mimosa) 5/6 Rose of Venezuela (Mountain rose) 5/7 Burma kamonoi (Diospyros ehretioides) 5/11
Kaki (Japanese persimmon) 5/13 Is-is (Sandpaper leaf) 5/16 Ivy gourd (Scarlet gourd) 5/16 Long jack (Ali's umbrella) 5/20
Makopa (Java apple) 5/22 Balolong (Ambarella) 5/25 Sangke (Chinese star anise) 5/27 Bay leaf (Laurel) 5/30
Thailand showe (Robles) 6/5 Salwood (Hickory wattle) 6/6 Balatbat-bilog (Licuala pal) 6/8 Brazilian fire tree -bilog (Tower tree) 6/14
Buddha bamboo (Punting pole bamboo) 6/16 Chinese anahau (Chinese fan palm) 6/21 Bukawe (Dragon bamboo) 6/22 Asian rosewood (Siam rosewood) 6/24
Earpod tree (Monkey soap) 6/26 Rodent tuber (Keladi tikus) 7/4 Baniti (Yellow mangosteen) 7/7 Pitanga (Surinam cherry tree) 7/14
Balu (Cordia fragrantissima) 7/17 Tsempedak (Small jackfruit) 7/22 Guama (Sacky sack bean) 7/30 Gatasan-layugan (False chew-stick tree) 8/4
Keeled clubmoss (Keeled tassel fern) 8/7 Auri (Earpod wattle) 8/9 Hamindang (Macaranga aleuritoides) 8/10 Rosewood (Indian rosewood) 8/12
Indian clock vine (Mysore clock vine) 8/14 Alolokdo (Rough sword fern) 8/15 Caqui (Kauki) 8/16 Black bamboo (Polevault bamboo) 8/16
Falcata (Moluccan albizia clock) 8/19 Purple milletia 8/21 Jacaranda (Blue trumpet tree) 8/24 Floranjilla (Giant potto tree) 8/26
Kayali (Sweet bamboo) 8/27 Jatoba (Stinking toe) 9/1 Java almond (Galip nut) 8/31 Kawayan-tsina (Chinese dwarf bamboo) 9/2
Holarrhena (Tellicherry tree) 9/9 Apulid (Water chestnut) 9/12 Papuang-laparan (Geranium aralia) 9/16 Kayam (Polynesian chestnut) 9/21
Soapberry (Wingleaf soapberry) 9/26 Bañgisi (Aristolochia sericea) 9/28 Malakaturai (False sicklepod) 10/3 Amugis   10/4
Kaliuas (Ironweed tree) 10/8 Ilang-ilang vine (Climbing Ylang-ylang) 10/14 Mayapis (Gurjun oil tree) 10/21 White water lily (White lotus) 10/29
Hairy water lily (Red water lily) 11/5 Anonongkot (Burr mallow) 11/10 Sinampaga (Emetic nut tree) 11/18 Bulak (Cotton) 11/26
Guntapay (Ankol) 12/5 Dikai (Bisudak) 1/3 Malasaging (Aglaia edulis) 1/5 Sukini (Zucchini) 2/2
Tapilan (Rice bean) 2/5 Tuai (Java cedar) 2/22 Palosapis 2/24 Panoan (Wood apple) 3/2
Fish plant (Lizard tail) 3/18      
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