antipolo tree
Antipolo Tree | Image Credit: Youth for Earth Society |  fb/YESforEarth/


Philippine Native Plants List


Some of the Philippines’ native plants! Are you familiar with them?


Antipolo Tree (Artocarpus blancoi)
Family: Moraceae Endemic
Type of plant: Tree
Other names: Tipolo, Pakak


Bagawak-morado
Family: Lamiaceae Indigenous
Type of plant: Shrub or small tree
Other names: Fireworks Tree, Starburst, and Bunga de Febrero


Cinnamon
Family: Lauraceae
Species Distribution: Native (17 of which are Endemic)


Dao (Dracontomelon dao)
Family: Anacardiaceae Indigenous
Type of plant: Large tree
Other names: Pacific walnut


Eucalyptus Tree (Eucalyptus deglupta)
Family: Myrtaceae
Species Distribution: Indigenous to the Philippines specifically in Mindanao


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