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FEATURE ARTICLES PLANTS UPDATES
Another hazing death. . .
MEDICINAL PLANTS
The Story Behind the Medicinal Plant Compilation. (A Plantologist's Dream / Updated 9/2023)
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
Tampoy (Rose apple tree) 11/17 Wedelia (Trailing dots) 11/20 Kondol (White gourd melon) 11/23 Morera (Mulberry) 11/26
Ubi-ubihan (Air potato, Air yam) 11/28 Alim (Chawan) 11/29 Tabon-tabon (Ififi / Merbatu) 11/30 Violeta (Sweet violet) 12/2
Alasan (Seashore soapberry) 12/3 Anonongkot (Bur mallow) 12/6 Alabong (Artillery plant) 12/8 Mangha (Short flower glorybower) 12/10
Agusais (Palm grass) 12/12 Anahaw (Fan palm) 12/14 Ramie (China grass) 12/15 Santan-tsina (Chnese ixora) 12/17
Antipolo (Artocarpus blancoi) 12/19 Balatong (Mungo bean) 12/20 Tikog (Common arrowhead) 12/22 Niyog-niyogan (Palm-like fig) 12/22
Almaciga (Philippine agathis / Kauri) 12/23 Pong-pong (Suicide tree) 12/24 Auri (Earpod wattle / Earleaf acacia) 12/26 Ivy gourd (Tindora / Scarlet gourd) 12/27
Lipso (Mulu apple tree) 12/28 Kangai (Prickly ash) 12/29 Adelfa (South sea rose / Oleander) 12/30 Orange lirio (Amaryllis lily) 12/31
Indian rubber fig (Balete / Rubber plant) 1/5 Atis (Sugar apple / Sweetsop) 1/5 Pitanga (Suriname cherry tree) 1/6 Ruellia (Popping pod) 1/12
Pukingan (Blue pea flower) 1/12 Isis (Sandpaper leaf) 1/13 Buntot-pusa (Napier grass) 1/13 Rosal (Gardenia) 1/14
Pakong-gubat (Silverback fern) 1/14 Soro-soro (Common milk hedge) 1/15 Kapal-kapal (Crown flower) 1/16 Kasubha (Safflower) 1/16
Suha (Pomelo) 1/17 Sukini (Zucchini) 1/18 Bontonsilyong-gapang (Bachelor's button) 1/18 Yahong-yahong (Marsh pennyworth) 1/19
Tagak-tagak (Dainty spurs) 1/22 Bayag-usa (Testicle tree) 1/23 Lopong (Vidal's rhododendron) 1/25 Bloodberry (Rouge plant) 1/27
Kalancho (Flaming katy) 1/30 Serpentina (Snakeroot) 1/31 Berba (Lemon drop mangosteen) 2/1 Biri (Toothache plant / Jambu) 2/2
Apitong (Dipterocarpus grandiflorus) 2/4 Jatoba (Stinking toe, Courbaril) 2/5 Pansit-pansitan (Shiny bush, Pepper-elder) 2/8 Tigau (Great wooly Malayan lilac) 2/9
Tubang-dalag (Beauty berry) 2/10 Betis (Madhuca betis) 2/10 Kabiki (Bullet wood / Spanish cherry) 2/13 Kulasi (White-flowered mangrove) 2/14
African sausage tree (Kligelia africana) 2/15 Mondo grass (Dwarf lily turf) 2/20 Rimas (Breadfruit) 2/22 Rambutan (Ramboutanier) 2/25
Tan-ag (Guest tree) 2/26 Pugahan (Fishtail palm) 2/27 Kamias (Bilimbi tree) 2/27 Malvarosa (Rose geranium) 2/28
Kabuyaw (Kaffir lime) 3/2 Agoago (Malayan mistletoe) 3/5 Pakong buwaya (Mountain tree fern) 3/8 Marang (Johey oak / Terap) 3/9
False bird of Paradise (Parrot's beak) 3/12 Alpasotis (Wormseed / Mexican tea) 3/14 Kakaw (Cacao / Chocolate tree) 3/15 Binungang-malapad (Coral tree) 3/16
RECENT AND NEW MEDICINAL PLANT ENTRIES
Bantolinao (Black ebony) 8/7 Palaspas (Kembayau) 8/9 Subiang (Grey birch) 8/10 Santing (Calopo) 8/12
Biton (Olax) 8/13 Asi-asiman (Aganope heptaphylla) 8/13 Patpatayok (Tonkin jasmin) 8/15 Bika (Wild grape) 8/18
Banasi (Boxwood / Sea gutta) 8/19 Karamiras (Bayanti) 8/21 Kuela (Malayan spindle tree) 8/21 Danglin (Wild bean / Silky sea bean) 8/24
Fantankuen (Cinderella weed) 8/26 Putian (Obah) 8/27 Dumalio (Bat's wing fern) 8/28 Papalsin (Long-leave beauty berry) 8/30
Samsamon (Kangaroo grass) 9/3 Giant salvinia (Kariba weed) 9/5 Hill glory bower (Saraswaty's leaf) 9/9 Dalaw (Grewia multiflora) 9/11
Talimughat (Two-lobed crossberry) 9/13 Malaruhat (Daly river satinash) 9/14 Salingogon (Pink memapat) 9/17 Hill chaff flower (Ox knee) 9/22
Kansulud (Silver boodyara) 9/26 Katong-matsing (Bagolayak) 9/26 Bahai (Horse-eye beans) 9/29 Derum (Yellow cow wood) 10/1
Alupihan (Centipede plant) 10/2 Arigma (Coontail / Hornwort) 10/5 Baki-baki (Rice sedge) 10/6 Batad-batadan (Johnson grass) 10/7
Barit (Cut grass / Rice grass) 10/9 Laclay-guinan (Large leaf flemingia) 10/10 Malasapsap (Acalypha caturus) 10/12 Maslakot-ambulong (Bogus) 10/12
Malapascuas (Red spurge) 10/16 Pototan (Black mangrove) 10/18 Malatangal (Flat leaf spurred mangrove) 10/18 Oriental hawkweed10/21
Lapnisan (Aloewood / Agarwood) 10/27 Malapangit (Philippine teak) 10/28 Night blooming cactus (Orchid cactus) 10/29 Ragsik (Bastard rukam) 10/31
Banauak (Large flower uvaria) 11/2 Agubangbang (Chandelier medinilla) 11/4 Popwan (Entawak) 11/5 Oriental grape (Creeping grapevine) 11/6
Dugyan (Red durian) 11/9 Kalagimay (Pandanus simplex) 11/11 Tampoi (Baccaurea macrocarpa) 11/12 Kamandis (Garcinia rubra) 11/13
Malatibig (Cluster fig) 11/14 Binoloan (Syzygium acuminatissimum) 11/14 Box myrtle (Kaphal / Boxberry) 11/16 Manobo (Indian olive) 11/18
Johore tree (Malay cherry) 11/19 Malaikmo (Celtis / Wight's hackberry) 11/21 Mock strawberry (False strawberry) 11/22 Rose cactus (Leaf cactus / Bleo) 11/25
Panapak (Java cardamom) 11/29 Orange berry (Chines glycosmis) 12/1 Malanangka (Parartocarpus) 12/2 Bayas (Thorny plant) 12/4
Monstera (Swiss cheese plant) 12/7 Kamingi (Philippine santan) 12/11 Lusong (Vaccinium barandanum) 12/13 Amudil (Galigiuan) 12/13
Atimla (Beautyberry tree) 12/14 Porcelain berry (Wild grape) 12/16 Arangen (Scaly ash / Mangin) 12/17 Pait (Marsh holly / Mensira) 12/24
Broadleaf holly (Ilex asprella) 12/25 Ngamey (Orange wild rhea) 12/27 Malakabuan (False olive) 12/28 Edkoyan (Gutta percha tree) 1/2
Linaunau (Luna nut) 1/4 Kalimutain (Mossman mahogany) 1/8 Komintana (Citrine myrobalan) 1/11 Lunas kahoy (Clusterberry) 1/20
Talimughat taas (Friesodielsia lanceolata) 1/21 Lunas-buyo (Spiked pepper / Matico tree) 1/23 Abubu (Pangi / Grandifolia tree) 1/24 Salibutbut (Voacanga foetida) 1/25
Kangko (Rohituka tree) 1/29 Achacha (Orange mangosteen) 1/31 Bunya-bunya (Bunya pine) 2/6 Para rubber (Rubber tree) 2/7
Balikbikan (Drypetes longifolia) 2/16 Lucky bean tree (Wild olive / Amulet tree) 2/19 Kanarem (Malayan ebony) 2/21 Manggasinoro (Damar / White meranti) 2/24
Halimukon (Mexican rubber tree / Uletree) 2/29 Ice cream bean (Guaba) 3/6 Taluto (Bellflower sterculia) 3/10 Anii (Purple coral bean) 3/11
Butong-manok (Villaria odorata) 3/16 Tungaw (Harlequin glory bower) 3/17    
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The White House in Pulang Lupa • 2018
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Medical News & Journal Article Finds
Statins Again Linked to Lower COVID19 Mortality
Among patients hospitalized for COVID-19, who had been taking statins, there was substantially greater than 40% rediction in mortality and greater than 25% reduction in risk of developing a severe outcome. (Medscape Medical News)
Dangerous oleander is a deadly plant poison, not a COVID19 cure. / Also read: Adelfa / Nerium oleander
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