Philippine Herbal Encyclopedia

Fig (Engl.)

Ficus benjamina L.

Large Tree Height: 12-30m Leaves: simlple and entire, ovovate or elliptic, leathery, smooth, glossy, acuminate at the ap...

Not Provided

Acacia sp.

Spiny shrub Height: Not provided Leaves: Not provided Flowers: Not provided Fruits: Fruit (+)- containing in a pod

Heavenly elixir (English), Makabuhay (Filipino)

Tinospora rumphii Boerl.

Vine Height: Not Provided Leaves: Oval leaves Flowers: Not provided Fruits: Not provided

Bone-Knitted Lotus (Engl.)

Sarcandra glabra (Thunb.) Nakai

Subshrubs Height: 50-150 cm Leaves: Leaves are elliptic, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, to oblong, 6-20 × 2-8 cm, margins ar...

False garlic (Engl.)

Mansoa alliacea (Lam.) A. H. Gentry

Shrubby vine with numerous woody vines from the roots. Height: Grow 2 to 3 meters to a shrub-like appearance. Leaves: Le...

Beechwood (Engl.)

Gmelina arborea Roxb.

A tree Height: Up to 30 meters Leaves: Leaves are opposite, deciduous, entire, 10 to 20 cm long, 7 to 13 cm wide, cordat...

Puso-pusoan (Tag.)

Aristolochia philippinensis Warb.

A low, shrubby, smooth plant Height: 1 meter or more Leaves: Leaves are oblong or oblong-elliptic, 14 to 21 centimeters...

Lima-lima (Tag.)

Schefflera sp.

A tree, shrub or vine Height: Grows to a height of about 6 meters Leaves: The leaflets are normally 5-7 in number and th...

Tangan-tangan (Tag.)

Ricinus communis L.

Lauigang (Tag.)

Piper abbreviatum Opiz

A dioecious vine Height: 1.5 to 3 millimeters in diameter Leaves: Leaves are membranous to chartaceoous, ovate, ovate-la...

Beechwood (Engl.)

Gmelina arborea roxb.

A tree Height: Grows to a height of 30 meters Leaves: Leaves are opposite, deciduous, entire, 10 to 20 cm long, 7 to 13...

Kapanitulot (Tag.)

Justicia gendarussa Burm. f.

An erect, branched, smooth undershrub. Height: 0.8 to 1.5 meters high Leaves: Opposite, lanceolate, green or variegated...